About us
Utrecht Hiking Community aims to organise one hike per month. If you're in for a hike with a bunch of friendly other people, you are very welcome to join, no matter whether you are an expat, professional, nomad, local or a student. The hikes are a way to meet people while being active and exploring a place you might not be going to otherwise. If your aim is to hike fast, we might not be the right hiking group for you though. For us it's more about having a fun walk, seeing nice places and socialising.
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9.5km walk from Baarn to Soestdijk, passing by Soestdijk Palace
Baarn, Train Station, 3743 JA Baarn, Netherlands, Baarn, NLOn Saturday November 7th, embark with us on a beautiful 9.5km walking route from Baarn train station to Soestdijk train station, passing by Soestdijk Palace.
We'll start our hike at 10.30AM at the train station of Baarn, where we'll wait you right next to the old train station building. This building is special for having a royal waiting room, one of three in total (the others are in Amsterdam and The Hague). Unfortunately the royal waiting room won't be accessible, but you can see the entrance.
From there we'll walk through the Baarnse Bos forest, pass by the former school of the Dutch King and the Naald van Waterloo, a monument commemorating the battle of Waterloo, before reaching Soestdijk Palace, the former residence of the Dutch royal family. We will then walk a round around the estate, through the forest. We won't enter the garden of the Palace, but of course you can go to visit it after the walk (entrance fee is €2.50). At the end we'll walk through Soest to make our way to Soestdijk train station, the end point of this walk, from where you can head back to Baarn by train, or take the train in the other direction towards Utrecht.
Never joined before and not sure what this all is about? Utrecht Hiking Community aims to organise one social hiking event per month, always somewhere in or near to Utrecht. Everyone is welcome: young or old, local or expat, beginner or experienced hiker, student or professional, etc. Usually many participants are from abroad. Therefore our walks are a great way to meet people from all over the world, while also being active and going to a place where you otherwise might not have gone to. We're not about fast hiking though, so if that's what you want, then you might better enjoy walking with some other group.
For an impression of previous hikes and impressions of where we'll be walking this time, you can check our Instagram page: www.instagram.com/utrecht.hiking.communi
Please try to arrive to Baarn on time. If you will be too late, we can't make the whole group wait for you. But, if you send a message on WhatsApp to +31621177691, we can send you our live location, so you can come after us. We won't be walking very fast, so it should be possible to catch up with us.
At Baarn's train station, besides the royal waiting room, there is free parking, a little shop and a public toilet. After departure we won't come across any public toilets until we're almost at the end of our route, so please make sure you've visited a restroom before we depart. Dogs are allowed on this route, but need to be kept on a leash on parts of the route.
After the walk you may join for an optional lunch. There are several lunchrooms nearby to Soestdijk station. Depending on the size of the group that wants to go for lunch, we'll see where we'll go.
You can join the hike free of charge, but we do make some costs to organise it (yearly MeetUp membership is about €200 + travel costs). Therefore, a small donation would be very much appreciated, which you can send via this link: https://www.ing.nl/payreq/m/FqNZ68xzApfNomykuPOZkrhLl5NOQj03
In case of bad weather expected or other unforeseen circumstances, the hike may be cancelled or postponed. Therefore please check this event for any updates shortly before. If there are no updates, the hike will take place as scheduled.
If you have any questions, please feel free to ask.
We hope to see you on Saturday November 7th!
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