Where can we ride our bikes?

The largest part of the Dutch cycling network – 43 thousand kilometres – is located in built-up areas: between houses and buildings with little or no green spaces. Cyclists can ride fewest kilometres (15 thousand) in natural open space. The Dutch mostly use their bikes to get to the shops.

The Netherlands counts a total of 153 thousand kilometres of paths and roads on which cyclists are welcome. This is the same as 3.8 times the distance around the planet. Sixty percent of the Dutch cycling network consists of roads on which both bicycles and cars are allowed.

Few obstacles on cycle paths

According to Fietsersbond, the Dutch Cyclists’ Union, most cycle paths and roads were in very good condition. Cyclists also encounter few obstacles when out on their bikes. Most paths and road are surfaced with asphalt concrete (58 percent) or paving stones (25 percent). Nearly 70 percent of cycleways have street lighting and 40 percent are gritted in icy weather.

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Characteristics of paths and roads where cyling is allowed, 2022 (% of all paths and roads where cycling is allowed)

Kenmerken van Nederlandse fietspaden en -wegen	% of all cyclable paths and roads
(Very) few obstacles	76
Road surface in good condition	62
Gritted in icy weather	40
Good/limited lighting	67

Bikes popular for shopping

Most Dutch people in 2021 got on their bikes to go shopping, to go out, to get to a sports club or to another recreational/hobby activity. On average, the Dutch spend 15 minutes a day on their bikes, mostly for leisure activities, for example recreational cycling, going out, or to get to sports or hobbies. These reasons account for most cycled kilometres on average.

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Reasons for cycling, people aged 6 yrs and over, 2021 (%)

Reismotieven	Commuting	Professionally	Services, personal care	Shopping, groceries	Attending education, courses, child care	Visits including overnight stays	Leisure, sports	Touring, walking	Other
Distance travelled	16.8	1.5	2.6	11.2	9.7	7.8	20.1	25.0	5.6
Number of trips	15.6	1.6	3.1	23.4	10.9	9.4	17.2	6.3	10.9
Time travelled	12.8	1.4	2.1	11.4	8.7	6.8	22.0	28.9	5.7

Vlieland cycling island

Some parts of the Netherlands have more kilometres of cycle paths and roads than roads for cars. This difference is largest on the island of Vlieland: for every 100 kilometres of motorway, there are 201 kilometres of cycleway. In Woensdrecht and Baarle-Nassau this is the other way around: these municipalities have less than 80 kilometres of cycle paths and roads for every 100 kilometres of roads for motor vehicles.

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Length of cycling network per 100 km of motorway, 2022

