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General Pages for this Country:
- Dutch Border Stones (De Grenspalen van Nederland ) Project to visit all the 400 borderstones between Holland and Belgium (kind of Dutch variety on the three peaks challenge)
- Long Distance Walks in the Netherlands Links to all Dutch Long Distance Footpaths (partly in Dutch)
- LAW-paden in the Netherlands Official page Long Distance Path’s (Lange Afstands Wandelpaden). This page has ceased to exist.
- LAW in the Netherlands Map with the Long Distance Footpaths (LAW): short descriptions (Dutch)
- Hollandschap Export or Dutch Landscape Export. Original site, describing places in Europe where the Dutch left their marks in the landscape: polders in Germany, England, France, Poland and Italy. Hopefully, the author will translate his site in English one day. (Btw: this provider, planet.nl, has a very bad performance. Usually the page will not turn up)
- Published article in newsgroup nl.wandel Index of Dutch hiking newsgroup. Up to date. Useful!
- RTC Hiking Club Lots of information on hiking in Holland. Partly in English. This site has grown rapidly over the last few months and offers a lot of useful information on hiking in the Netherlands. Large page on simple accomodation in Holland.
- Short walks in the Netherlands. Very useful page because it links to short walks described on many other sites. Good place to start your weekend planning. Including a search engine to assist you in finding your walk (if you read Dutch)
- Short walks in the Netherlands by public transport. A service of the Dutch Railways
- Sportive hikes of 40 km and longer Wandeltochten van 40 km en langer. Sport hiking. Links and overview of coming events in Holland, organised by month. You can add your own event. (Dutch)
- Travelmarker General portal for Dutch Travelers (Dutch)
- Trouw Natuurtochten More than 300 short walks, collected over the years by the Dutch newspaper Trouw. Very well presented, using a map of the country. Every walk goes with a map, elaborate instructions, and background information on what you’re going to see. A must see (dutch)
- Wandel.pagina.nl Dutch start page for hiking. Many links, very well presented. (Dutch)
- Walking in the Netherlands Descriptions of a dozen paths in the Netherlands. It doesn’t work with my browser (Dutch)
- Walks in and around Holland Special interest for parents with young children: look here (Dutch)
- Stichting Wandelplatform - Wandelnet - LAW Long distance Walks in the Netherlands. Guides, routes, maps. You can order them here (Stichting Lange-Afstands Wandelpaden; in Dutch)
- Wandelpark Hiking in the Netherlands (ANWB - partly for members only, in Dutch)
- Wandelweg door Nederland Site about hiking in the Netherlands. List of LAW’s (Long Distance Walks) (Dutch)
- WWW.INFORM.NL Starting pages are getting very popular in Holland. This is the hiking section of this Starting Page. Not much content yet, but growing. (Dutch)
- Zondagsnomaden - Weekend Nomads Day hikes, about ten currently. Well written, good place to find hiking suggestions. Good website (Dutch)
Hiker's home pages in this country:
- Anders Reizen Travelogue: growing number of hikes (Dutch)
- Outdoorsite of Anita and Jaap If you liking animated gifs, webcams, photographs: this is your place. Good hiking pictures as well (Dutch)
- Auke’s Wandelsport Homepage Walking sport (Dutch) (dead link?)
- Ad en Guusje van Bavel A page about long distance walking in Holland: the Pieterpad and the Pelgrimspad (Dutch)
- Berry vd Biggelaar’s hikes Luxembourg, France, Norway, Finland, worth a visit (Dutch)
- Boem-Boem Travel site, some hikes (Inca Trail), many pictures (Dutch)
- Vincent en Jeannette van Boerdonk Hiking experiences of themselves, family and friends: Sweden, Netherlands, France (Dutch)
- Nel en Gerard Dammer’s Home Page Two cheerful walking seniors (Dutch)
- Eddy Dolfing’s Mountain Hiking and Mountain Marathon Website Quite a few walks in England, Scotland, Wales and Switzerland. His short trip reports are completed with fine photographs (Dutch)
- Don’s Homepage Picture reports of several hikes in Europe (Dutch)
- Arjen Drost His own hikes in Scotland, France and Sweden (partly English)
- Dunnos homepage he prefers exotic places like Kamchatka, Kyrgyzstan etc.
