Manual
Read more about how Fietsknoop works.
Also watch our instruction videos in Dutch
+ Register and make an account website
Register via www.fietsknoop.nl/fietsknoop/registreren. You will immediately receive an e-mail asking you to confirm your registration. This is to prevent misuse of your e-mail address.
Choose a unique Fietsknoop name. For example, add a punctuation mark or number.
+ Different passwords for website, tablet and phone?
No, an account can be used on any device, tablet or PC. The advantage of an account is that all data is synchronised. So you will find every route in your account on every device you log into.
The account symbol in the app is at the top of the page:
+ Register and create account in the app
Open the app.
Go to 'Account'.
Click on 'Create a Fietsknoop account'.
Fill in the correct information and click on the blue bar 'Send'. You will receive an email with a pin code for verification. Enter the code on the same screen in 'Account'.
NB: choose a unique Fietsknoop name. Provide it with e.g. a punctuation mark or a number.
+ Enter PIN for new account via app
When you create a new account, you will receive a pin code by e-mail.
Enter this pin code on the same screen in the app where the new account is entered, i.e. on the "Account" screen and then the 'Create account' button.
+ Log in to app or website
App:
Go to 'Account'. Enter email address and password and click 'login'.
Website:
Log in with your account by clicking on the green 'Inloggen' button, in the blue top bar of the Fietsknoop website. Enter email address and password and click 'Inloggen'.
The website is only available in Dutch.
+ Change account details
App:
On the 'Account' screen, your account details can be seen and changed.
Click on the dark blue 'Profile' button to change your Fietsknoopname, to add a profile picture or to change the password or email address.
Here you can also indicate whether you would like to receive the newsletter.
Website:
Log in at www.fietsknoop.nl/dashboard/inloggen. On your own page, select the blue 'Profiel' button. On the new page you can change your name, your email address, your password and upload your profile picture, and you can also indicate whether you would like to receive the newsletter.
NB: the website is only available in Dutch.
#account #profile #picture #password #email-address #newsletter
+ How to purchase Fietsknoop[+]Plus?
Purchasing Fietsknoop[+]Plus can be done in three different ways:
- Make an in app purchase using the button on your account screen
- follow the steps as indicated on our Plus page www.fietsknoop.nl/plus
- or transfer the right amount (as mentioned on the Plus page) to NL98INGB0007013781 (BIC INGBNL2A) in the name of Fietsknoop BV. Please clearly state your email address or your Fietsknoop name and your account number in the description. As soon as we have received your contribution, your account will be adjusted.
+ 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').
+ Friends
What are Friends?
A Friend is someone who, like you, has a Fietsknoop account, with whom you share your own cycling and walking routes.
How to add a Friend?
Open the 'Friends' screen.
Click on the '+' symbol.
Type the name of the person you are looking for in the text box.
Answer 'yes' to the question whether you would like to invite this person and an automatic email will be sent to him or her.
After confirming the friendship, you can see each other's routes, provided they are set to share with 'Friends'.
See also the instructional video on this at www.fietsknoop.nl/videos.
+ 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'.
+ Delete account
We are sorry you would like to unsubscribe and end your account.
On the app:
Go to your account page.
Click on the blue 'Profile' button.
Click on the red 'Delete account' button.
On the website:
Log in at www.fietsknoop.nl/dashboard/inloggen
On your own page, choose the blue 'Profiel' (= profile) button at the top right of the screen. This will take you to the page where all your account details are stored.
Here you will find the option to delete your account.
What a pity!
+ Fietsknoop[+]Plus period and account number
App:
on the 'Account'screen you will find your account number and the date until which your Fietsknoop[+]Plus account is still valid.
Website:
Log in to www.fietsknoop.nl/dashboard/inloggen
Click on the blue 'Profile' button at the top right. On the new page you will find your account details.
+ 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.
+ Change password in app
Forgotten your password? Annoying.
Go to 'Account' and click the 'Password forgotten' button.
On the new 'Password' screen, enter your email address.
You will receive a pin code via e-mail.
Enter this pin code on the same 'Password' screen. The screen will show the place for the pin code, your new password and the confirmation of your new password.
Good luck!
+ Change email address
Open your account page in the app.
Click the blue Profile button.
Click Change email address.
Enter the new email address and your password. Click Save.
NB: Have you changed your email address but are unable to log in to your account?
Often a phone or PC automatically fills in previously used data, e.g. the old email address. Remove this, and type in the new email address yourself.
+ Change email address on the website
Log in to the website via the green button 'Inloggen', at the top right of the website, or via this link.
You will be directed to your own dashboard page. Here, click the blue Profile button, at the top right.
Change your email address here and save.
NB: Have you changed your email address but can't log in to your account?
Often a phone or PC automatically fills in previously used data, for example the old email address. Delete this data and enter the new e-mail address yourself.
+ unsubscribe newsletter
No longer wish to receive the monthly newsletter? Simply unsubscribe by clicking on the word 'hier' (= here) in the bottom green bar of the newsletter.
+ 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
+ Route to starting point
Save the place where you park your car, or where you arrive by train, and quickly return to this place after completing your route.
Open the route and click the blue 'Route to starting point' button.
This saves your current location as your parking spot and the trip from your parking spot to the starting point of your route is shown on the map by a green dotted line.
Finished your route and want to return to your parking spot?
Click the P on the route screen to return to your parking spot.
See also the instruction video at www.fietsknoop.nl/videos.
+ Route to starting point with Google Maps
The route to the starting point can be displayed via Google Maps.
