Manual
Read more about how Fietsknoop works.
Also watch our instruction videos in Dutch
- Altitude profile routes in app
The altitude profile of a route is visible in all routes, including gpx routes, for users with a Fietsknoop[+]Plus account (from app version 5.4.3, February 2024).
A route that is still 'under construction' does not yet contain an altitude profile. This only becomes visible after saving the route.
- Add another person's route
Did you find a nice route via 'Search'? Add it quickly to your own route list.
App:
Open the preferred route. On the overlay screen, you will see the red Add button.
Website:
Open the route you would like. On the right side of the map are some green buttons. Click on the Add button ('Toevoegen').
- Share routes on social media
Open your route in the app, from your Routes list. On the overlay screen, click on the social media share symbol:
Is this symbol not on your route's overlay screen? Then the route is still 'private'. Adjust this by clicking the archive symbol and changing the route to 'Everybody'.
- Elevation profile routes
Website:
The elevation profile of a route is visible below the map of your own route, when you are logged in to your Fietsknoop[+]Plus account.
There is a triangle at the top right of the height profile. Clicking it hides the profile. Clicking it again shows the elevation profile again.
Handy, if you don't want to print the elevation profile.
App:
In the top green bar of a route, you can find the 'elevation profile' symbol. Click it to see the elevation profile of the route.
- Deleting saved routes
App:
Open your list 'Routes'.
For iOS: move the route to be deleted to the left and click on the red 'delete' button.
For Android: click a bit longer on the route name in the list (so-called long-click). A delete question appears. Click on 'yes'.
Website:
Log on to www.fietsknoop.nl/dashboard/inloggen. The website is in Dutch.
Choose the blue button 'Routes' on your own page. Click on the button 'route x' to the right of the route to be deleted.
It is also possible to remove several routes at once.
Click on the button 'Meerdere routes verwijderen = Delete multiple routes'. Tick the routes to be deleted and click on 'Geselecteerde routes verwijderen = Delete selected routes'.
See also the instruction video on the website.
- Adjusting a not yet saved route
As long as the route is not yet saved, you can change it by using the button 'take back last point'.
App:
Website:
Once the route has been saved, it is only possible to modify it with a Fietsknoop[+]Plus account.
- Creating routes without nodes
Fietsknoop is a digital planner for planning routes along the official nodes. Without an account, or with a basic account, only this network can be used. Anyone with a Fietsknoop[+]Plus account can create their own routes, as gpx tracks.
Go to the website and log in to your account. Click on the blue button 'Activiteiten' (= Activities) and choose 'Fietsen' (= Cycling) or 'Wandelen' (= Walking).
On the map, click with the mouse on the spot where you want to start the route. Click anywhere else and Fietsknoop will create the shortest route between the two points using the existing paths. Drag a point if you want to change the route.
Save the route and use it as an 'Activity'. As the route does not run through the nodes, no voice support is possible.
This feature is still under development.
- To save a route in the app
App:
Create a route and click on the green 'save' icon.
On the next screen, fill in the details and finally save with the dark blue 'Save' button. Return to the main menu and your saved route can be found in the 'Routes' list.
Is the route not to your liking, delete it by clicking on the 'trash' symbol.
- Starting a route
Choose a route from 'Routes' and open it.
Click the grey line on the overlay screen or on the screen itself to make the overlay screen disappear.
Click Start to start the route.
Fietsknoop[+]Plus:
Click the green R button to record the route. Then click on Start to begin the recording and the route.
Click the download icon to temporarily save the route map to your phone for offline use.
- Show network
For a route, only the nodes used are shown. Sometimes you might also like to see the network with the surrounding nodes. That's possible!
At the bottom righthand corner of the map, you will see the eyelet symbol.
Click it and you can see the node network around the route. Clicking again clears the map so you can better read a place name or address.
Click the eyelet a third time and the route is shown again.
Are the nodes not yet visible? Then zoom in on the map.
- Maximum length of a route
In principle, a route can be made endlessly long. When clicking on nodes, however, there is something to bear in mind.
The maximum distance between two selected nodes should not exceed about 100 kilometres. Calculating the intermediate route is otherwise too much of a burden on the server, especially on busy days on Fietsknoop.
For example, if you would like to plan a route from Maastricht to Groningen, choose a node every 100 kilometres or so. This way, you can plan your route with just a few clicks.
- Cycling or hiking routes without planning
Cycling or hiking a route without planning it in advance - a so-called Free Route - is possible. You then make a gpx recording of your route. You will find it under 'Trips'.
Open the planner and click on the triangle in the green top bar.
Click Start to see your position on the map while cycling or hiking.
or
Click R (Record) to also record the route (only for Fietsknoop[+]Plus).
To see the nodes and paths present, click the little eye-symbol.
NB: when cycling or hiking a route, without pre-planning, voice support is of course not possible.