- Dutch Base Camp Pictures of trekkings in Norway, Spain and Nepal
- Edwin van Elk Long Distance Walking Hobby of Edwin van Elk. Currently: Coast to Coast Walk, and GR 5 from Maastricht to Nice
- Ellen’s Hiking Page on bergsport.com Attractive website with a collection of many hiking reports and other useful info (Dutch)
- Exploration The walking site of Sander Langendoen and Matthijs de Vos: about equipment, hikes etc. (Dutch)
- Hans Farjon & Bert Stok original site about Dutch Landscape Export. The HTML coding and picture sizes will improve hopefully (Dutch)
- Jan Flokstra’s Travel and Hiking page. Trip reports of his hikes around the world.
- A.J. Fokkens Walking Sport (Dutch)
- Frank’s Wandelpage Personal hikes in Belgium, Holland and Italy
- Erik Geurts Travel Stories (Dutch)
- Globetrotter Arjen, Cathelijne and their dog Jonas plan to walk from Holland to Israel using a handcart fitted with solar panel and foldable dog kennel. Contains information of their 4000 km walk in Western Europe as well. (Dutch)
- Niko van Hagen Walkers World: about organised sportive day walks. Many walking reports (Dutch)
- Homepage van Hanneke en Jan Hikes in the Netherlands and Europe (Dutch)
- The Happy Hiking Page Very well-designed hiking page of Wendy van Dam and Jeroen. Several treks in the Pyrenees, Alps, Corsica and England. Including pictures and a packlist.
- Erwin Harkink’s Hiking Site His own hikes: Canary Islands and France
- The FP-site, a world of mountains, hikes and climbs Switzerland is his main interest. Also a page on knots (good pictures) and commands (Dutch)
- "Hike and Bike" Links and reports (Stappen en trappen in Dutch)
- Hiking home page of Ebe de Jong hikes of himself and his family. England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Sweden. (Dutch)
- Hiking and Adventure Website Information on Hiking and other outdoor sports. Not much content yet (feb 2001) (Dutch)
- Hiking Home Page of Franklin, Chris, Ton and Frits. Picture impressions of several destinations: Austria, Slovenia, Italy, Luxembourg.
- International Marching League IML. Michel and Peggy walked 20 marches and present the stories and pictures here.
- Wouter Kok Trekking around the world: Wouter describes walks in New Zealand and the French Pyrenees. The index promises walks in Australia and Indonesia as well. We’ll have to wait a little longer. (dead link??)
- Raymond Koome Raym’s Hiking Site: Lots of info and frequently updated (Dutch). Has won a price for the best Dutch Home Page.
- Oege Koopmans Home page about hiking. A lot of information on organisations and paths you won’t find elsewhere on the net.
- Judith Kunst Judith’s Home Page: Bolivia, Pakistan, Peru, Scotland (Dead link?, try http://members.xoom.com/judithk/index.html)
- Willem van Luttikhuizen Several climbs and many pictures
- Ton de Maagt Large site. He was one of the first in Holland. Many Links!
- "Manifest voetverkeer" Faas van Rietschoten Hikes in Holland. "Manifest Voetverkeer." Also sport walking. Intro in English (Dutch)
- Willem Marsman Willem has put an end to his hiking page. A pity. (so, nothing here)
- Jan ter Maten’s homepage Among a long series of holidays are many hikes. The hikes in Austria are indicated on a clickable map.
- Rob van der Meer’s Hiking site A few hikes in the south of the Netherlands - Zuid-Limburg and Ardennes (Dutch)
- Monique and Marco’s Homepage Reports of their walks in the Netherlands
- Martijn Moser Martijn’s Home Page: Travel home page with a section on hiking in China, Peru etc.
- Ronald Naar’s Home page a well known and succesfull Dutch mountain climber
- Nikstik’s Hiking site Own hiking experiences (Dutch)
- Henk Nouws’ Hiking links and Trail Database list of trails on Internet, search for countries, regions, trails, mountains, homepages, general subjects etc.