Gemeente	Length of cycling network per 100 km of motorway
Aa en Hunze	104
Aalsmeer	106.8
Aalten	110.8
Achtkarspelen	102.1
Alblasserdam	123
Albrandswaard	115
Alkmaar	109.1
Almelo	104.9
Almere	107.4
Alphen aan den Rijn	119
Alphen-Chaam	113.2
Altena	104.9
Ameland	151.4
Amersfoort	106.3
Amstelveen	124.7
Amsterdam	124.1
Apeldoorn	116
Arnhem	115.4
Assen	109.7
Asten	94
Baarle-Nassau	74
Baarn	107.6
Barendrecht	115.9
Barneveld	104.3
Beek (L.)	91.4
Beekdaelen	108.7
Beesel	96.1
Berg en Dal	118.3
Bergeijk	111.5
Bergen (L.)	110.3
Bergen (NH.)	120.2
Bergen op Zoom	107.1
Berkelland	104.5
Bernheze	102.2
Best	105.3
Beuningen	100.7
Beverwijk	103.8
De Bilt	111.3
Bladel	112.3
Blaricum	109.5
Bloemendaal	145.9
Bodegraven-Reeuwijk	103.1
Boekel	105.4
Borger-Odoorn	93.5
Borne	96.4
Borsele	107.8
Boxtel	102.3
Breda	103.5
Brielle	112.3
Bronckhorst	107
Brummen	110.9
Brunssum	109.4
Bunnik	111.2
Bunschoten	115.4
Buren	101.9
Capelle aan den IJssel	122.2
Castricum	120.1
Coevorden	101.1
Cranendonck	110
Culemborg	110.6
Dalfsen	98.1
Dantumadiel	101.6
Delft	124.7
Deurne	103
Deventer	119.3
Diemen	111.6
Dijk en Waard	107.8
Dinkelland	106.9
Doesburg	109.6
Doetinchem	107.5
Dongen	112.9
Dordrecht	124.9
Drechterland	98
Drimmelen	102.9
Dronten	114
Druten	101.1
Duiven	108.9
Echt-Susteren	102.7
Edam-Volendam	102.1
Ede	101.6
Eemnes	84.7
Eemsdelta	104.5
Eersel	99.8
Eijsden-Margraten	99
Eindhoven	112.1
Elburg	104.8
Emmen	106.5
Enkhuizen	125.4
Enschede	114.7
Epe	104.5
Ermelo	128.4
Etten-Leur	115.2
De Fryske Marren	102.8
Geertruidenberg	108.5
Geldrop-Mierlo	118.5
Gemert-Bakel	102.7
Gennep	99
Gilze en Rijen	104.9
Goeree-Overflakkee	104.1
Goes	105.6
Goirle	102.1
Gooise Meren	95.9
Gorinchem	93.5
Gouda	126.3
's-Gravenhage (gemeente)	124.2
Groningen (gemeente)	110
Gulpen-Wittem	97.7
Haaksbergen	101.9
Haarlem	121.8
Haarlemmermeer	100.3
Halderberge	100.1
Hardenberg	99.1
Harderwijk	127.8
Hardinxveld-Giessendam	115.1
Harlingen	102.6
Hattem	102.6
Heemskerk	108.7
Heemstede	117
Heerde	122.9
Heerenveen	105.4
Heerlen	100.8
Heeze-Leende	123
Heiloo	114.2
Den Helder	123.5
Hellendoorn	107.6
Hellevoetsluis	111.9
Helmond	116.7
Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht	109.2
Hengelo (O.)	115.8
's-Hertogenbosch	111.8
Heumen	113.6
Heusden	110.5
Hillegom	123.2
Hilvarenbeek	106.1
Hilversum	130
Hoeksche Waard	101.8
Hof van Twente	107.4
Het Hogeland	107
Hollands Kroon	99.8
Hoogeveen	112.1
Hoorn	110.1
Horst aan de Maas	108.8
Houten	113.5
Huizen	119.3
Hulst	101.9
IJsselstein	114.8
Kaag en Braassem	94.6
Kampen	116.1
Kapelle	111.4
Katwijk	114.2
Kerkrade	107
Koggenland	95.9
Krimpen aan den IJssel	121.3
Krimpenerwaard	111
Laarbeek	107.8
Land van Cuijk	111.3
Landgraaf	107.5
Landsmeer	158.3
Lansingerland	117.4
Laren (NH.)	109
Leeuwarden	105.2
Leiden	120.8
Leiderdorp	115.6
Leidschendam-Voorburg	114.7
Lelystad	115.8
Leudal	103.7
Leusden	108.8
Lingewaard	117.4
Lisse	117.5
Lochem	102.4
Loon op Zand	97.9
Lopik	95.8
Losser	104.8
Maasdriel	107.8
Maasgouw	99.8
Maashorst	107
Maassluis	123
Maastricht	110.2
Medemblik	106.3
Meerssen	107.5
Meierijstad	106.3
Meppel	99
Middelburg (Z.)	97.7
Midden-Delfland	114.2
Midden-Drenthe	97.3
Midden-Groningen	99.5
Moerdijk	93.1
Molenlanden	111.7
Montferland	103.2
Montfoort	106.3
Mook en Middelaar	105.3
Neder-Betuwe	92.3
Nederweert	93.1
Nieuwegein	117.7
Nieuwkoop	107.2
Nijkerk	116.3
Nijmegen	113.6
Nissewaard	124.1
Noardeast-Frysl�n	102.7
Noord-Beveland	103.1
Noordenveld	110.3
Noordoostpolder	105.3
Noordwijk	103.4
Nuenen, Gerwen en Nederwetten	98.2
Nunspeet	120.7
Oegstgeest	115.4
Oirschot	103.4
Oisterwijk	108.6
Oldambt	110.8
Oldebroek	108.7
Oldenzaal	112.5
Olst-Wijhe	109.4
Ommen	96.6
Oost Gelre	105.3
