🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🌳 Ready for a non-pinkwashed pride march in our capital's largest green area? Join us for a long hike & possible swim in het Amsterdamse Bos! 🌲❌❌❌
Whether you could use some peace & quiet after the pride march in the city from the day before, or you just want to avoid the big city crowds altogether - this sounds like a good idea huh? The Amsterdam Forest offers a great variety of woods, water, a hill with a 16(!) meter high summit and picturesque meadows we queers can dartle around in 🌳🌼✨
🥾 Distance: 17 km (approximately 4.5 hours including a lunch break)
🤝🏼 Meeting point: Utrecht Centraal (underneath the light cloud)
🕙 Gathering time: 09:55
🚆 Travel schedule: train towards Amsterdam Zuid (direction Dordrecht) at 10:11 (platform 7) ➡️ arrival at Amsterdam Zuid station at 10:35 ➡️ bus 178 (direction Poortwachter Amstelveen) at 10:48 ➡️ arrival in bus stop Amsterdamse Bos at 10:56
❗You can also travel on your own from another direction and meet us at Amsterdam Zuid or Amsterdamse Bos.
🚗 If you come by car, you can park at Parkeerplaats Amsterdamse Bos (Bosbaan 4, check Google Maps). Please arrive by 11:00.
🚶🏾After a round of introductions, we start walking around 11:10
🏁 We return to the same bus stop, from where we catch bus 178 back to Amsterdam Zuid station.
For those who are eager and if the weather allows, we will swim at the AmsterDecks Nieuwe Meer after we finish the hike 🏊🏽♀️🌊 (this will add another 2km in total)
Pack your:
🥾 sturdy shoes
🍱 lunch box & snacks
🚰 water
🧥 rain coat/umbrella
🏊🏿 swim gear
☀️ sun screen
🏳️🌈 anything else you might need
❌ If you signed up and cannot make it in the end, please cancel your attendance so we know how many people will show up and someone else can take your place instead :)
💗 A voluntary donation helps us to keep the Meetup group up and running :) you can either pay via a Tikkie or in cash after we finish the hike.
🏳️🌈❌❌❌ See you soon pride people 🌊🌳🏳️⚧️
Hiking Queers Netherlands