- Michel en Peggy Opbroek who travelled to some twenty different countries to join marches of the International Marching League
- Homepage of Linda Oskam Trip reports of hikes in the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Belgium and France (Dutch)
- Nathalie Penders’ Hiking Page GR5 and Coast to Coast
- John van der Ploeg’s HOME on internet With his personal hiking stories: Ireland, Iceland, Canada, Nepal, Greenland and (soon) Kamchatka.
- Sjef van de Poel walks in and around Holland. Special interest for parents with young children. (Dutch)
- Rick’s Hikingsite Reports of walks, information for starting and experienced hikers, packing list etc. (Dutch)
- Faas van Rietschoten Hikes in Holland. "Manifest Voetverkeer." Also sport walking. Intro in English (Dutch)
- Ro & Mo’s Homepage Section on Norway (Hardangervidda) and Austria, and equipment (Dutch)
- Pieter van Santen Wandelen, van dagtocht tot trektocht (from day tour to hiking tour). Information and photographs on many walking trips: France, Austria, Spain, Switzerland, Nepal - Pieter van Santen (Dutch)
- Shamrock Memories - Home Page of Chrit Houben great interest in Ireland. Walked three main trails: Kerry Way, Western Way, Dingle Way (Dutch, partly English)
- Alex Sievers Photography Photographs from all over the world
- Hiking Page of Annette van der Sluis about Pieterpad en Trekvogelpad
- Wandel-homepage van Anton en Ria Smit Subject of the page are several Dutch long distance trails, LAW’s: trip reports(Dutch)
- Laurens Swarte Wil je wandelen? (= like to hike?) describes hikes in Greenland, Norway en Scotland. Informatie on routes, equipment, books and maps and traveling to and from your destination. Laurens Swarte. Now in English! Currently unavailable: Laurens put an end to it :(
- Laurens Swarte’s new Dutch home page is not the same as the page above. I give you both pages, because this one is improved: nice lay-out, a fact sheets page, downloadable fact sheets per trail, book discussions etc (Dutch)
- T44 Alps, Patagonia, Mallorca (Dutch)
- TIMBOS: walking with dogs Homesite of Marco Bos and Ageeth Timmerman. They walk with their two Dalmatians Kayo and Roxanne. Their pages are full of pictures of the dogs. Hikes in Italy, Austria and Switzerland.
- Fred Triep Fred is walking most if the time. If not, he publishes is walk on internet. Therefor, this is one of the largest sites you can find, with trip reports from many hikes and countries. Currently the site is mainly in Dutch, but it is being translated into English AND Spanish.
- Werner Vaesen Some hiking stories
- Jaap van der Veen Mountain Walking in Europe. Many hikes and good picture series (Dutch)
- Jaap van der Veen’s English page Here, Jaap van der Veen (see above) keeps an English page, well presented, with picture series of hikes in mountain areas of Europe.
- Nico and Petra Vermaas Hiking and Backpacking page. The index page contains many photographs of destinations like the West Higland Way, Rondane, Cevennes, England, Vosges etc. It takes a long time to load. Behind the pictures are trip diaries, in Dutch.