- Trips: recordings and notes
In Trips, you can see when you made a recording of a route and which notes were added.
You can see the recording of a previously saved route, together with the original route.
You can also find the recording of a so-called free route (without nodes) here.
Write a note to your recording in Trips by clicking on the pen icon to the right of the title.
See also the instruction video on Trips at www.fietsknoop.nl/videos.
- How to create a route in the app
Open the app. Choose 'Biking' or 'Hiking'. Click on a node and then on another node. Fietsknoop will show the intermediate route via the node network.
Planning a slightly longer route in one go?
Use the text box to enter an address/place name/postcode.
Then click a node. Enter a new address and the map moves to this address. Click another node and Fietsknoop will create the route.
NB: do not choose place names too far apart. Fietsknoop can handle a distance of about 100 kilometres. So for longer routes, choose an intermediate address.
Is the route satisfactory? Save it by clicking the save symbol.
Give the route a name and any additional information. Save.
The route now appears in the Routes list. Can' t you see the new route? Scroll down the screen to refresh the page.
Are you creating a new route after this and the old route is still visible in the planning screen? Click on the bin symbol to empty the map.
- Creating a route on the website
How to create a route on the website?
Log in to the website www.fietsknoop.nl/dashboard/inloggen. On your own page, choose the 'Planner' button.
Click on a node, click another node and Fietsknoop will show the shortest route via the node network.
Create the route this way and save when the route is ready.
Creating a slightly longer route? Use the text box at the top of the map to enter an address/postcode/city name.
Click on a junction. Enter a new address and click on the new node. Fietsknoop will create the route.
NB: For routes longer than 100 kilometres, you need to take an intermediate step.
Save and name the route.
You will find the route on the route overview 'Routes', via your dashboard.
By logging in to the app, these routes become visible in your account.
NB. the website is only available in Dutch. With the help of the automatic translation function in your browser, you could translate the website.
- Sharing routes with Friends or everybody
You can convert a saved route from 'Do not share', to 'Friends' or 'Everybody'.
Open the route in your Routes list, and click on the archive icon on the overlay screen.
Indicate who the route is intended for and click on Save.
- View Trips (recordings of routes) on the website
Log in to www.fietsknoop.nl/dashboard/inloggen and click on the blue Trips button.
In the overview, you will find all your Trips, the most recent one at the top of the list. To see the recording of your Trip, click the 'Opnames' (= Recordings) button.
NB: the website is only available in Dutch. Using your browser's automatic translation function, you may be able to convert the website to your preferred language.
- Adjusting route details in the app
App:
Open the appropriate route in the 'Routes' list. Click the archive icon on the overlay screen.
Adjust the data and save.
Return to the 'Routes' list and refresh the screen if necessary by pulling it down.
Now the information has been saved properly.
- Adjusting route details on website
Website:
Log in to www.fietsknoop.nl/dashboard/inloggen.
Click on the blue Routes button, top right.
Open the appropriate route.
Click the 'gegevens wijzigen' (= modify data) button in the green area above the map.
Adjust the data and save.
NB: The website is only available in Dutch. With the help of the automatic translation function in your browser, it may be possible to translate the website.
- Quickly create a closed route
How to create a closed route in a few clicks?
Click on your starting node (1),
click on another node a little further away (2)
and elsewhere again (3).
Click the end point (your starting node) (1).
Fietsknoop plots the intermediate route for you.
Save the route.
- Delete multiple routes
Easily delete multiple routes at the same time.
Website:
Log in to your account, click the blue 'Routes' button at the top right, then click the blue 'Meerdere routes verwijderen'( = Delete multiple routes) button.
Via the app, it is unfortunately not yet possible to delete multiple routes at the same time.
NB: the website is only available in Dutch. With the help of your browser's automatic translation function, you may be able to translate the website.
- Search criteria for routes
Searching for a route in the large database is easy by using the various criteria or filters.
Search by province, area, distance, rating, for a particular type of bike, only Fietsknoop routes etc.
App:
Click on the search option and make a selection.
Website:
Go to the page https://www.fietsknoop.nl/alleroutes/zoeklijst.
and make a choice from the options by clicking on it.
#search #routes #distance #province #surroundings #criteria #filters
- Adjust routes on the website
Log in to your account at www.fietsknoop.nl/dashboard/inloggen. Choose the blue button 'Routes' and open the correct route.
On the right side of the map you will see several green buttons. Choose 'Aanpassen' (=Adjust) to take back the route node by node in the blue node bar - by clicking the black circle with the white arrow - and add a node at the right spot. Is the route in order, click on the green 'Opslaan' (=save) button.
NB. The website is only available in Dutch. Read the tip below!
