Скачать или смотреть Into the hills - Geulle (124 Km)

Let's head to the south of The Netherlands minutes after sunrise. Specifically up till a place called Geulle in the western part of the south of the Netherlands. We preserve our energy by driving around 25 km/h so we don't get into trouble driving into the hills.

In the tour I talk about the floods of 2021 which flooded many places in the southern parts of the Netherlands. But also Belgium and Germany where it was even worse. At 1:20:00 you can see the same road years after the flood and during the flood. If you watch carefully you'll notice the road sign with "Aasterberg" on it. And during the floods you can see an army truck, stranded in the distance after it drove off the road during the flood. They were almost into the Aasterberg village to provide help but needed rescuing by the fire department. Aasterberg was very close to flooding. The water was creeping underneath the dikes protecting the small village due to what is called "seepage water". I always thought dikes would protect better than they did!

At 2:22:50 we start to climb a hill called slingerberg in a place called Broekhoven next to Geulle on a road stretching 1200 meters. Rising 65 meters. The average incline percentage is 5.4% with a maximum of 12%.

At 2:57:06 we start to climb another hill called Sweikhuizerberg in a place called Sweikhuizen. The road stretches 1100 kms and rises 57 km's. The average incline is 5.2% with a max of 10.2 %.

I would not recommend to climb this hills without a schlumpf drive. I don't think that can be done without it in a velomobile.

Found some interesting moments? Let me know them, I will highlight them so everyone can find them easily too!

0:58:20 Aerial footage of the Maas bridge
1:03:27 Aerial footage of the Maasbracht Harbor
1:04:36 Aerial footage of the Sluice of Maasbracht which connects the Julianakanaal to the Maas river via the harbor.
1:06:17 A story about the Maas river valley and the floods of 2021
1:14:02 Detour because of a washed away river with Aerial footage and flood
1:14:50 Aerial footage of a hairpin bicycle road
1:18:29 Start of a high speed downhill
1:20:00 Footage of Aasterberg floods.
1:50:36 Nice road next to the Maas
1:35:21 Aerial footage of the Grensmaas project factory. To provide space for the Maas to prevent floods.
1:37:01 Aerial footage of a bridge next to the Grensmaas project