- Martijn Vermeulen’s Site offering you his diaries to various (exotic) destionations in Europe
- Travel Reports of Herman and Mireille Biking and hiking in Australia, Switzerland, France, Italy. You will find personal experiences in many countries here. Not all are hiking reports (Dutch)
- Voettip care for your feet. Read about possible problems and their cure (Dutch)
- DeVogel Travel Stories Beautiful site, his own travel reports to Nepal, Bolivia, Afrika, Kilimanjaro, Peru, China, Vietnam (Dutch)
- Voshaart’s "Long Distance Hiking" website Dedicated to the E5 and Pieterpad: from Pieterburen (Holland) to Pietersplein (Rome) (Dutch)
- Walkers and Hikers WebRing Information page about this Webring for walkers. Currently, May 1999, the Webring links 36 sites)
- Wandel.bergsport.com Here you can drop your own story: Switzerland, Italy, Slovenia, Georgia, France etc. (Dutch)
- Jos van de Ven Site about hiking in the Netherlands (Dutch)
- De Tweevoeter Hiking, Nature and Landscape E-zine (Dutch)
- Zondagsnomaden - Weekend Nomads Day hikes, about ten currently. Well written, good place to find hiking suggestions. Good website (Dutch)
Organisations, Clubs and Alpine associations:
Tourist information:
Commercial sites: shops, travel agencies, book stores, courses
- Buitensportlinks.com Links to outdoor shops and manufacturers (Dutch)
- De Wandelaar Hiking tour operator. (Dutch)
- Himalaya Trekking wandelreizen Travel agency
- Himalaya Trekking Dutch Trekking Agency, also Sahara, East-Africa, Central Asia, Andes (Dutch)
- Intertrek Avontuurlijke Voettochten Tour operatorL adventurous hikes all over the world (Dutch)
- Kompas Outdoor, specialist for walking gear A shop in Holland for hikers. (Dutch)
- Landschapreisboekwinkel Shop for maps and books on landscapes and walking (Dutch)
- Map shops in the Netherlands and Belgium Raymond Koome’s list (Dutch)
- Natte Neuzen Honden Outdoor Shop or, Wet Noses Dog Outdoor Shop. Funny.
- NatuurWandelReizen They organise hikes
- Nedtochten Organised hikes in the Pyrenees (Dutch)
- New trail Hikes in Norway
- Noorderzon Actief Active holidays in Swedish Lappland (Dutch)
- Outdoor Shops in the Netherlands Very useful compilation of shops (buitensportzaken) of Raymond Koome (Dutch)
- Outdoor Shops Online not only the Netherlands, but also Belgium and Luxembourg. Raymond Koome (Dutch)
- Pied a Terre Finally they are online, oldfashioned people. But they sell an incredible number of maps for hikers and cyclist. The catalogue is online but is still rudimentary. Very useful anyway (Dutch)
- Reisboekhandel Dutch circle of map- and booksellers for travelling (Dutch)
- ReisLijst - ALLE Nederlandse reisorganisaties is: All Dutch Travel Organisations
- SNP Natuurreizen Tour operator: they organise hiking tours - groupwise or individual - in many countries (Dutch)
- Travel Agencies Another page with travel agencies in the Netherlands
- Travel Agencies offering walking arrangements. A very good list, this one (Dutch).
- Travellers Tour operator: hikes, bicycle tours, sailing, treks. Organised walks in Europe (Dutch)
- Stichting Uithuizer wad - SUW Wadlopen. They organise walks to the little island Rottumeroog.
- Wadloopcentrum Fryslan Wadlopen is hopping from the mainland to an island when the tide is out (Dutch)
- Wadlopen met Dijkstra They organise walks
- Wandelwaaier Kind of broker in hiking tours
- www.deserttracks.nl Desert Tracks is een small travel agency that organises desert trekkings in Sinai, Jordan and Turkey. Groups count 8 people maximum (Dutch)
- Shops in the Netherlands - Winkels in Nederland A list of shops for maps and equipment
- Zwerfkei Dutch outdoor shop in Woerden
Ezines about hiking and outdoor activities:
- "Op Lemen Voeten" Dutch Walking Periodical.(Dutch)
- "Op Pad" Dutch magazine for active holidays. Part of it is only for members of the paper magazine (Dutch)
- Travelsource.nl Travel Portal Well presented travel stories from many countries. Some of them are about walking. Also country information, bookings, reservations etc. Commercial site for the Dutch market. (Dutch)
