There was heavy fighting in the Arnhem-Wageningen area during the Second World War. In this route you partly follow the Rhine, cross the river via the John Frost Bridge in Arnhem and pass part of the paratroop landing areas.
There was heavy fighting in the area between Arnhem and Wageningen during the Second World War. The much-discussed, failed Allied operation ‘Market Garden’ cost thousands of lives in September 1944. The ‘Liberation Route Arnhem’ starts in the Planken Wambuis nature reserve. Then you cycle towards the Airborne Museum at Hartenstein where you learn everything about the Battle of Arnhem. Then you follow a stretch of the Rhine and cross this river via the John Frost Bridge. This bridge is also popularly called the ‘Bridge Too Far’; after the famous film about the battle for the bridge between the Germans and the British. You will also pass part of the landing areas of the paratroopers of September 1944.
Do you want to shorten or lengthen the route along the way? At each junction you will find a map on the information panel and you can easily adjust your route yourself.
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