Tip: as a [+]Plus user you can also change the starting point or reverse the route. This can be useful to move a node that is in the middle or at the beginning of the route close to the end point with the help of these two options. This way you do not have to go back as far in the route. Once the route is finished, you can set the original starting point again and/or reverse the route.
- Pausing or stopping the route
When you pause on a route and click on the square red button, you will - as a Fietsknoop[+]Plus user - be given the opportunity to choose between stopping and pausing.
If you click on Pause, then you will be able to continue your journey after restarting the GPS button. When you pause, Fietsknoop does not consider the route to be finished.
If you click on Stop, however, then Fietsknoop considers the route to be really finished, and will - after you start the route again - show it with a new starting point, namely where you are at that moment.
- Record a route without nodes
With Fietsknoop[+]Plus you can record your own, free route. However, no voice support is possible here!
In the planner, click on the triangle in the top bar.
Then click the green R (record) button to record the route.
Next, click the green Start button.
To see the node network, click on the eyelet.
This recording of this route can be found under 'Trips'.
- Reverse route direction
Reversing the driving direction of your own route is easy when you have a Fietsknoop[+]Plus account.
App:
Open the route in 'Routes'. Click on the overlay screen, and then click the multiple-choice menu at the top right.
Choose Reverse.
Website:
Log in to the website. On your personal page, choose the blue 'Routes' button. Select the right route from your list and open it.
To the right of the map, you will see green buttons. Choose 'Omdraaien' (= Reverse).
- Copy routes
App:
Open the relevant route in 'Routes'.
Click on the overlay screen, then click on the multiple-choice menu at the top right.
Choose 'copy'.
Choose 'yes' at the confirmation question whether you would like to copy. You will find the copied route in 'Routes'.
Website:
Log in to the website. On your personal page, choose the blue 'Routes' button. Select the relevant route from your list and open it.
To the right of the map, you'll see green buttons. Choose 'Kopiëren' (= Copy).
- Change starting point of the route
Changing the starting point of a route is easy with a Fietsknoop[+]Plus account.
NB: changing a starting point can only be done for a closed round trip and for your own route!
App:
Open the relevant route in 'Routes'.
Click on the overlay screen and then click on the multiple-choice menu at the top right.
Choose 'Starting point'.
Click the appropriate node in the list and confirm with 'ok'.
Website:
Log in to the website. On your personal page, choose the blue 'Routes' button. Select the relevant route in your list and open it.
To the right of the map, you will see green buttons. Choose 'Startpunt' (= Starting point). In the node list, click on the correct new start node.
- Verify routes
The node network changes from time to time. Would you like to know if your routes are still correct? Fietsknoop[+]Plus offers the 'verify' function for this purpose.
Website:
log on to www.fietsknoop.nl/dashboard/inloggen or use the green 'Login' button in the top bar of the website.
Go to 'Routes'. On the Route Overview screen, there is a 'Controle' (= Verify) button. Click this and Fietsknoop will show you which route is no longer correct.
App:
Open a route from the 'Routes' list. Click on the multiple choice menu at the top right and choose 'Verify[+]'. Adjust the route. For further instruction on this, see 'Adjust routes in app' or 'Adjust routes on website' in this manual.
- Recording a route
Open the required route.
Click on the R symbol (= record), after which it is displayed in red. Then click Start. The recording is saved in Trips.
Would you like to watch the recording later?
Go to Trips and open the appropriate route.
Also watch the instruction video on www.fietsknoop.nl/videos about Trips.
Would you like to see the nodes and the network in the recording?
Click on the eye symbol in the bottom right corner of the map.
- Add photo to route
Website
With a Fietsknoop[+]Plus account, you can add a photo to your own saved route.
Log in at Sign in
Open the desired route from your Routes list.
Above the map you will find an upload box. Use this to upload your photo. Maximum size 2MB
App
it is not possible to add a photo to your route via the app.
- Place info pin in route
Would you like to place an info pin in a saved route? That's easy to do in the app.
Open Settings and activate the Edit pins on route screen option.
Then open the preferred route and click on the screen. You can now place an info pin.
- Note and date on a route
A saved route can be given a note and a date indication, such as the date the route was actually cycled or walked.
Open the saved route from the lists 'Routes'. Click the calendar icon in the top green bar. On the next screen, click the calendar icon with + sign to create a new note or add a date to the route. Click 'Save'.
In the list Trips, all routes with a note or a date are saved. Recordings of routes can also be found in Trips. For more information on Trips, see the other manual questions on this subject.
- Routes, Trips and Activities
What is the difference between Routes, Trips and Activities?
A Route is a node route, based on the official node network of nodes and intermediate road sections.
A Trip is a recording of a cycled or walked route, and/or a route with a note taken. (https://www.fietsknoop.nl/info/handleiding-item/89/1)
An Activity is a read-in gpx track. This need not be based on the official node network, this can be made anywhere on the map. It is therefore also possible to read in a gpx file created in a planner other than Fietsknoop.
