Wadden Island Texel
Cycling in a particularly varied landscape with dunes, beaches, forests, heathland, mudflats, salt marshes, polders and flower-rich grasslands.
The Landscape
Texel is an island made for cycling with beautifully landscaped bike paths in a very varied landscape. In a relatively small area there are many different landscape forms. On the west side of the island you will find for example dunes, dune valleys, mixed forests, salt marshes and moors. On the east side of the island you will find a vast salt marsh area and several smaller nature reserves that provide nesting and feeding places for numerous birds. In the middle of the island a light rolling and open countryside with farms, polders, meadows and meadow bird sanctuaries.
Forests and Heaths
Coastal and Tidal Zone
Polders and Farmlands
Lakes and Ponds
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Route map
You will bike in the vicinity of the towns of Oudeschild, Oosterend, De Cocksdorp, De Koog, and Den Burg.
Start and finish at bike node 1 on the Landsdiep in Het Horntje. However, this bike route is a circular tour, so it offers the possibility to start from any of the following bike nodes.
1 - 25 - 40 - 39 - 38 - 54 - 59 - 37 - 36 - 53 - 64 - 35 - 34 - 32 - 24 - 30 - 29 - 28 - 27 - 22 - 21 - 20 - 17 - 16 - 15 - 5 - 11 - 10 - 9 - 8 - 6 - 1