Open the desired route. On the overlay screen, click the button with the Google Maps symbol.
NB navigating via Google Maps costs internet data.
For an explanation of the 'P route to starting point' button, see the manual and the instruction video at www.fietsknoop.nl/videos.
+ Mates
Search and find your cycling or walking buddy. With Fietsknoop[+]Plus you can post a request. Everyone with a Fietsknoop account can respond to your request.
Click on the + sign to place your own request.
Fietsknoop is not an intermediary. Please read the 'Rules of application' carefully in advance.
See also the instruction video on www.fietsknoop.nl/videos.
+ Info pins
Use info pins to place your own markers on the map. Possible with Fietsknoop[+]Plus.
App
Log in and go to the 'Info pins' screen.
Click on the correct spot on the map (via the blue location button at the bottom right, or type in an address in the text box at the top). Click on the map and the pin is placed. Enter a text, more info if you wish, and save it.
You can move the info pin elsewhere by sliding. By clicking on the pin, you can also remove it.
Website
Log in and click on the blue Info Pin button on your own page. The procedure is the same as described for the app.
See also the instruction video at www.fietsknoop.nl/videos.
+ Customising routes in the app
App
Log in to your account. Select the desired route from the 'Routes' list, open it, click on the green 'Route' bar on the overlay screen, and then click on the three dots at the top right to open the drop-down menu.
Choose "Edit" from the drop-down menu and you can take a point back at any time, then complete and save the route again at the right moment.
Tip: As a [+]Plus user you can also change the starting point or reverse the route. This can be useful to get a node to be deleted that is in the middle or at the beginning of the route close to the end point with the help of these two options. You do not have to go back as far in the route. Once the route is finished, set the original starting point again and/or turn the route around.
+ 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.
+ Purchase Fietsknoop[+]Plus
free account can be converted to an ad-free account with more functionality: a Fietsknoop[+]Plus account.
App:
Go to the 'Account' screen. Click on the blue button '+ Buy Fietsknoop[+]Plus' and pay via Apple or Google.
Website:
Read the information at https://www.fietsknoop.nl/plus and https://www.fietsknoop.nl/ideal. Here it says how you can easily pay via iDeal, Bancontact or Giropay.
#account #fietsknoop-plus #purchase #pay #ideal #bancontact #giropay
+ 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.
+ Reusing recorded route (Trip) (website)
A recorded route (trip) can be reused by reading it in as an 'Activity'.
Log in to the website, www.fietsknoop.nl/dashboard/inloggen, or use the green 'log in' button in the top bar of the website. On your own page, choose the blue Trips button (top right).
Click on the appropriate route and it will be displayed.
Select the green 'Activity' button (to the right of the map) to read the route into the 'Activities' overview.
After the route is placed in 'Activities', it can also be found in the app in the 'Activities' screen. Open the preferred route and you can use it again.
+ 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.
+ Smartwatch
The smartwatch support (Fietsknoop[+]Plus) does not take place with a separate WatchApp but simply via notifications that you can receive on your smartwatch.
In the settings app on your phone, belonging to the smartwatch, indicate that the app Fietsknoop is allowed to send you notifications. It is also necessary that your phone is allowed to send notifications to the app Fietsknoop.
iOS users will be asked the first time a route is opened whether Fietsknoop can send notifications. Confirm this and then it works automatically. Android users from Android 13 onwards are asked the same question the first time a route is opened. In older versions of Android, no question is asked.
Close the screen after starting the route.
NOTE: When using an iPhone or iPad, messages only appear on the Smartwatch if the iPhone or iPad screen is closed and locked.
You receive the notifications as soon as you approach a node of a route.
NB: it is important that the app Fietsknoop always has access to your location. And does the phone have a battery-saving option? Specify that the app Fietsknoop may also be used in the background.
+ Sharing your own recorded route with others
An own recording of a route cannot be shared but you can create a GPX download of the recording and send it to others.
Log in with your Fietsknoop account on the website at www.fietsknoop.nl/dashboard.
Choose the blue 'Trips' button.
Open the appropriate route.
On the route map, you'll find a download button.
Download the gpxtrack. Send it by e-mail.
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.
+ Overview of all your own cycled or hiked routes
The website shows exactly which routes you have already walked or cycled, and which recordings you have made of them.
Log on to www.fietsknoop.nl/dashboard/inloggen.
Click on the blue 'Routes' button, then click on 'kaart' (= map).
On the opened map, you will find a button 'all routes' and 'all recordings'.
This is also visible in the app. In the 'Routes' screen, click on the map symbol on the far right in the green top bar. On the next screen, the symbols for 'All routes' and 'All recordings' are visible in the top green bar. Click on these.
Only for Fietsknoop[+]Plus
NB: The website is only available in Dutch. With the help of the automatic translation function of your browser, it may be possible to convert the website to the desired language.
+ Edit Mates request
You can adjust an existing Mates request by pretending to place a new request. Fietsknoop recognises that you already have a request and shows this request so that you can change or edit it.
App: click on the puppet-plus symbol
Website: click on the button Post or edit your call
+ 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.
+ Map view: terrain or satellite
On the website, it is possible to switch between a map view of the terrain or a satellite view.
Log in with your Plus account on login and go to the planning screen.
At the bottom left, it is possible to switch between the terrain or satellite view.
Unfortunately, this is not yet possible in the app.
+ Plus nodes [+]
A Plus node is a self-placed node, which you can apply to your route. Useful when you want to deviate from the existing node network.