Oosterhout	105.7
Ooststellingwerf	107.3
Oostzaan	115.9
Opmeer	108.6
Opsterland	102.6
Oss	109.5
Oude IJsselstreek	109.8
Ouder-Amstel	100.6
Oudewater	104
Overbetuwe	100.3
Papendrecht	120
Peel en Maas	98
Pekela	97.5
Pijnacker-Nootdorp	121.4
Purmerend	109
Putten	109.8
Raalte	107.3
Reimerswaal	103.9
Renkum	128.9
Renswoude	133
Reusel-De Mierden	108
Rheden	103.3
Rhenen	119.8
Ridderkerk	107
Rijssen-Holten	100.8
Rijswijk (ZH.)	119.9
Roerdalen	88.6
Roermond	104.8
De Ronde Venen	102
Roosendaal	105.2
Rotterdam	117.2
Rozendaal	109
Rucphen	96.5
Schagen	98
Scherpenzeel	99.3
Schiedam	112.1
Schiermonnikoog	189.1
Schouwen-Duiveland	106.5
Simpelveld	99
Sint-Michielsgestel	107.1
Sittard-Geleen	102.2
Sliedrecht	116.4
Sluis	103.1
Smallingerland	108
Soest	127.6
Someren	103.6
Son en Breugel	107.4
Stadskanaal	103.8
Staphorst	97.9
Stede Broec	116.3
Steenbergen	101
Steenwijkerland	114.3
Stein (L.)	104.9
Stichtse Vecht	100.3
S�dwest-Frysl�n	102
Terneuzen	106.3
Terschelling	158.3
Texel	129.6
Teylingen	105.2
Tholen	101.2
Tiel	108.6
Tilburg	96.1
Tubbergen	105
Twenterand	103.4
Tynaarlo	108.7
Tytsjerksteradiel	104.7
Uitgeest	108
Uithoorn	117.9
Urk	108.9
Utrecht (gemeente)	106.2
Utrechtse Heuvelrug	100
Vaals	89.2
Valkenburg aan de Geul	108.1
Valkenswaard	107.7
Veendam	109.6
Veenendaal	123.7
Veere	106.9
Veldhoven	109.2
Velsen	116.4
Venlo	101.1
Venray	103.9
Vijfheerenlanden	96.3
Vlaardingen	135.7
Vlieland	210.3
Vlissingen	116.2
Voerendaal	94.4
Voorschoten	128.1
Voorst	115.2
Vught	113.9
Waadhoeke	107.5
Waalre	120.8
Waalwijk	99.7
Waddinxveen	101.1
Wageningen	117.3
Wassenaar	116.8
Waterland	109.1
Weert	104.7
Weesp	101
West Betuwe	92.5
West Maas en Waal	106.6
Westerkwartier	107.9
Westerveld	121.3
Westervoort	123.9
Westerwolde	99.6
Westland	104.9
Weststellingwerf	98.9
Westvoorne	105.9
Wierden	100.4
Wijchen	104.8
Wijdemeren	116
Wijk bij Duurstede	102.8
Winterswijk	103.2
Woensdrecht	78.9
Woerden	102.5
De Wolden	101
Wormerland	92.7
Woudenberg	96.5
Zaanstad	107.3
Zaltbommel	96.9
Zandvoort	120.6
Zeewolde	115.3
Zeist	113.5
Zevenaar	111.1
Zoetermeer	127.9
Zoeterwoude	121.7
Zuidplas	106
Zundert	106.5
Zutphen	119.5
Zwartewaterland	100
Zwijndrecht	122.4
Zwolle	110.6

The questions

1. What keeps people from eating healthier?
2. What is working people’s income?
3. How much of the energy we consume is renewable?
4. What percentage wears glasses?
5. How are the dragonflies and butterflies doing?
6. How many housing units are there?
7. How does home burglary affect people?
8. In what occupations do most people work from home?
9. How much more expensive did food get?
10. How many babies were born to unmarried mothers?
11. From which countries do most immigrants come?
12. How many centenarians are there?
13. How do fathers and mothers divide work and care?
14. How many cars are there?
15. How much milk does a cow produce?
16. What portion of income went to food in 1936?
17. How many pigs were there in 1910?
18. How many cattle and pigs in the Netherlands?
19. What do we import from China?
20. What type of shop is seen less and less?
21. How many nights are spent in Dutch hotels?
22. How often do older people have contact with neighbours?
23. How many adults comply with the physical activity guidelines?
24. Where do international students in the Netherlands come from?
25. What are the major religions?
26. How many litres of water do we use per day?
27. How many millionaires in the Netherlands?
28. How many inhabitants in the Netherlands??
29. Where can we ride our bikes?
30. At what age do workers retire?
31. Which day has the most birthdays?
32. How many people have a student debt?
33. How does CBS handle your privacy?