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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247 km from Oosterbeek to Oosterbeek, about 3 h 37 of riding. On the way it passes Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 2, Krefeld-Gellep and back through Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 2. 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 Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 2.
Flat is the word for the Lower Rhine, and the Hochwald is the exception that proves it. Near Uedem, on the German side of the Dutch border, a long low ridge of wooded hills pushes up from the plain, the leftover of ice-age glaciers that stopped here, dumping gravel and sand in a long arc. The ridge is not high, but in a landscape where a church tower is a landmark, it counts as a range. The forest is a mix of beech, oak and pine, with sandy paths and cyclists, and it is a favourite of weekend walkers. A scouting label like Hochwald 2 only tells me there are several viewpoints in the same area, so treat the forest as a whole.
Read the complete Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 2 write-up.
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Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 2 comes up about 63 km into the recorded legs. Next is Krefeld-Gellep.
Most people pass Krefeld-Gellep without a second thought, because the view is dominated by the harbour of Uerdingen, chemical works and Rhine barges. Yet this is one of the most important Roman and early medieval sites on the Lower Rhine. The Roman fort here was called Gelduba, and it belongs to the Lower German Limes, the frontier along the river that UNESCO recognised in 2021. Tacitus mentions Gelduba in his account of the Batavian revolt of 69 and 70 AD, when legions and rebels fought around the camp, and archaeologists have found traces of that violence in the ground.
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about 124 km into the recorded legs you reach Krefeld-Gellep. Next is back through Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 2.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 2 write-up.
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back through Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 2, 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 → Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 2 is 63 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 2 → Krefeld-Gellep is 61 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Krefeld-Gellep → back through Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 2 is 60 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 2 → Arnhem-Meinerswijk is 63 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.