Driving the Mergellandroute in the southern-most point of the Netherlands. Part of the route is the Epenerbaan (
1:10:16 -
1:17:33), which was titled the "best road in the Netherlands" by Autoblog.nl:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_23KSczpW4&t=3m21s.
The route leads past the Vaalserberg, translated as "Vaalsermountain" in English, although it's more like a hill. Nevertheless, this is as hilly as it gets in the Netherlands. There were a few curves which were nice to Dutch standards, but nothing like roads found in the Alps. I guess we can conclude there are no nice roads in the Netherlands :-)
I drove the Mergellandroute on a Saturday morning, and it was packed with cyclists and slow drivers. If you happen to be around, it's a nice ride, but I wouldn't drive far to get there.
I followed this route: https://www.routeyou.com/en-gb/route/view/4240833. Loaded the KML file in Google Maps, but while driving the route disappeared every 5 seconds. As a result, I took a few wrong turns, which you can tell by the cuts in the video. If anybody knows a good iOS app to navigate using KML files, let me know in the comments!
All Roadtrip Through The Lens recorded rides: https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=19dxTrWNACX1PjChjayqucute4ec3zOtf
Gear:
• Tesla Model 3 Performance
• GoPro Hero 8 (with SanDisk Micro SD Extreme Pro 256GB U3 A2)
• GoPro Media Mod
• GoPro Suction Cup
• Zoom H1n (with SanDisk Micro SD Extreme Pro 32GB U3 A1)
• Seagate Expansion Portable 5TB