Cycling Injuries

What is a good route for a cycling holiday in the Netherlands?

I recently asked a related question, about going on a cycling holiday. This USED to be for some use, but now, unfortunately, my mum has got a hip injury, so we can’t cycle, but my dad is making me do this as a damned project, so I need to know anyway. A list of towns would be cool, and perhaps a nice way to go in your experience?

I did several cycling holidays in the Netherlands. Used to sleep on small camp sites. The nice thing about the Netherlands is that there are a lot of nice bicycle tracks were you cycle through the nature without a road next to you.
The Veluwe and Drenthe are very nice area’s with a lot of forest.
The coast in North and South Hollands has nice dunes with cycle tracks.
The north of the Netherlands (Groningen, Friesland) has a nice coastline. There is a track next to the dyke.
Brabant has a nice country site, Limburg is a bit hilly, but also Beautiful.

There is a network of through-going cycle routes throughout the Netherlands, with a total length of more than 4,500 km. All these LF-routes have already been signposted in both directions. Every LF-routes has its own book. It’s handy because sometimes wen a sign is missing you can look it up in that book. The nice thing about LF routes is that the track often goes to nice area’s with bicycle tracks.

See also:

http://www.fietsplatform.nl/english/

Accomodation;

http://www.vriendenopdefiets.nl/

Campsites:

http://www.natuurkampeerterreinen.nl/en/who-we-are.html

There are also a lot of farmers with a small campsite next to their farm.

http://www.svr.nl/

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