- De Bergvrung Club
Climbing:
Trails and regions:
Amsterdamse Ommegang:
Camino de Santiago:
Deltapad, LAW5-1:
- Deltapad - LAW5-1 the southwest of Holland, over dykes and along the coast. A very short trip report with one pictures (Dutch)
- Deltapad Very short description (Dutch)
Drenthepad:
- Drenthepad - Streekpad 6 This trail is 260 km long. It is situated in the sandy, wooded central part of the Netherlands. Trail report, map, pictures (Dutch)
Drenthe:
Duin en polderpad, LAW5-3:
Floris V pad, LAW1-3:
- Graaf Floris V Trail Pictures of this part, in the historical centre of Holland
- Floris V Pad, LAW 1-3 Nice trip report. Linda walked six stages until now. A scetch map at the end of the report. A pity this readable story is only in … (Dutch)
Four Days Marches Nijmegen:
Friese Kustpad:
Gelrepad:
- Gelrepad Good pictures, short description, a scetch map of this Long Distance Trail
- Gelrepad A map and a short description (dutch)
Grenslandpad, LAW11:
- Grenslandpad, LAW 11 294 km along the border between Belgium and Holland. Many photographs, maps, and a detailed trip report (dutch)
Jabikspaad:
- It Jabikspaad This is a path in Friesland that connects to the Santiago Road. In Friesian it says: Swalke lns it Jabikspaad fan St.Jabik nei Hasselt, as opstapke nei de Camino de Santiago. Keep educated, you! (Friesian)
Kennedy March:
Krijtlandpad:
Leemputten:
Limburg:
Lingepad, LAW6-2:
Maarten van Rossumpad, LAW202:
Nijmegen:
Noaberpad, LAW10:
- Noaberpad, LAW 10 Short description of this path on the border of Germany (dutch)
- Noaberpad This long distance walk is 379 km long. Fred Triep describes the walk, and adds many pictures, including a map
Peellandpad, LAW701:
Pelgrimspad, LAW7:
Pieterpad, LAW9:
- Wim Alberts & Hedzer Kooistra walk the "Pieterpad" 27 days to complete Hollands most popular path. Every stage is described, with a map and lots of pictures. (Dutch)
- MPG Home Page Photo series of the Pieterpad; monthly updated as long as the walk continues (I’m speaking of november 1999). (Dutch)
- Pieterpad - LAW 9 Linda Oskam walked the most famous Dutch long distance trail (488 km) in ten YEARS. In between this act of persistence she walked a score of other trails. Trip report. (Dutch)
- Voshaart’s Pieterpad Hike Trudy & Omère Voshaart, Jacca Hidden en Karel Boek walked the path in 1997 in 18 days. Read their report (Dutch)
- Pieterpad 2000 Experiences of a group of Pieterpad Hikers. Pictures, links, reports (Dutch)
- Pieterpad - Hiking Site, LAW 9 Trip report, route, lodging addresses (Dutch)
- Start page for the Pieterpad by Fred Triep
- Accommodation addresses of Ome Piet These lodging addresses are brought toghether by several walkers
- www.pieterpad.com The most popular of Dutch trails could not stay long without its own site. Main section: where to stay along the trail.
- Pieterpad Part One - Pieterburen - Vorden, February and May 1999 A twelve days walk. Trip report, pictures. Don’t forget to browse their picture gallery for an impression of the Pieterpad (Dutch)
- Pieterpad Part Two - Vorden to Maastricht, August 1999 Another thirteen days walking. Trip report, pictures (Dutch)
- Overijsselse Heuvelrug Short description of a three days walk (Dutch)
- Doetinchem-Cuijk Trip report of a three days walk, pictures (Dutch)
- Pieterpad - From Pieterburen to Groningen to Zuidlaren Two days hiking. Nice pictures (Dutch)
- Pieterpad - From Pieterburen to Groningen to Zuidlaren The walking companion of the guy above wrote his own story of these two days hiking (Dutch)
- Pieterpad Another small site about this 480km path in the Netherlands
- Pieterpad Description (dutch)
- Pieterpad History, description of the walk (dead link?)
- Pieterpad Detailed description
- Pieterpadplanner The Pieterpad starts in Pieterburen all down to the Sint Pieterberg near Maastricht, 485 km, 27 stages. This page offers information on the villages.
