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Spiraling out of Rotterdam :-)

Date:
21.05.2018
Characteristic:
Bike trip
Duration:
1:30h
Distance:
14.8km

In order do a bit of physical work out, I just took my bike and left the center of Rotterdam without any particular plan. Within short, however, I had the following idea: why not cycling out of Rotterdam in a spiraling pattern?! Obvious idea, of course! :-) So I started cycling/circling around the Cool district of Rotterdam in ever bigger rounds. Eventually, I completed three full turns, seeing a few places in Rotterdam that I had not been to before (nice!). After a short stop at the Walenburg Cafe north of the main train station in Rotterdam, I returned to the center with a smile on my face. :-) See also the related FB-page Hiking around Bergen, Norway . Some information about the Walenburg is available here , here , and here .

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Visiting the Japanese garden in Den Haag

Date:
20.05.2018
Characteristic:
Bike trip
Duration:
5:00h
Distance:
59.3km

We started from the center of Rotterdam with the goal to see the Janapese Garden in Den Haag, which only is open for a few weeks every year. We started in northern direction, passing by the airport of Rotterdam on its eastern end. From there we cycled across the green region between Rotterdam (in the south), Delft (in the northwest), and Berkel en Rodenrijs (in the east). Coming by numerous canals, we crossed through Delfgauw in the east of Delft from south to north. Soon after, we came by the very nice little lake De Grots Plas, where we stopped to enjoy the view! :-) Thereafter, we continued into the direction of Den Haag, coming through some larger residential areas (not too interesting, after all). After a while, we came to De Vliet, which is a long canal between Delft and Leiden >>>

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Exploring Turøyna

Date:
11.05.2018
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
3:00h
Distance:
3.3km

It was time to get out to Turøyna and explore the rather wild nature there! We started from the street to the small settlement on Turøyna and headed towards the large cairn, Turøyvarden, on the largest top of the island. From there, we continued northwards (and without any path) to reach Svartanova via Tuskeluren. From there, to get further northwest to Laksneset, we had to find a way to cross over a rather deep trough. Starting relatively low on Svartanova and searching for a proper place "on half height", walking in southwestern direction, proved to be the right approach and after only a few steps, we were able to cross over. Then it was straight forward to get to Laksneset and enjoy some nice views from there. Continuing our hike around the island, we then followed the >>>

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Short hike on Storskora

Date:
11.05.2018
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
0:30h
Distance:
2.0km

After our hike on Turøyna , we continued with a short hike on Storskora, visiting a little light house at the northwestern end of this little island. Following a nicely marked path from the street, it was straight-forward to reach our target. From there, we basically took the same path back, then. Selected photos are available as Google photo album . See also the related FB-page Hiking around Bergen, Norway .

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Short hike along the northwestern side of Sælenvatnet

Date:
06.05.2018
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
0:30h
Distance:
2.3km

Starting from Varden, this was "only" a short hike along the northwestern side of Sælenvatnet. Selected photos are available as Google photo album . See also the related FB-page Hiking around Bergen, Norway .

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Short hike into Kanadaskogen

Date:
05.05.2018
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
1:00h
Distance:
4.8km

Starting from Varden in the south of Fyllingsdalen, this was "just" a short and quick hike into Kanadaskogen and around Stora Krokatjørna. See also the related FB-page Hiking around Bergen, Norway .

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Rotterdam cycling round

Date:
21.04.2018
Characteristic:
Bike trip
Duration:
1:30h
Distance:
25.7km

We started to cycle from the Cool district in Rotterdam, going north and northeast first. Coming through lakes Bergse Achterplas and Bergse Voorplas, we turned right and continued towards the river Rotte. After first following the river for a short distance (in northeastern direction), we crossed over and continued towards the northeastern end of Kralingse Plas. When "touching" the Kralingse Bos, the park around Kralingse Plas, we turned left (into eastern direction) and headed for the Alexander part of Rotterdam. After passing through Prinsenpark, we continued in southeastern direction towards the river Hollandsche IJssel. Instead of crossing over the large Algerabrug, we started our return-trip to the center of Rotterdam (mostly in western direction), following the IJssel river >>>

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Cycle round from Rotterdam, including park Bergse Bos

Date:
14.04.2018
Characteristic:
Bike trip
Duration:
2:00h
Distance:
29.1km

We started to cycle from the Cool district in Rotterdam, heading for the nice biking paths along the Rotte river (i.e., towards the northeast). After passing by the lake Bergse Voorplas and Prinsenmolen, we continued on the northwestern side of river Rotte (in northeastern direction) in order to get to the park Bergse Bos. Cycling through the park, we got to know it a little. We then continued to Bergschenhoek first (in northern direction), before crossing over (then in northwestern direction) to Berkel en Rodenrijs. Crossing through the settlement, we met the train line at station Berkel-Westpolder. From there, we turned back, i.e., continued in southern direction, towards Rotterdam. Close to the airport of Rotterdam, however, we included a small detour across the fields north of the >>>

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Cycling to, in, and from De Biesbosch

Date:
07.04.2018
Characteristic:
Bike trip
Duration:
4:00h
Distance:
45.0km

After taking the river boat (Waterbus) from Rotterdam to Dordrecht, we cycled (more or less) directly to Kop van Het Land, where we (after a short break) took the ferry over the river Nieuwe Merwede to the national park Biesbosch (the Brabant part of it). Once on the other side, we first took a turn to the left (north) in order to do a clockwise entry arch into the heart of the national park. Our plan was then to cycle longer through the national park and then take another ferry (over the river Amer) to Lage Zwaluwe. When arriving at the very southwestern end of the national park, however, we had to learn that the ferry was not yet put in service for this summer and we had to change our plans. We thus cycled back along the river Nieuwe Merwede and took the ferry to Kop van Het Land, from >>>

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From Rotterdam to Kinderdijk, and back

Date:
06.04.2018
Characteristic:
Bike trip
Duration:
3:00h
Distance:
41.8km

We took the bikes from Rotterdam downtown and headed first east, then southeast, to get to Kinderdijk, a cultural heritage site (with quite a few traditional windmills). To get back, we changed to the other side of the Noord (and with that to the southern side of the Nieuwe Maas), where we then headed back to Rotterdam. All in all, a very enjoyable bike trip! Selected photos are available as Google photo album . See also the related FB-page Hiking around Bergen, Norway . The World Heritage Site Kinderdijk has, of course, it's own home page .

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