Biker stops in the Northern Netherlands
Photo: Gouwenaar, publiek domein, via Wikimedia Commons
Groningen, Friesland and Drenthe are the wide-open north: dolmens and forestry on the Drenthe sand ridges, mounds above the Groningen mudflats, and the eleven towns and lakes of Friesland. Space, calm and long straights alternating with surprisingly twisty back roads.
Map locations are indicative (town level) and are still being verified against OpenStreetMap. Map data (c) OpenStreetMap contributors.
The biker stops in this area
Motorherberg Achter de Beuk
Hotel Café Boschzicht
About this area
For riders the north is a well-kept secret: little traffic, big horizons and stops with character, from a bikers-only inn by the Bourtange fortress to a converted café on the Reitdiep. Pick a stop below and we map out the finest ride to it, along the Hunebed Highway or the Frisian eleven towns.
Turn it into a scenic loop
Every spot above sits on or near one of our measured and checked routes. Combine your stop with a loop through the area: