Batavus Fietsmuseum

About the museum

The Batavus Museum in Heerenveen opened in 2004 for the 100th anniversary of the bicycle brand. The company was founded by Andries Gaastra on 15 September 1904; at first he traded in clocks and sewing machines, and bicycles were added later. After the Second World War the business grew strongly, and in 1956 a modern factory with around 350 employees went into operation.

The collection comprises more than 150 bicycles from the early days to the present, including penny-farthings, wooden bicycles and running machines, along with accessories such as oil lamps and bicycle pumps.

Since spring 2025 the museum has been part of the KOGA Experience Center on the company grounds at Industrieweg, which also includes a production hall and a showroom. It shows milestones in the cycling history of both brands, such as steel racing bikes from the 1970s, racing bicycles of Olympic champion Leontien van Moorsel and the bicycle on which Mark Beaumont circled the world in 79 days.

Highlights

• More than 150 bicycles from penny-farthings to the present day
• Wooden bicycles, running machines and historic accessories
• Racing bicycles of Leontien van Moorsel
• Mark Beaumont's round-the-world bicycle
• In the KOGA Experience Center with production hall and showroom

Permanent exhibition

• Batavus- und KOGA-Museum – Bicycles from more than a hundred years of company and cycling history of Batavus and KOGA.

Founded

2004

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