Bike Europe on your own

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Over the course of 11 summers, Maggie and Jim have traveled by bike across the most interesting and bikeable areas of Europe. Each trip lasted between 2 and 3 months during the summer/fall season. Trips always start and end in “our homeaway” Haarlem, a city just east of Amsterdam, where we found all of the needed amenities without the hassles of a big city.

When we started in 2013, for each trip we planned the area of Europe to visit but the day-to-day activities are mostly planned a few days in advance – this was not a tour, it’s always an adventure. Now in 2026 places fill up faster and we need a little more certainty, so we book stays in advance. Back in 2013 we found a wonderful bike shop near Haarlem that has sold us several e-bikes and stores them over the winter for us. We carry all of our stuff in our paniers. In the past we have traveled all over Europe using bikes, trains, boats, and sometime rented vans for long distances. This year, 2026 we are just taking it easy and cycling around the Netherlands – visiting old favorties and discovering new ones. It’s a journey – not a destination.

This site describes adventures make as we travel. Look over the maps below and the archive sections to see past trips and specific areas we visited. When we are currently on a trip you can follow the posts we make as we are traveling by using the Current link in the Date Archive.

Please bear with us as we add the posts for each of the trips. At the rate we are going it should only take us another decade or so. As Jimmy Buffett said “Just to look at when we finally slow down.”

  • 2015 Trip to Danube
  • Loire
    Amsterdam – Bruges – Loire – Strasbourg
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