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I've done the Dunkirk through Belgium trip a bunch of times but not gone further than Antwerp. I'd suggest Dunkirk > Bruges > Ghent > Antwerp.
My question is, are you a fast road tourer or a soak in the scenery, stop at a bakery type? I can't vouch much for fast road stuff as I'm in the latter camp, but once you get to Veurne from Dunkirk it's 85% canalside stuff to Bruges and Ghent. Ghent to Antwerp by the F4 route is pretty dull, more or less 30 miles traffic free next to the same railway.
If you can wangle it, I'd stay in Dover the night before and get a nice early ferry so you can smash out a day when you arrive. Dunkirk is 'orrible and the northern part of Belgium is pancake flat, and if you don't have a mean headwind you can really eat up the miles.
There's so many options and loads of good paths in Belgium, just take a look at the routes and you can't really go wrong.
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Hoping this is the right place for it... Anyone with some advice on planning a good London to Amsterdam route? Will probably want to stop overnight in Bruges after landing (and possibly staying?) at Dunkirk and then possibly Delft or Den Haag to leave the last day a short one from a cycling point of view and have some extra time to roam in Amsterdam.
Not that I expect to be able to do this anytime too soon, but I'm starting to dream about things I'd like to do once we get some normality back in lieu of actual travelling and that's a trip I'd love to do!