The NETHERLANDS is different 🇳🇱 Groningen By Motorhome
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- Опубліковано 1 жов 2023
- Although we've been to the Netherlands before, this was our first time in by motorhome and we're excited to make the most of our short trip. We QUICKLY learned that it's not as 'motorhome friendly' as most of western Europe and it was a bit of a surprise to have to struggle to find overnight pakring spots! Our first stop was the university city of Groningen, from where we headed to Utrecht to add a 'baby' to our family. 😁
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The "Grote markt" is ready now , without all the building stuff....looks great now.
It is very important that you share safe and affordable parking spaces. Thank you very much. ❤ A&TS
The parking restrictions for camping are for safety reasons… supervision and/or a save spot to stay. Plus there are means to lose your waist water and garbage. And that would give a mess if people would do that just everywhere
Parking restrictions and especially sleeping overnight are restricted for any vehicle. The Netherlands have so many beautiful places to stay on campgrounds with all kind of amenities.
Waste and garbage management is no problem. There are plenty of places to legally dispose of this. The problem is the lack of adequate overnight stops for motorhomes, especially around cities. Even if you are willing to pay for a campsite or motorhome stop there's just not enough. Apart from that, the restriction on legally overnighting in a vehicle seems arbitrary. Just our opinion and experience after more than 2 years full time on the road in Europe. Thanks for your comment.
@@WeWillNomadThank you for your comment. I hope you will return to The Netherlands to see so many more beautiful places. I visited South Africa twice and one time I had to buy a very expensive cardigan, because it was so cold (February near Johannesburg).
@@WeWillNomad Well, we do have a lack of space overall. I don't think many people would appreciate cities freeing up space for tourists to stay overnight for free or little while there is a housing crisis and so many people trying to find a house.
@@annehoog It's about using space that's not always required. Locals (residents) don't overnight in carparks for example. Why can this space not be used better? Space does not have to 'be freed up'. You might as well then say all hotels should be closed and converted into apartments. On average, cities (regions, towns, municipalities) that are welcoming to tourists reap the benefits over and over. It's a massive boost to the local economy.
So many interesting things, beautiful places & spectacular views in this video. Wotalota bicycles! A giant stroopwafel & snack machine. Such a pretty garden & interesting roadside camping! Hope you enjoy many miles & happy smiles on Mickey.
❤ It definitely makes MY cycling a bit easier without Lisa. 😂But we will still go together on the odd occasion. We've had many a great adventure on Bike Mike.
Slow motion ! 😂🇬🇧brilliant x
Very nice vlog once again!!We are also thrilled with your purchase!!Beautiful bike-we wish you great rides!!
Thanks a ton ❤
HI guys. Congratulations again on reaching 10000 subscribers, well deserved 💙Another cracking video, we love how visiting different, less well known places can throw up surprises and gems. A bit of reminiscing for Nicky too, who loved her time living in The Netherlands as a young(er!) woman. As always, we enjoyed Lisa's excitement so much and Andre's calming influence. It's amazing how we nod along, as we always say - Nicky would 100% have assumed the person in front of her would buy the bike she wanted! And don't even mention the F******G bike cover! Look forward to the next instalment, K & N x
That bike cover is still giving me a hard time! 😂😋 You know how you eventually figure out exactly where and how to do something and you can repeat it easily? We're not there yet with that cover! 😋 Thanks for the congrats, much appreciated. We're all for visiting less know places nowadays, it's different once you've 'seen and done' the more popular highlights of a country. It's actually nice not to have the pressure to 'have to ' visit a place 😋 Either way, it's brilliant to explore Europe by van if you have the luxury of time.
Always a good time watching your videos!👏🏻👏🏻💕 Thank you for sharing!
Thanks for watching!
Your videos are always so uplifting to watch, in the end I'm always smiling :-) Great stuff, love the familiar places and landscapes in the Netherlands, looking forward to you visiting Belgium again :-) You did great with the purchase of the bike, enjoy!
Awesome that's nice to hear. 😊 Lisa's enjoying her new bike although cycling in the cities is a bit more intense 😁
Congratulations, keep enjoying and thanks for sharing your experiences!😘
Always! 😂❤
Hi, the Netherlands looked great .wow the snack vending machines were so cool. Very different. Thank you for sharing. Have a great week. Chelsea and Mike
Awesomeness thank you! Although the weather can be unpredictable we really like the Netherlands. Although not 'the best' for motorhome travel, it's a wonderful country to explore. We especially love the cycling culture.