See https://www.fietsknoop.nl/info/handleiding-item/50/1 and https://www.fietsknoop.nl/info/handleiding-item/160/1
An Activity cannot simply be converted to a Route because there is
- no node information is included in a gpx file
- an Activity can have been created anywhere on the map, without a connection to the official network.
- Deviation from route
When you deviate from your planned route, Fietsknoop will warn you with the question 'Are you still on track'?
Once you are back on the route, you will hear 'Welcom back on track!'
Note: it may take a while for Fietsknoop to gauge your position and be sure you are back on the correct route.
- MTB and GPX routes
At www.fietsknoop.nl/gpxroutes, you will find GPX and MTB cycling and hiking routes created by Fietsknoop users.
Use the 'download' button on the map to download this route as a GPX file, or scan the QR code above the map.
- Sorting routes by date, by alphabet or by kilometres
Routes can be displayed and sorted in the app in three ways: by date, by alphabet (title), by kilometres.
Go to 'Settings', and specify which way you would like the routes to be shown.
There are more options on the website.
Log in and choose the blue 'Routes' button.
Above the route overview, you will find many more sorting options.
The website is only available in Dutch. With your browser's automatic translation function, it may be possible to translate the website.
- Sort your own routes (app)
The routes in the Routes list can be displayed in various ways.
Open the Routes list and click the selection icon in the top green bar.
From the drop-down menu, select which type of route should be shown (cycling and walking routes, only cycling routes or only walking routes).
In addition, choose whether to see all saved routes, or only routes shared with Friends or with everyone, or whether to only show downloaded routes.
Finally, sort the routes by date, alphabet or kilometre distance.
- Synchronizing phone and tablet/pc
One account can be used on multiple devices. Saved routes and other information are synchronised with other devices by logging into your account.
- To scan a QR code on the website
With the scan option in the Fietsknoop app, you can scan the QR code of a public Fietsknoop route on the website and thus easily add the route to your own route list.
Open the scan option by clicking on the camera icon in the green navigation bar and point the camera at the QR code on the website. Add the route by clicking on the red square with + sign.
The route will be saved in 'Routes'.
Is it not working? Hover the PC mouse over the QR code to enlarge it.
NB. It is not possible to scan and add a route when it was NOT created in Fietsknoop.
- Hike nodes
Saving a walking route has been possible since the release of app version 5.2.1 (January 2022).
However, the hike node network has not yet been plotted throughout the Netherlands.
- QR code
The QR code is only visible on routes shared with everyone.
In the app, you can convert a 'private' route to a public route by opening the route, clicking on the archive icon on the overlay screen and then making the route public by clicking on 'Everybody'. Then click on 'save'.
Converting a 'private' route to a public route can also be done via the website.
Log in to your account on the website, via www.fietsknoop.nl/dashboard/inloggen.
On your personal page, click on the blue 'routes' button.
Open the required route. Click on the green 'gegevens wijzigen' (= change data) button above the map. Indicate that the route may be public and save the changes.
The QR code is now visible above the map.
- Create QR code
Every route that is public is automatically given a QR code on the website. This allows someone else to easily add the route to their own list.
Create a route, save it and specify that the route can be found by 'everybody'.
Click on Save.
The QR code is visible on public routes on the website.
NB: the website is only available in Dutch. With the help of your browser's automatic translation function, you may be able to translate the website.
- Web service
With a (free) Fietsknoop account, you can create and save routes. If, when saving, you indicate that you want to share the route with 'everybody', the route will appear on our public route page www.fietsknoop.nl/fietsknoop/routes after about 15 minutes.
In the app, the route can be found under 'Search'.
Anyone can now copy this route for their own use.
If you want to offer more routes and have your own website, you can use our web service to get your routes automatically on your site. Read more about this at www.fietsknoop.nl/fietsknoop/webservice.
- Rating routes in the app
Have you added someone else's route to your list 'Routes' and liked it?
You can easily rate the route with a few stars.
Open the route from your list 'Routes'.
On the overlay screen you will find the star symbol.
Click it and choose the number of stars you want to give it.
Add any text you want, and save.
The rating and text are now visible to everyone. The owner of the route will receive an automatic message about this rating.
It is not possible to rate your own routes.
- Rating routes on the website
Have you added someone else's route to your list 'Routes' and liked it?
You can easily rate the route with a few stars.
Log in to the website and open the route from your list 'Routes'.
In the information box above the map, you will find a blue 'Rating' button (when no stars have been given yet), or a blue button with stars (when the route has already been rated by someone).
Click it and choose the number of stars you want to give.
Add a text if necessary, and save.
The rating and text are now visible to everyone. The owner of the route will receive an automatic message about this rating.
It is not possible to rate your own routes.
