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IBTC 2025:
Next generation routes & concepts

More than 90 professionals from 13 countries visited the IBTC edition in Domstad in Utrecht. A new date has already been announced for 2026: February 12, again in Domstad. Save the date!

Below is an overview of the 2025 program. Please be patient: a review of the 2025 edition will follow soon.


Auteur en langeafstandswandelaar Tim Voors mand daughter

Keynote Tim Voors

The keynote speaker Tim Voors is a writer, adventurer and long-distance walker. After the success of his first book ‘Alone’, about his journey on foot from Mexico to Canada, he wrote books about his treks in New Zealand, Portugal and Sweden. He knows like no other how to captivate the room and take the audience with him on his journey with wonderful photos and the many amusing and moving experiences he had. Curious? Watch his introductory video about the keynote.

The following speakers will be also participating (*)

  • Frank Hart, Wandelnet, research into walking in the Netherlands and routes you can experience 

  • Eric Nijland, director of Fietsplatform (cycling platform), advising on the roll-out of cycling nodes over the years

  • Fiona Smart, owner of Girona Cycling and cyclists’ hotel Mas Pelegri in Catalonia, about organising active cycling holidays in Spain and the setting up of a sustainable cycling business

  • Christian Tänzler, specialist in German cycling tourism, who works for the ADFC and Visit Berlin, about the changes in cycling tourism and the importance of themed routes - showcase Berlin

  • Moniek Hover, professor of Storytelling at Breda University of Applied Sciences and developer of routes for Visit Brabant, will demonstrate how you build up a story around a route, together with Veronique de Kort of VisitBrabant

  • Brigitte Ars, author of the book ‘Waar is het Avontuur’ (Where's the Adventure) about micro-adventures, and how these form a concept that can be used by DMO’s and tour operators

  • Marjan Gielen, owner of Destinationmakers, and Marion Hoogwegt, author of the book ‘Duurzaam door Spanje’ (Sustainably through Spain) and journalist, about how the Vias Verdes (Green Ways) in Spain have grown into a full-blown tourism product and the contributions of these to the region

  • Richard Bowen, roads portfolio manager at Transport Infrastructure Ireland about his country with a limited cycling culture, but whose government will be investing heavily in the next 15 years in a cycle network of about 3500 kilometres. 


Register now and we will be pleased to welcome you on 13 February in the Cursus- en Vergadercentrum Domstad (course and meeting centre Domstad) a 5-minute walk from Utrecht Central station. 

If you have any questions, please contact Stefan Maas  or Marjan Gielen .

Kind regards,
Team Hicle