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 74 km to Oosterbeek; allow about 1 h 31 of riding. The stops in between: Nijmegen-Valkhof area | Valkhofpark, Kleve-Keeken and back through Nijmegen-Valkhof area | Valkhofpark. 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 Nijmegen-Valkhof area | Valkhofpark.
Nijmegen calls itself the oldest city in the Netherlands, and it has a good case. The Romans founded a military camp on the hill here in the last years BC, and a town followed, which was given full town rights around AD 100. Many centuries later, on the same hill by the Waal, Charlemagne built a palace, the Valkhof, and Frederick Barbarossa rebuilt it in the twelfth century as a magnificent imperial residence. Little survives except for a chapel and a ruined apse, but the Valkhofpark, with its terraced slopes and view across the river, still marks the site of one of the most important places in the medieval empire.
Read the complete Nijmegen-Valkhof area | Valkhofpark write-up.
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Nijmegen-Valkhof area | Valkhofpark comes up about 16 km into the recorded legs. 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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about 36 km into the recorded legs you reach Kleve-Keeken. Next is back through Nijmegen-Valkhof area | Valkhofpark.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Nijmegen-Valkhof area | Valkhofpark write-up.
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back through Nijmegen-Valkhof area | Valkhofpark, late in the day. 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.
Back at Arnhem-Meinerswijk. That is the ride.
Arnhem-Meinerswijk → Nijmegen-Valkhof area | Valkhofpark is 16 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Nijmegen-Valkhof area | Valkhofpark → Kleve-Keeken is 20 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Kleve-Keeken → back through Nijmegen-Valkhof area | Valkhofpark is 20 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Nijmegen-Valkhof area | Valkhofpark → Arnhem-Meinerswijk is 17 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.