Welcome on my country, its always sucha nice time watching you two travel together! Hope you had a wonderfull time in the netherlands :)
Thank you! We had a great time and will return again to see more next time! Thanks for watching! 😊
Groningen is beautiful. I hope you had a nice stay. You past my hometown when driving to Harmelen. Was trying a haring a little bit to scary :-) Love your video's. TOT ZIENS
😁 Those harings are definitely a bit scary. We visited friends near Maastricht and they made us try some. Actually better than expected! 😋
You visited my beloved city and province of Groningen. 👍👍Very good vlog!
Thanks! 😃
That trip was action packed. Some beautiful buildings.. and Lisa's going to be Queen of the Road on Her new Bike 😅
Time to follow the Swallows South 😊
Stay Free and Safe Travels 😀 🙏 ✨
Now we just need Lisa to speed up a bit 😂 thanks Mike!
Loved the Netherlands and the stroopwafels 😋 The weather is always a gamble even in summer 🤔
That's true. It can be glorious one day and complete winter the next. 😁 Luckily we've had some great weather in the last week!
More tourist should visit towns like Groningen, Leeuwarden, Enkhuizen, Hoorn, Domburg, Utrecht, Zutphen, Deventer, Dordrecht instead of Amsterdam. Less crowdy, cheaper and tons of history.
Could not agree more! We found a real gem in Utrecht.
Wow, that where huge stroopwafels 🤤😊. It’s been a long time that we were in Groningen it was great seeing Groningen again, we always loved going there. Yes, in the Netherlands it’s hard to find a spot wildcamping is forbidden and the fines (all fines for that matter) are ridiculous high. Sorry for the bad weather, hope you enjoyed the Netherlands anyway. Love your new bicycle 😍 Lisa. Have a save trip, have fun see you guys in the next video.
Thank you Rita, it if want for you we would not have found and had those huge Stroopwafel! We had a fantastic time in the Netherlands despite it being cold. Next time we will visit a little closer to summer! 😊
Hello you Beauties!!!!
Congratulations Lisa💃💃 Mooi fiets🚴🚴🚴!! Andre was more than happy to get it for you, if you know what I mean, nudge nudge wink wink. Nice video guys, as usual always nice to see things from your perspective. Enjoy the rest of your time in The Netherlands and stay safe, have plenty fun and spend as little as possible😉😉
Thanks Roy 😋 It definitely makes MY cycling a bit easier without Lisa. 😂But we will still go together on the odd occasion. And yes, this is NOT a cheap country! We already miss the bargain diesel from Bosnia.. Might have to get moving faster towards Spain as fuel is hectic expensive all over western Europe.
good night to you both 🙂 my husband and I love your videos... you are the best. Always stay in good spirits and share your adventures around this beautiful world with us. kisses from figueira da foz Portugal❤
Thanks so much! Really appreciate your lovely comment ❤
You managed to make a grey and gloomy Netherlands look interesting.
BTW at the speed Lisa is cycling it might be faster to walk!😉
😂😁 Lisa even managed to get to 25 kmh a few days later. So she's definitely improving. But the steep downhills are still walking speed 😁
You are the 10K kids ! Congrats guys.
I used to live in Holland as a young fella and really liked my time there. Not sure I'd want to live there now though. The Dutch love to regulate everything, which means that everything works but its a bit clinical. In my old age, I think I'd prefer chaotic France. I love the cycling infrastructure there, and they cycle all the year round. But, its too packed, too many people in a small country. I had to scroll back but at 14:48 I think I spotted another Millie !
What do you call a Dutch campervan owner ? Jan Camper Van Mad !
Safe riding Lisa on your cool new bike, it looks amazing !
Good eye Ronan! That was a slightly newer version of the exact model we have! 😂 The people had no idea why Lisa was so excited to see their motorhome 😂😂I reckon we agree with all you said about the Netherlands. By the way in Groningen, we were 'told' that only a certain part of the Netherlands is called Holland (western coast south of IJsselmeer) and especially in that northeast section they apparently don't like to be called 'Holland'.
Tq for sharing
Thank you too
Just found your channel recently and you guys are great. Just wondering what country are you from?
Thank you! We're both originally from South Africa.
12:25 in groningen you have got to eat the Eierbal, Eggball.. Hard boiled eg, covered with curry gagout and breadcrumbs, fried as whole for 5 mins or so.. UNESCO heritage food of Groningen, nowhere else available
Wow, that sounds very unique indeed! We'll have to go back to try it one day. Thanks for the tip! 😊
Just found your video about Groningen. Nice research you did with also going to The Reitdiephaven and Het Stadsstrand. Het Stadsstrand is very close to my home and when it's warmer weather very popular, as it's in the middle of the City. It has also the best swimming water of the City as it's connected to the canals and it's also pretty deep water. You were talking about nude people swimming. It's not a nude beach. You have that in the south of Groningen on the Hoornseplas.