- Pieterpad Paula and Rick walked the Pieterpad from Pieterburen to Hardenberg
- Pieterpad Description in Dutch, map and pictures
- Pieterpad Day to day description. Foto’s: Jan Flokstra
Rondje Nederland:
- Rondje Nederland Trail described by an enthusiastic hiker, Rob Douwers. This site lists the stretches, altogether 2000 km along coastline and borders. Also difficulties. Petty: it’s in … (Dutch)
Salland:
- Hiking in Salland in the east of the Netherlands, on the German border. Shorter and longer walks, by region, by name. Very well presented, with maps, pictures and backgrounds. (Dutch)
Terschelling:
- Terschelling Not a hike, exactly. On this island you can walk freely. Short impression and nice pictures (Dutch)
Texelpad:
- Texelpad 60 km in one day. Well written. (dutch)
- Texelpad Description (dutch)
- Texelpad Short description of this LAW (Fred Triep, dutch).
Trekvogelpad, LAW2:
Twentepad:
- Twentepad A circular tour in the East of the Netherlands. Trip report and pictures (dutch)
Veluwe:
Vennekespad:
Vierstromenpad:
- Vierstromenpad Good pictures, short description, a scetch map of this Long Distance Trail
Voerstreektocht:
- Voerstreektocht a path in Limburg, the southernmost tip of Holland. Trip report, beautiful pictures (Dutch)
Van Zeewolde tot Zeewolde tocht:
Wad- en Wierdenpad, LAW5-5:
Wadlopen:
Zuiderzeepad, LAW8:
Others:
- 40.000 Meter Mars (40MM) The 40MM is a annual returning event. This year the march takes place on June the third. Starting time is 7.00 am, in Venhuizen, Flevoland
- Oost-Ijsselmonde Route Hike in the very Dutch corners of Holland - four days round walk (42,2 km) (Dutch)
- Feeling for South-Holland "Gevoel voor Zuid-Holland - Kop van ’t Land - Scheveningen"
- Beemster Maybe the most famous Duch Polder, designed by Leeghwater in the Dutch Golden Age. This is not a romantic landscape, but one of rationalist planning and straight lines. This page describes a walk and it shows old maps and pictures (Dutch)
- Hiking in and around Amsterdam A dozen day hikes: trail description and scetch maps (Dutch)
- E-8 from The Hague to Vienna (and on to Istanbul), an European long-distance path This time no report, but a mail address. Anyone thinking of a similar undertaking is welcome to ask this person for information or advice. Please contact via e-mail.
- Geul en Voer The southeast of Holland is a beautiful region with hills and woods and rivers. This trip follows one of the little rivers
- BuitenGewoon - Hiking in Gelderland Short hikes in the province of Gelderland (Dutch)
- Ginkelse Heide en Renkum (18 km.) Roundwalk through heather and forest, and riverland (Dutch)
- Kennemer Duinen (15 km) Dune landscape near Haarlem, National Park, description of a NS day hike (Durch)
- Marken, a fishing village (10 km) lies on a little Island, connected with a dyke to the mainland. Trail description (Dutch)
- NIMWA march One- and two-days march in Nijmegen
- N70 - nature path In 1970 the year of nature was celebrated by opening this 20-km nature path; South-east, near Germany (Dutch)
- Paaltjesroutes in het Gooi Complete collection of short marked routes in Het Gooi, a district with rich people and rich forest (Dutch)
- Walk to Rome Wednesday april 7th, Frank Peters en Joel den Boer have started a hike to Rome, 1800 km to come. Follow them, or mail them (site in Dutch)
- Walking in the city of Rotterdam Description of two city walks (Dutch)
- Foto Pijnenburg, Soest Pictures of a forest in Soest, during twelve months. Good pictures. (Dutch)
- Six Mountains Hike - De 6-Bergen Route Gerard and Paula created this 16 km hike in Het Gooi, around Huizen. You can download the description and a map. (Dutch)
- Zaandam to Monnickendam (15 km) a hike between two old Dutch villages, through the old polders (Dutch)
- Zeeuws Vlaanderen het Krekenpad, het Grenslandpad en het Deltapad
- De Zieuwentse kerkpaden Parels van een Lichtenvoords kerkdorp.
- Het Zuid-Holland gevoel - Provinciale Grote Stad Wandeling A "provincial big city walk": a short, humurous story (Dutch)
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