VISIT MUNICIPALITY OF VARDE

On Tuesday 22 October, we organised a full-day programme for a delegation from the Danish municipality of Varde. The main focus of this day was the cycling junction network.

Folkersma also designed a digital bicycle network for this municipality and the municipality is investigating the future of such a network in their own municipality.

During the day, we told about the development of cycling junction networks and how a region can benefit from such a network.

Folkersma hosted the municipality of Varde at Borg Nienoord in Leek.

PLANETENPAD LAUWERSMEER AREA

In the Lauwersmeer area, you can now walk the Planet Path. From the fire pit at Activity Centre Lauwersnest, you walk past magnificent scale models of the planets in our universe.

The distances and sizes of the various models are to scale. During the walk, you experience how close the planets are to each other and the distances between them.

Folkersma designed and installed the Planet Path in the field.

VELO CITY GHENT

This year, our company will again be represented at Velo City in Ghent. From 18 to 21 June all kinds of cycling professionals from all over the world will gather there.

Folkersma is part of the Dutch Cycling Pavilion together with many Dutch cycling experts! Our company will have a real mini-booth.

We are looking forward to meeting you in stand 68!

HIKING IN METROPOLITAN AREA ARNHEM NIJMEGEN

After the many preparations for the construction of the hiking network in region Arnhem, we have started implementation. In the municipalities of Beuningen, Lingewaard, Wijchen and Heumen, the network is almost complete.

In the coming months, we will further install the hiking network in the municipalities of Arnhem, Nijmegen, Overbetuwe, Berg en dal, Duiven, Westervoort and even across the border in Emmerich, Germany.

The photo shows the installation of the first junction in Wijchen municipality together with councilor Martijn Derks.

Photo: Dick Vogelzang

THE CYCLING JUNCTION NETWORK IN BRUSSELS IS A FACT!

In the past few months we installed the cycling junction network in the Brussels Capital Region. The blind spot in the Belgian cycling junction network is eliminated by adding 220 kilometer of cycling routes and 65 junctions throughout Brussels. From now on cyclists can cycle throughout the whole city and discover it’s uniqueness.

After finalizing the network a group of enthusiastic volunteers carried out an inspection on all the new signs.

DEVELOPMENT OF THE CYCLE JUNCTION NETWORK IN DENMARK

Dansk Kyst- og Naturturisme (Danish Coastal and Nature Tourism Agency) aims to make cycle tourism more attractive in Denmark.

It should become easier for Danish people and tourists to get on a bicycle and discover the beautiful Danish landscape. For this reason, a bicycle route network will be developed in which attractive, safe and accessible bicycle routes are connected with Points of Interest.

Together with Mobycon, ONDRAF/NIRAS and Cyklistforbundet (Danish Cycling Federation), we will realise a cycling network in three pilot areas, after which hopefully the rest of Denmark will follow and a nationwide network will emerge.

EXPANSION OF TOP NETWORK FRIESLAND

By order of the Marrekrite Recreation Board, we have added two new TOPs (Tourist Transfer Points) to the growing network of these locations.

In early March, the locations in Firdgum and Harlingen were festively unveiled. At both locations you can start the nicest walking or cycling route to discover the beautiful surroundings. How about the Zeedijkenroute on the pedals or the walking route Lokroep van het Wad from Firdgum?

The TOP in Harlingen can be found at the car park on the Westerzeedijk in Harlingen. The TOP in Firdgum is situated at the Yeb Hettingamuseum at the Camstrawei.

MANAGEMENT OF ROUTE NETWORKS IN SOUTH-HOLLAND

Cycling and walking network

For some time, we have been managing and maintaining the cycling and rambling network in the province of Zuid-Holland. This concerns approximately 2700 km of the cycling network and another 4000 km where walking networks are concerned.

We like to carry out the maintenance rounds as efficiently as possible and thus have a minimal impact on the environment. We achieve this because we can ride the routes with our RAW Bike, which creates no CO2 emissions.

OPTIMISATION OF THE ARNHEM-NIJMEGEN CYCLING NETWORK

During the past few months, we have realised various route changes within the Arnhem Nijmegen cycling junction network. In this beautiful area, beautiful paths have been added to the network and here and there paths have been adjusted and removed. All information panels have been given a new layout and are all being replaced. Each information panel is unique and tells something interesting about the area, for example about the history or the nature.

BAMBOO BIKE PEDAL QUEIMADOS

Cycling for the future

Queimados, near Rio de Janeiro, was in 2018 the city with the highest crime rate in Brazil. The Pedal Queimados foundation started the project Cycling for the future. Within this project bamboo bikes are made by the community with the aim to create new jobs, sell bicycles and have a role in society. Folkersma recently bought a bamboo bicycle to support the project in Brazil. It has arrived in the Netherlands and has a nice spot in the office.