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Sailing schedule coming soon
We can't wait to present our '22 sailing schedule!
Weser-Hills tour in Germany
June 12 - 19 / 2021
Departure port:
Bremen
Destination:
Wolfsburg
Countries:
Germany
Travel time:
8 days
Average biking distance per day:
30 to 45 km
Bike, Barge and Cruise through the ‘Weser-hills’ landscape, where tourists are hard to find. Explore the 'Herrenhausen gardens' & Volkswagen-car-city. (Entrance included).
€ 1.635,- p.p.
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West meets East Germany tour
June 19 - 26 / 2021
Departure port:
Wolfsburg
Destination:
Berlin/Spandau
Countries:
Germany
Travel time:
8 days
Average biking distance per day:
25 to 50 KM
After designing this trip we needed a new slogan because Bike & Barge didn’t cover the load! We named it: ‘Bike & Culture”, a perfect combination between biking and culture !!
€ 1.635,- p.p.
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Midland-canal & Rhine-river tour in Germany
July 31 - August 07 / 2021
Departure port:
Wolfsburg
Destination:
Cologne
Countries:
Germany
Travel time:
8 days
Average biking distance per day:
35 to 55 KM
Bike, Barge and Cruise 2 different worlds; along the midland canal & the Rhine river. Where tourists are hard to find, you cycle through forests, visit castles & great city's
€ 1.635,- p.p.
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Where we sail
The no. 1 in bike and barge cruises across Europe
The Merlijn sails on:
- All rivers & lakes of Holland/Netherlands, including the IJssel, Meuse, IJssel Lake, inland lakes of the Randmeren, the Waddensea, the Groene Hart van Holland (Green Heartlands) commencing in Amsterdam and running via Gouda/Delft to Kinderdijk.
- In Germany we sail the Rhine, Moselle, Saar, Main, Main-Danube-canal, Danube, Neckar, Midlandcanal, Havel, Weser, Oder, Peene & more.
- In Belgium we sail the Schelde and several canals to Bruges & Brussels, from there to Maastricht.
- In France we sail the Moselle, as far as to Nancy.
- In Poland we sail the West-Odra and cross the Lake Stettiner haff, also we dock in the city of Szczecin.
- The Danube deserves a special mention: from 2022 we will sail on this river through Germany & Austria until we reach Vienna.
- From 2023 on we add a little more and we also cross Slovakia to sail as far as Budapest in Hungary.
Merlijn's Captain knows all these waters & their natural surroundings well, and knows where the most tranquil spots are to be found.
The last news
Friday 06 december 2019
Renovation upper-deck finished
After a long time thinking, planning and designing we proudly present our new upper-deck interior!
See all pictures in our photo album
Monday 15 april 2019
Merlijn goes to the Blue Danube!
We are planning to sail the Blue Danube in 2022!
More news coming soon
Friday 22 february 2019
Merlijn has new owners
We are Coen & Cristina, here is a short introduction about us, the proud new owners of Merlijn.
A dream coming true, that is.......