Some more photos from our pedalling around this pleasant small city in the southern Netherlands.

The crazy cube houses (Kubuswoningen) in Helmond, designed by the Dutch structuralist architect Piet Blom in the mid-1970s.

Bridge over the the Zuid-Willemsvaart canal which runs through the city.

In the heart of Helmond can be seen this impressive castle, built by Jan III van Berlaer around 1350.

On the road!

The Netherlands is fantastic for cycling - not only is it flat, but there's loads of safe cycle lanes.

More photos: Helmond, Netherlands

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# posted by urban75 : 9:23 PM  0 comments

I finally found a bit of time to post up some more photos from our trip to the beautiful town of Utrecht last month:










More here: Utrecht, Netherlands photos
Helmond pics coming soon!

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# posted by urban75 : 2:52 PM  0 comments

We've just spent a lovely long weekend in the Netherlands, cycling along canals and checking out the sights.

I'll do a full photo feature soon, but here's a few shots from Utrecht, which was a delightful town:

Getting there was pretty easy too: Eurostar to Brussels, and then on to Helmond with one change on the way.

All the trains ran right on time, the connections were easy and the whole journey took us around 5 hours. Lovely!

You'd have to be mad to endure the skanky grime of RyanAir when you can sit down with a coffee and watch the countryside roll by.

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# posted by urban75 : 10:14 PM  0 comments