Reitdiephaven is a popular spot for photographers as the houses stand nicely at the waterfront. I don't think it's very touristic as it's also a couple of kilometers outside the center of the city.
You where also on foot/bicycle bridge over the Van Starkenborghkanaal. That bridge is called the Gerrit Krolbrug. The part where the cars could cross the canal got hit by a ship in 2021 and is removed since that time, causing lot's of problems for the people living over the canal.
That spot is also popular for photographers with that long strait canal and the trees (and lights at dark) on the side.
Where you got your stroopwafels is called De Vismarkt. De Akerkhof is the surroundings around De Akerk. De Korenbeurs is right in the middle of it. That was the imposing building with an Albert Heijn in it.
You are right with all the construction going on in The City. I am still confused how to cross De Grote Markt by bike now, as it's still not clear where the cyclists has to cycle over De Grote Markt.
The top of Het Forum is also recommended to have a nice view over the City as you can also see "d' Olle Grieze" De Martinitoren whereas when you're on top of De Martinitoren, you can't see De Martinitoren. And it's also much easier to access with all those escalators in Het Forum.
Your Motorhome was in the sportsarea of Groningen also with the highest albeit manmade point of Groningen "De Kardingeberg" with 32 meters. There is a possibility that I saw your motorhome when I was doing some sports activities there, but of course I could not know that then.
And of course it must be frustrating tot have a finished edited product only to find out that you spelled Groningen wrong the whole time in the text "Groniningen".
It's a nice video you made about my city.
😂 The spelling error was just a test of course - well done, you're the first and only one to notice! 😜
Thank you for watching and for all your comments! It's always lovely to hear from a local. We really did enjoy Groningen and might just visit again if we're nearby! 😊
I'll keep an eye on that.@@WeWillNomad
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Your Allowed to film everything, its a free country
You're probably correct, but it's not really the type footage we can use. 👍
Very good ❤kiss from SRBIJA
Thank you!
Compliments btw for your different tries to pronounce the Dutch names.
Wait a sec..just heard you reading the Dutch text in Groningen. You are from Suid-Afrika.. 😊That was definitely Africaans accent I heard .. (and just read your profile to confirm this).
Hoe lekker dat jy my land besoek.
😁 We love being able to read Dutch and for the most of it can understand it easily. In the south we can even follow Dutch conversation quite well. Especially when one is always surrounded by foreign language it's quite nice for a change. Thanks for your comment!
How much does the bike whith two seats weigh? Nice😅
Just under 35kg - including single battery.
What is the name of the bike, love you channel❤
@@maikenlundinkrager4955 Thank you! It's RadPowerBikes Radwagon 4, unfortunately no longer sold in Europe but there are similar alternatives available.
I need bitterballen now. In Hermanus. Yah, right.
😂 You'll have to wait for our next video for those bitterballen...! 😜 Enjoy Hermanus, isn't it whale season there now? 🤔
@@WeWillNomad because of a once in a lifetime storm and floods where the town's water pipes washed away, as did quite a few of our access roads, the whale festival had to be cancelled. But, yes, the whales are in the bay.
😲 Oh no, that's terrible. We heard there had been some bad flooding. Hope you are safe and dry.
@@WeWillNomad haha, very dry, no water in our taps for over a week now!
Let me know if you going to Delft.
😬 Unfortunately we missed out on that region completely - this time. We went towards Maastricht to visit friends from where we're heading to Belgium.
😂 I thought you said “navigate the psychopaths of Netherlands” instead of cycle paths. What camera do you use? It doesn’t bounce at all!
😁Funnily, when we did the the captions it also picked it up as psychopaths 😂 For shots on the move we use both a DJI Action and a DJI Action 2.
Hi 2024 any new plan (travel)
Hi Andrew! That's still too far in the future 😂 But we hope to be in Morocco January February.
€30 for washing and drying is really expessive 😮. Beter google next time and you could have done it for €11,50
It sounds expensive and it is! But in fairness we used 2 machines. One 18kg wash and one 8kg wash plus more than an hour of drying. We'll wait until we get back to Spain before we do a big wash again. 😋
Nope, the Netherlands is not the country to visit in a Campervan. It is the perfect country to pass trhough. That is all 😂
😋😄 haha it's not that bad. But yes, it's a bit trickier. It's not a place to 'hang around'.