The Landscape

Texel, the largest Wadden Island in the Netherlands, is a world of its own. In just one day, you can cycle from the wild North Sea coast to the peaceful Wadden Sea dike, through a landscape that constantly changes. Vast dune areas give way to pine forests and heathlands, while polders, salt marshes, and colorful meadows stretch all the way to the horizon. The influence of the tides is felt everywhere: in the mudflats of the tidal flats, the salty grass of the salt marshes, and the thousands of birds that find their resting and breeding grounds here.

A quarter of the island is covered by the National Park Duinen van Texel. The park features a dynamic dune landscape with high dunes and wide, clean sandy beaches along the North Sea coast. Behind the dunes, forests alternate with open dune valleys, colorful heathlands, and wet dune pools. The park is popular with walkers, cyclists, and nature lovers who come here to enjoy the peace, space, and the special harmony between land and sea. Walking and cycling paths take you past quiet dune ponds, rolling sand hills, and fragrant forests. In spring and summer, the landscape is especially beautiful with blooming dune orchids adding bursts of color.

Forests and Heaths

Coastal and Tidal Zone

Polders and Farmlands

Lakes and Ponds

Join us on this virtual cycling route

Virtual cycling on the Wadden Island Texel

Route map

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

  • 99% of the route runs on paved roads. 
  • 1% of the route runs on unpaved and semi-paved paths. 

MORE INFO ABOUT ROAD AND SURFACE CONDITIONS

55
Kilometers
222
Minutes
88
Elevation meters