Cycling routes in Drenthe
Cycling routes in Drenthe take you through one of the quietest cycling provinces in the Netherlands. You ride through vast forests and heathland with small lakes, along stream valleys like the Drentsche Aa, and through small scale esdorp landscapes on the Hondsrug. Along the way you pass nature areas such as Dwingelderveld and Drents Friese Wold National Park, often on wide cycle paths with little traffic.
Thanks to the extensive cycling junction network, cycling in Drenthe is easy and relaxing. Whether you choose a short loop or a longer ride, you enjoy peace, wide open scenery, and a landscape rich in nature and culture, with prehistoric dolmens, country estates, and charming villages as highlights.
Heart of Drenthe and Monument Village Orvelte
Cycling in a landscape with varied forests, vast heathland, surprising fens, impressive sand drifts and meandering streams.
To the cycle route
Mars- and Westerstroom
Cycling in a classic peat bog landscape in Southeast Drenthe with stream valleys, grasslands, arable fields, and rare raised moor areas.
To the cycle route
National Park Drents-Friese Wold
Cycling in a varied landscape with dense forests, impressive sand drifts, fairy-like fens, vast heathlands and swampy areas.
To the cycle route
National Park Dwingelderveld
Cycling in a robust landscape with dark forests, wet heath, picturesque fens and mystical swamps.
To the cycle route
Holtingerveld and Colonies of Benevolence
Cycling in an ancient landscape with dark forests, swampy moors, vast moors, idyllic fens and beautiful sand drifts.
To the cycle route
Veenland and Bargerveen
Cycling in a rugged nature in the largest contiguous raised bog landscape in the Netherlands.
To the cycle route
Mantingerveld and Hoogeveense Venen
Cycling in a primeval landscape with extensive heaths, a prehistoric forest, erratic sand drifts and centuries-old juniper thickets.
To the cycle route
Hondsrug and Sleenerzand
Cycling in a fascinating landscape with extensive forest ranges, open moors, quiet fens and picturesque stream valleys.
To the cycle route
Kop van Drenthe and De Onlanden
Cycling in a diversified landscape with forests, open water, heathlands, grasslands, streams, marshes and prehistoric urn fields.
To the cycle route
National Park Drentsche Aa and Hondsrug
Cycling in the best-preserved stream valley landscape in Western Europe with a varied nature and idyllic villages.
To the cycle route
Norger Angerdörfer and Fochteloërveen
Cycling in an almost untouched peat moor landscape with panoramic views, endless space and a forestry around a monumental detention village.
To the cycle route
National Park Drentsche Aa and Hunze Valley
Cycling in a flowery stream valley landscape with woods, heathland, dolmens, burial mounds and old country roads.
To the cycle route
Rug van Zuidwolde and Reest Valley
Cycling in a varied landscape with stream valleys, flowery meadows, old hedgerows, woods, heaths and fens.
To the cycle route
