We drive on to Brabant and end up in Roosendaal. Roosendaal? Yup! Breda and Den Bosch may be absolute favorites, but we shouldn't forget a few top spots in Roosendaal either. You can enjoy a wonderful night (or two) at Wellness Hotel Otium, where you immediately dive into the wellness area at Vitae Wellness Resort. And yes, absolutely get a pink scrub right away too. For those who prefer to stay outside the wellness area: get strawberry ice cream at Gerda's Ice Cream Farm is at least as good a plan. And you can also sleep at B&B Filion's Place. Still looking for coffee or lunch? Hop over to STICK for the best coffee and acai bowls! And Lodge. And then to make the party complete, we would say: Mazeltov for a night out and Hayhouse For a long table and good food. With these addresses, a day (or weekend) is easily filled. A white raspberry popping candy feast!

We knew what to do with dark blue, too. Off to one of Team Bart's favorite cities in Brabant: Den Bosch. First, drop off the suitcases at Boutique Hotel De Blauwe Pauw, a small-scale hotel in a monumental building, within walking distance of the city center. The six rooms are all decorated differently and each has its own colored wallpaper. However, every bathroom has the same blue tiles (perfect for our theme).

So after that, into the city, to eventually plop down at the restaurant. The Blue LockHere, at the edge of the (blue, yes indeed) water, surrounded by greenery, you eat the most delicious regional dishes from the polders of the Maaskant. Perfect for lunch, drinks, or dinner. A whole day of blue, Bosch style.

Head to Utrecht for the color red. Specifically, right on the border with Leidsche Rijn. There stands a monumental farmhouse from 1880 that looked quite drafty just a few years ago. Since then, it has been transformed into Stadsbrouwerij RoodNoot. The old stable became a cozy tasting room with a sustainable restaurant, brewing kettles stand in the hay barn, and chickens roam the yard while the horses graze in the meadow. They cook with regional products and fresh ingredients from their own garden, and the terrace is perhaps the sunniest in Utrecht and the surrounding area.

Rednut It is set up as a social enterprise: people with a psychiatric background are provided with a safe workplace here and the time to reintegrate at their own pace. Patience is the key word, just as with the brewing process itself. The fact that there is also a house beer called RoodNoot, a light-red Vienna lager that is fresh and bitter, brings everything full circle.

Please note that Google Maps sometimes directs you through streets that no longer exist, as the brewery is located in the middle of a neighborhood under construction. Park at P+R Berlijnplein (evening rate from 19 PM) or in front of the cinema.

The picture might make you think of France for a moment, but nothing could be further from the truth. You don't actually have to cross the border at all for purple heather. In August, the Sallandse Heuvelrug around the Holterberg turns purple, giving you a little piece of the French Provence right here in Overijssel. Put on your hiking boots and stomp straight through the blooming heather, with views of the hills and forests along the way. Those who want to see a bit more can hop on a bike from the Holterberg. There are more than enough great routes straight through the Salland landscape.

Six out of ten Tony's Chocolonely bars are the originals. The 180-gram classics that were already on the shelves when the rest had yet to be invented, and whose color code you know by heart without ever having consciously learned it.

Milk (red) is the bar everyone starts with and falls back on. No frills. Pure (dark blue) is the serious one. For whoever says that milk is too sweet and is usually right about it. Milk hazelnut (dark green) is the bar where a piece is always missing when you find it in the drawer. Milk caramel sea salt (orange) is the crowd favorite. Salty and sweet. Pure almond sea salt (light green) is the Next Level version of the previous one. White raspberry popping candy (pink)  is the bar that crackles.

And none of them have a neat grid, but chunks of varying sizes. It represents the skewed distribution in the chocolate industry, and it is exactly why Tony's existed in the first place in 2005.

Let's go! Don't forget to stock up on them before you start the road trip.