Netherlands Bicycle Immersion Tour

A fun, slow riding tour inspiring U.S.-based bicycle advocates & lovers.

June 2024 (tour details coming soon)

Booking now available through the WI Healthy Communities Summit!

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proceeds benefit the WI Bike Fed

photo by John Salatas

Overview

Explore the safe, comfortable, and extensive bicycle infrastructure of the Netherlands. Designed for bicycle advocates (and their spouses, partners, relatives, or friends), this tour will take travelers on a low-mileage, slow-riding bicycle journey to enjoy the well-designed streets of Delft, Utrecht, and Amsterdam. Community leaders, municipal planners, street engineers, community developers, business owners, placemakers, & artists will also fall in love with the Netherlands while immersing in pleasant streetscapes and public spaces, learning of historic challenges surrounding transportation, and experiencing the Dutch Sustainable Safety design first-hand. Through this experience, travelers will be empowered to bring about policy & design changes to streets back in the U.S. Of course, free time to explore via bicycle, tram, train, and foot/wheels is built in and longer group or solo rides are possible each day.

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photo by Alfredo Borba

Highlights

Bicycling

- Ride omafiets & opafiets (classic Dutch grandma & grandpa bicycles) for slow group and solo rides.

- Primarily short guided rides (average 8 miles/day) using an experiential, multi-modal transportation approach to learning about the interconnectedness between people, places, and the way the Dutch get around.

- Longer distance cycling - solo or group rides (in the mornings/evenings) are possible too.

- Easily park your bicycle everywhere to connect with public transportation (tram/train) every day.

Learn & Love

- Understand how the Dutch have become so successful in building safe streetscapes and creating stronger neighborhoods and places.

- Meet and talk with Dutch experts and changemakers in engineering, placemaking, politics, teaching, and community building surrounding mobility.

- Utilizing a bicycle touring model adapted from People for Bike's Effective Study Tours: Turning Inspiration Into Action and collaborating with a small network of professionals in the U.S. and the Netherlands, travelers will be empowered to bring about change in their own community back home.

- Learn about the Netherlands’ historic bicycle ridership and city planning through the 20th and 21st centuries.

Popular Sites & More

- Explore the Anne Frank House, Van Gogh Museum, Dom Tower, Rijksmuseum, and relax in Amsterdam via canal cruise.

- Experience via bicycle the Dafne Schippersbrug bridge, an Amsterdam bike barge, bike parking garages with 10’s of thousands of bikes, bike tunnels, roundabouts that prioritize bikes & pedestrians, and much more.

- Enjoy free time to explore urban parks, historical sites, tourist hot spots, delicious restaurants & cafes, shopping alleys, and lots more in each city.

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Tour Guides

Your tour will feature 1-3 tour guides depending on group size.

Trevor Roark - Owner/Operator, Curbwise LLC + seasoned tour operator & guide, avid traveler, bike advocate, and cyclist

Robin Rothfeder - Assistant Professor of Natural Resource Policy, Colorado State University + avid traveler, bike advocate, and cyclist

Michelle Bachaus - Community Engagement Manager, WI Bike Federation + avid traveler, bike advocate, and cyclist

Min Group Size: 9

Max Group Size: 18

Cost: TBD

*TBD deposit (included)

*single occupancy at +TBD

photo by Tedder

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Inclusions

- all lodging (based on double occupancy, 4-star)

- 3 nights in Delft, 2 nights in Utrecht, & 3 nights in Amsterdam

- all breakfasts, 5 group dinners and 3 group lunches

- all group land transfers, train or tram

- omafiets/opafiets bicycle rentals in each city

- 1-3 tour guides (based on group size)

- in-country tour guides & field experts

- group activities (passes to Anne Frank House, Van Gogh Museum, Dom Tower, Rijksmuseum, and Amsterdam canal cruise)

- flight emissions (carbon) offsets

- traveler’s guidebook and orientation

- proceeds benefit the WI Bike Fed

Exclusions

- roundtrip airfare

- lodging before and/or after tour dates

- extra purchases (such as alcohol, gifts, meals not listed, and lodging sundries)

- local driver and guide tips

- travel insurance

- country entry/exit fees

- currently, proof of COVID-19 vaccination or negative test are NOT required for departure or entry and there are no active restrictions (effective 17 Sept. 2022, Government of the NL)

Cancellation

Travelers can cancel up to 16 weeks prior to departure date for FULL refund.

Cancellation between 16-8 weeks

receive 50% refund, 8-3 weeks receive 25% refund, and 3 weeks or closer to departure receive no refund.

Curbwise LLC can cancel this tour due to force majeure or any other reasons beyond our control. We also reserve the right to cancel this tour if the minimum number of travelers (9) is not met, with travelers receiving full refund. Extra traveler's expenses (e.g. non-refundable plane tickets, visa fees, travel insurance, extra accommodations, etc.) are not the responsibility of curbwise LLC.

Let's ride!

photo by Trevor Roark