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Meet 40,000 hikers and cyclists!

Cycling, hiking, and the outdoors – that’s our passion! With events like the Fiets en Wandelbeurs (Hike & Bike Experience), E-bike Challenge, and the international conference IBTC, we connect cycling, hiking, and tourism professionals with the right audience: cyclists and hikers in the Netherlands and Belgium. And for those seeking their next active adventure, our platform HicleHolidays.com is the ultimate source of ideas, routes, and travel inspiration. Through these initiatives, we contribute to a healthier, more sustainable future — one step and pedal stroke at a time.

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Visitors of the Fiets en Wandelbeurs look at the floorplan of the fair

Keep this dates free in your agenda

On 12, 13 and 14 February at Jaarbeurs Utrecht and 20 and 21 February at Flanders Expo Ghent, new editions of the Fiets en Wandelbeurs / E-bike Challenge will take place. Don’t miss this opportunity to reach a genuinely interested cycling and walking audience!

Electric cargo bike on the E-bike Challenge in Ghent

Kickoff cycling and hiking season in Ghent

Flanders Expo in Ghent was once again the setting for the Fiets en Wandelbeurs combined with the E-bike Challenge on 28 February and 1 March 2026. Thousands of outdoor enthusiasts found plenty of inspiration for new trips and holidays.

Ad Snelderwaard and Menno Faber showing the Hicle award for the best hiking route in the Benelux.

A walk around the Veluwe wins Hicle’s hiking award

The authors Ad Snelderwaard and Menno Faber won the award for Hicle Walking Route of the Year 2026 with their guidebook “Een wandeling rondom de Veluwe” (A Walk Around the Veluwe). They were selected from a shortlist of six candidates.

Presentation at the workshop square

Hicle events in Utrecht attract huge crowds again

The latest edition of the Fiets en Wandelbeurs/E-bike Challenge at Jaarbeurs Utrecht was a great success; 24,165 cycling and hiking enthusiasts were scanned at the entrance.

Two bikers along the Göta Canal in Sweden

The Göta Canal Trail is Cycle Route of the Year 2025

This Swedish route along the Göta Canal, known for its 58 locks, was chosen by the cycling jury as the ‘Best Cycling Route of 2025.’

Presentation Tim Voors at the IBTC 2025

IBTC 2025: shaping the future of active tourism

Over 90 professionals attended the successful 4th edition of the IBTC, the International Bike & Hike Tourism Conference, held in Utrecht.

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