I completed a 7-day ~450 km bike-packing tour through the dutch provinces of Friesland, Groningen, Drenthe and Overijssel. You can access my post here.

To plan my route I used a website called Knooppunten (https://www.knooppunten.nl/fietsen/planner).

I then exported the GPX route into the Komoot app. I paid around $30 for the European maps so I could use them offline and save my battery power and data. You can navigate in aeroplane mode, which is very helpful. 

ROUTE

Day 1 – Joure to Steins – ~45.0km

Day 2 – Steins to Munnekezijl – ~65.0km

Day 3 – Munnekezijl to Drouwenerveen – ~76.0km

Day 4 – Drouwenerveen to Coevorden – ~65.0km

Day 5 – Coevorden to Almelo – ~60km

Day 6 – Enter to Hattem – ~67.0km

Day 7 – Hattem to Joure – ~85.0km

ACCOMODATION

I used the Campspace app to find camping options on people’s farms and backyards along the route. I started my trip in late September, so many of the smaller campsites in towns were already closed. If I were to do this again, I would go a little earlier, ride until I only had 30-60 minutes of juice left in me, and then search for a local campsite nearby. The Campspace app took me a little off route, but it introduced me to some very interesting people.

Day 1: Camping at the farm on the Dokkumer Ee.

Day 2: Campsite near river and Frisian nature park

Day 3: Naturist camping in edible fruit garden

Day 4: Minicamping De Eikenzoom

Day 5 I stayed with my cousin in Oldenzaal, and Day 6 I stayed with a cousin in Hattem.

GEAR

FOOD