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Discovering Netherlands & Belgium on Motorcycles (SPT23080)

Thursday, October 26, 2023 | Daniel Neuner / Thomas Repplinger | Europe

Welcome to our tour through the Benelux countries and a small part of Germany. Ten brave Brazilians have joined us to make the tour an unforgettable experience. Although the weather forecast for the next few days is not so great, we dare to start in Amsterdam and drive along the North Sea first to Bruges. So, follow us on our tour and be curious what is still to come.

#1 Amsterdam - Bruges

On our first day we followed the north coast of the Netherlands all the way to Bruges in Belgium. Which was supposed to be a nice ride along the sea turned out to be quite a challenge, because we had heavy rain and wind for almost the whole day.

At least the riding wasnt very technical today, so everyone managed fine in the rain and we arrived savely at our destination where we will stay for two nights. For tomorrow the forecast promises better weather, so we are looking forward to that.

Our plan for today.
Last preparations before the start
The horses want to run
The first meters in the rain
The rain wont be able to stop us now with this improvised raingear.
Actually its Belgium that has invented the french fries, but the ones in the Netherlands were great too.
At the end of a rainy day

#2 Restday Bruges

We will stay one more night in the beautiful city of Bruges. Since its only our second day on this tour, everyone was still eager to for a ride. Since the weatherforcast said it was going to rain later in the day, we cut our route short and only did a 100km loop around Bruges. 

After leaving Bruges we went strait north to the coast and used the chance to get a good group picture done.
The World War 1 Museum in Diksmuide, the tower is supposed to resemble a gravestone in honor of the fallen soldiers.

#3 Bruges to Provondeville

On our third day of riding we went from Bruges in the north of Belgium all the way to Provondeville in the south. While the northern part of the country is similarly flat to the Netherlands, there is a mountain range in the South named the Ardennes, which gave us some change in scenery and more exiting roads to ride than in the last days.

Ready to go
First stop of the day in the cute little town Oudenaarde
Ever wondered what an elevator for ships looks like? Well this is how.
Burgers for lunch today

#4 Provondeville to Trier

Today was already riding day #4 . The route should lead us from Profondeville in Belgium, via Luxembourg to Germany, more precisely to Trier. At a frosty 3 degrees, we set off in the fog in Profondeville in the morning. Following the course of the river Meuse to Bouillon where the first highlight of the day was waiting for us. The Chateau of Bouillon, built in the 11th century and expanded in the 17th to a fortress. Then we went for a picnic in the direction of Orval. Unfortunately, right there it started to rain in torrents and so the group decided to go directly to the hotel in Trier. Despite adverse conditions, everyone arrived safely at the hotel. Let's see what the weather god has in store for us tomorrow. 

the daily briefing
the weather forecast for today
Chateau Bouillon
still in a good mood
the typical madness during refueling

#5 Restday Trier

Yesterday we went from Belgium through Luxembourg to Trier in Germany where we will stay for two nights.

Our plan for today originaly was to take a ride the the northwest of here to the famous Nürburgring Racetrack. But since the weatherforcast for today wasnt really promising good riding conditions and we had enough of rain on the last few days already, everybody decided to skip riding today and instead sleep in and afterwards enjoy Germanys oldest city Trier, which has quite some amazing sites - alot of them dating back to the roman empire - to offer.

 

The famous Porta Nigra - a gate to the city built by the romans in 170 AD
Karl Marx, the most famous son of Trier, who was born here in 1818. The impressive statue was a present by China for this 200th birthday.
The High Cathedral of Saint Peter in Trier - a Roman Catholic cathedral and the oldest church in Germany
The Basilica of Constantine built around 300 AD - a very impressive build.

#6 Trier to Maastricht

The whole group and their bikes
Milton and his Ducati are ready to go

#7 Maastricht to Amsterdam

As usual a tour is over much to quickly and its our last day of riding already. We start the day in the beautiful dutch city Maastricht and go back to Amsterdam where we started a week ago. For a change the weather is dry today and for the first time we didnt need our raingear today.

Milton enjoying the ferry ride over the Maas river
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