Cycled to just outside Venlo, via Eindhoven and Helmond, today. This was about 70km.
I was curious to see Evoluon in Eindhoven; I’d been there as a child, but it was derelict at the time. Sadly I was there a bit early to see the exhibition on retro futures. It’s certainly a striking building. The area around it is totally different to how I remembered it.
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Next stop was Helmond. Atlas Obscura mentioned there was a home computer museum there, which I was keen to see. I wasn’t too sure what to do with the bike, but fortunately there was an attended (and free) bike parking garage, so I left my bike and stuff there.
The town itself was very nice. It was market day and quite busy. Some interesting houses in the centre too
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The computer museum itself was excellent. Rather a broader remit than the name suggests..I don’t think many people had a Next cube at home. Covered everything from the 70s to ≈mid naughties. Many of the machines were working and you were encouraged to play. Parts of it made me feel rather old.
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After a few hours in the computer museum, I carried on East. It was very hot again today.
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Found a delightful campsite on the Archie’s camping app just outside Venlo. It’s on a farm and very peaceful.
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On to Germany tomorrow… I’m only about 4km from the border.