{"id":45643,"date":"2025-06-28T20:32:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-28T18:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.frieslandhollandtravel.nl\/?p=45643"},"modified":"2025-06-28T20:32:54","modified_gmt":"2025-06-28T18:32:54","slug":"cycling-in-friesland-sytzes-eleven-cities-tour-has-begun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.frieslandhollandtravel.nl\/en\/news\/cycling-in-friesland-sytzes-eleven-cities-tour-has-begun\/","title":{"rendered":"Cycling in Friesland: Sytze\u2019s Eleven Cities Tour Has Begun"},"content":{"rendered":"

DAY 1<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Today we officially kicked off the seven-day Eleven Cities Tour organized by Friesland Holland Travel \u2014 and what a fantastic first day it was!<\/p>\n

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Around noon, a coach full of enthusiastic Flemish participants arrived, along with a trailer packed with bikes, all ready for a week full of nature, culture, and fun on two wheels.<\/p>\n

After a brief introduction, unloading the bikes, and a few adjustments here and there, we set off at a relaxed pace for the first stage: from Lemmer to Rijs. Not a very long ride today (about 35 kilometers), but certainly one full of variety.<\/p>\n

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We cycled through Nijemirdum and Oudemirdum, two charming villages in the southwestern part of Friesland where the landscape already becomes noticeably more hilly \u2014 something many people don\u2019t expect from Friesland. And then, the highlight of the day: the Mirnser Klif. One of the few places in the Netherlands where you can enjoy a natural elevated view over Lake IJsselmeer. This ancient cliff was formed during the Ice Age and offers a panorama that feels almost foreign. We took a lovely break here: feet in the water, cameras out, and time to soak it all in.<\/p>\n

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The group is great \u2014 a nice mix of ages (the oldest participant is 80 years old!) \u2014 but everyone shares the same goal: a week of relaxed cycling and discovering the beauty of Friesland. The mood was immediately upbeat. There was already plenty of chatting and laughter along the way, and a few enthusiastic riders couldn\u2019t resist the occasional sprint.<\/p>\n

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Tomorrow we\u2019ll start experiencing the real Eleven Cities: we\u2019ll cycle from Stavoren via Hindeloopen to Workum. Along the way, we\u2019ll stop in the tiny fishing village of Laaxum (where time seems to have stood still), and visit the impressive monument commemorating the Battle of Warns.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m fully confident this will be a fantastic week. The group is great, the weather looks promising, and Friesland is already showing us its best side.<\/p>\n

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See you tomorrow!<\/p>\n

\u2013 Sytze<\/strong><\/p>\n

Friesland Holland Travel<\/strong><\/p>\n

This trip is part of the all-inclusive cycling holidays offered by Friesland Holland Travel<\/em>, the specialist in Eleven Cities cycling tours. Want to know more or plan your own trip?<\/p>\n

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\u2709\ufe0f info@frieslandhollandtravel.com<\/a><\/p>\n

For the latest news about Friesland, visit: Fries Nieuws<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

DAY 1 Today we officially kicked off the seven-day Eleven Cities Tour organized by Friesland Holland Travel \u2014 and what a fantastic first day it was! Around noon, a coach full of enthusiastic Flemish participants arrived, along with a trailer packed with bikes, all ready for a week full of nature, culture, and fun on… Lees meer Cycling in Friesland: Sytze\u2019s Eleven Cities Tour Has Begun<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":45630,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[140],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frieslandhollandtravel.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frieslandhollandtravel.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frieslandhollandtravel.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frieslandhollandtravel.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frieslandhollandtravel.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45643"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.frieslandhollandtravel.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45643\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frieslandhollandtravel.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frieslandhollandtravel.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frieslandhollandtravel.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frieslandhollandtravel.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}