Cycling routes in Utrecht
Cycling routes in Utrecht take you through a compact province with a remarkably varied landscape and a rich cultural history. You ride through polders with wide meadows, along lanes lined with pollard willows, and over wooded ridges on the Utrechtse Heuvelrug. Along the way you pass castles, country estates, and forts, including sections of the Dutch Water Lines, which give Utrecht its distinctive historic character.
Discover Utrecht by bike: explore the forests and sandy soils of the Utrechtse Heuvelrug, cycle along the River Lek past floodplains and dike villages, or ride through the Groene Hart with open peat meadows and quiet country roads. Thanks to the network of cycle paths and cycling junctions, cycling in Utrecht is ideal for both a short loop and a varied day ride.
De Ronde Venen and Rondehoep
Cycling in an open peat meadow landscape with marshy peat bogs, deep peat pools, winding rivers, historical forts, and extensive meadows with an endless network of ditches.
To the cycle route
Kromme Rijn Region and Schalkwijk Island
Cycling in a historic landscape with castles, cherry orchards, pollard willows, flowery grasslands and floodplains.
To the cycle route
Castle Valley and Utrechtse Heuvelrug
Cycling in a historical landscape with hills, forests, heathlands, fields, meadows, orchards, mansions, avenues, floodplains, and rivers.
To the cycle route
National Park Utrechtse Heuvelrug and Grebbeberg
Cycling in a beautiful landscape with country estates, stately avenues, colored heather fields, sand drifts and mixed forests.
To the cycle route
Utrechtse Heuvelrug and Laagte van Pijnenburg
Cycling in a wooded landscape with several castles and country estates, ancient forests, drifting sand and vast moorland.
To the cycle route
Vechtstreek and Oostelijke Vechtplassen
Cycling in a cultural landscape with villas and castles, historic villages, park-like forests, vast lakes and green meadows.
To the cycle route
