Street View Netherlands
The Netherlands is the best-covered country in the world for cycle paths, because so many of them are legally roads and were driven as such. It changes what Street View is for here.
City guides
1 written guide for Netherlands, each with the streets worth walking and the views worth opening.
What the coverage is like
Cycle infrastructure is covered as thoroughly as the road network, which is unique. Long-distance routes are followable end to end.
Urban coverage is complete and frequently updated. Amsterdam's centre has been redriven many times.
Because so much of the country is reclaimed and flat, the horizon is far away and the imagery reads clearly for a long distance, which is not true of most places.
Worth opening beyond the city guides
The Afsluitdijk, a 32-kilometre barrier dam built in the 1930s that turned an inlet of the sea into a freshwater lake.
Kinderdijk, nineteen windmills built in the eighteenth century to drain a polder, still standing in a row.
Giethoorn, where the houses are reached by footbridge and canal rather than by road.
The Delta Works in Zeeland, storm barriers built after the 1953 flood, which are drivable across.
Places to open
4 locations in Netherlands, each one a single click into Street View at the right spot and facing the right way.
Questions about Street View in Netherlands
Are Dutch cycle paths on Street View?
Many are, more than in any other country. A large share of Dutch cycle infrastructure is legally road and was captured by car, so long-distance routes can be followed the whole way.