Netherlands Tour June 2025

[arranandy]

Hi all,

My partner and I are doing the above tour. We've booked the ferry from Newcastle to Ijmuiden then are planning to stay in hotels/B&Bs in the Netherlands so no tents, sleeping bags, stoves, etc . We're doing it Saturday to Saturday so are just wondering about pannier size. I'm reckoning 2 x 25 or 32l rear and a bar bag each.

What are other people's thoughts/experience of this?

Any comments/input greatly appreciated as this is our first tour

 

[mjr]

How long are you away for? Any chance to clean clothes in any places you stay?

I've done a short tour with an 11L saddlebag and a bar bag. The largest was a week with 32L of rear panniers and a 13L rack bag. Most comfortable was an 11L pannier, a 19L and a bar bag.

 

[arranandy]

We're away for a week. An overnight on the ferry each way then 6 nights in hotels/B&Bs. Might be able to rinse things in sinks/showers

 

[Emanresu]

If you know your likely route then search Googlemaps for self-service laundry. Use it every 3 days or so. My OH laughs where I send her picks of laundromats all over Europe. But it saves on the weight. That and technical clothes.

 

[arranandy]

Great tip

We lived in the NL for 3 years and had to use a self service laundry at a petrol station a few time when the washing machine in our apartment broke

 

[Psamathe]

I'm reckoning 2 x 25 or 32l rear and a bar bag each.

When I go touring (several month trips with full camping gear, solo so carrying everything myself with a 2 person tent) I take 2 x 32L luggage (tent goes inside that luggage not separate).

Ian

 

[Ralphbostie]

Hi all,

My partner and I are doing the above tour. We've booked the ferry from Newcastle to Ijmuiden then are planning to stay in hotels/B&Bs in the Netherlands so no tents, sleeping bags, stoves, etc . We're doing it Saturday to Saturday so are just wondering about pannier size. I'm reckoning 2 x 25 or 32l rear and a bar bag each.

What are other people's thoughts/experience of this?

Any comments/input greatly appreciated as this is our first toHave a look

Have a look on AirBnb and look for Appartments with Wash M/cs and Dryers, might cost a little more though, me and my partner just stopped in two of those over a ten day trip to France, we also found a Campsite and stopped in a Pod, the Campsite had a Laundry on site.