Tips on routes & places linked to specific periods, dates
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Are you looking for inspiration to find and/or highlight specific routes? Then this overview is definitely suitable for you. This is a handy list of a specific set of routes from places linked to a date, month or time period.
General
January
- January
- 08/01: Manhattanhenge
- Spotting mistletoe:
- Witch hazels in bloom - News
- Winter recommendations
- Recommended for the month of January
February
- 14/02: Valentine's Day - Love
- 18/02: 'National Drink Wine Day' in the US: Walks with the theme "wine"
- Spotting woodpeckers - this is the period to hear woodpeckers drumming against trees (walks linked to woods & forests)
- Now that the weather is not yet great - city walks
- Recommended for the month of February
March
- Early March: Strade Bianche and related topics
- The track: https://www.routeyou.com/nl-it/route/view/14150277/racefietsroute/strade-bianche-2024-parcours
- Sienna in the picture: https://www.routeyou.com/nl/news/view/9548/siena-in-de-kijker
- A great selection of gravelbikes: https://www.routeyou.com/nl/news/view/9547/strade-bianche-zet-aan-tot-gravelen
- 08/03: International Women's Day:
- 14/03: Pi Day
- 17/03: St. Patrick's Day
- 21/03: Spring: Discover spring recommendations
- Last week of March:
- 21/03: International Day of the Forests
- 23/03: Literature Day; Routes & places linked to literature
- 30/03: Vincent van Gogh's birthday: https://www.routeyou.com/en/news/view/9006
- Blossom routes
- In the context of the cycling classics that are now in full swing
- Roadbike routes linked to the cycling classics: https://www.routeyou.com/nl-be/route/search/6/fietsroutes-zoeken/racefietsroute#lat=50.99133&lon=5.5424&zoom=7&theme=22
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Places linked to cycling legends/cyling classics: https://www.routeyou.com/nl/news/view/8714/plekken-met-wielerlegendes
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Spectacular places linked to climbs: https://www.routeyou.com/poi/search#min-lat=-85.05113&min-lon=-180&max-lat=85.05113&max-lon=180&characteristic=22&theme=44
April
- 18/04: 'World Heritage Day'
- 19/04: Day of the Engineer
- Easter
- Blossom routes
- Forest bloomers
- Wild garlic
- Asparagus
- Recommended for the month of April
May
- May
- 1/05: May month = cycling month (in NL): the entire month of May is proclaimed cycling month
- 1/05 - Labor Day
- 5/05 - Liberation Day
- 13-14/05: National Mill Day in NL
- 2nd Sunday in May: United Kingdom: National Mills Day
- 2nd Sunday in May: Mother's Day
- 18/05: Plant Day (NL)
- 20/05: Battle of Gijzenzele
- 20/05: Whiskey Day (NL)
- 21/05: Natura2000 Day (NL)
- 22/05: Feast day of Rita
- 22/05: Birthday of Richard Wagner (May 22, 1813)
- Last Sunday of May: National Park Day (NL)
- 25/05: International Africa Day, Bike-to-Work Day (NL)
- 26-28/05 - Archaeology Days in Belgium
- 28/05 - Manhattanhenge
- 30/05: Joan of Arc: Day of Death
- End of May/beginning of June: Week of the Bee
- Ascension Day: Switzerland: Swiss Mill Day
- Pentecost - 2nd Pentecost: Castle Day (in NL), German Mill Day
- 2 weeks after Pentecost - Pot Market in Schellebelle (sometimes end of May, sometimes beginning of June)
- Pilgrimages
June
July
August
September
October
November
December