CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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From Oosterbeek it runs 164 km to Oosterbeek; allow about 2 h 59 of riding. It goes by way of Herwen-De Bijland, Kalkar-Kalkarberg, Kleve-Keeken and back through Kalkar-Kalkarberg. It crosses from Netherlands into Germany - carry ID and check the toll rules.
The Rhine has always been a frontier here. In Roman times, the Lower Rhine marked the northern edge of the empire, and the Romans built a chain of forts, watchtowers and roads along its banks to guard it. At Meinerswijk, on the southern bank of the river opposite Arnhem, the remains of one of those forts lie buried in the floodplain. It is part of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire, Lower German Limes, listed by UNESCO in 2021. There is little to see on the surface, but the floodplain itself, a wide expanse of meadows, ponds and willows, is a pleasant place to walk, and markers explain the history.
Read the complete Arnhem-Meinerswijk write-up.
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Arnhem-Meinerswijk is where the day begins. Next is Herwen-De Bijland.
At Lobith, a few kilometres east of here, the Rhine enters the Netherlands from Germany, and you can feel the river changing its mind about what it is. Within a short distance it splits into branches, the Waal, the Nederrijn and the IJssel, and spreads across a wide floodplain, the Bijland, of meadows, willow thickets and old river arms. In Roman times this was the frontier, and a fort at Herwen, called Carvium, guarded the river crossing with a garrison and a small settlement. The Roman road ran along the dike, and ships tied up at its harbour.
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Herwen-De Bijland comes up about 27 km into the recorded legs. Next is Kalkar-Kalkarberg.
Near the Dutch border, where the Rhine flows through wide meadows and dyked farmland, the small town of Kalkar holds a surprising amount of history. The Kalkarberg is a low rise near Altkalkar, and on it stood the Roman fort of Burginatium, one of the posts along the Lower German Limes, now part of the UNESCO-listed Frontiers of the Roman Empire. The rise would have given a valuable view over the river plain, and the fort controlled the road between Xanten and Nijmegen. Today it is fields and trees, but the shape of the land still hints at the old fortification.
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about 59 km into the recorded legs you reach Kalkar-Kalkarberg. Next is Kleve-Keeken.
Here the Rhine stops being a German river. Just downstream of the village of Keeken, the great river crosses the border into the Netherlands, and a few kilometres further on it divides, with the Waal carrying most of the water west and the Pannerdens Canal leading to the Nederrijn and the IJssel. In Roman times, this was the northern frontier of the empire, the Lower German Limes, and Keeken is one of the sites listed as part of the UNESCO frontier, with traces of Roman military installations along the old river course.
Read the complete Kleve-Keeken write-up.
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Kleve-Keeken, about halfway. Next is back through Kalkar-Kalkarberg.
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Read the complete Kalkar-Kalkarberg write-up.
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back through Kalkar-Kalkarberg sits at 105 km, about halfway. Next is back through Herwen-De Bijland.
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Read the complete Herwen-De Bijland write-up.
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back through Herwen-De Bijland comes up about 137 km into the recorded legs. Next is Arnhem-Meinerswijk.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Arnhem-Meinerswijk write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Arnhem-Meinerswijk closes the day.
Arnhem-Meinerswijk → Herwen-De Bijland is 27 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Herwen-De Bijland → Kalkar-Kalkarberg is 32 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Kalkar-Kalkarberg → Kleve-Keeken is 23 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Kleve-Keeken → back through Kalkar-Kalkarberg is 23 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Kalkar-Kalkarberg → back through Herwen-De Bijland is 32 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Herwen-De Bijland → Arnhem-Meinerswijk is 27 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.