Why this ride
A 183 km round trip from Hengstdal - roughly 3 h 07 in the saddle. It goes by way of Till, Xanten-CUT, Moers-Asberg and back through Xanten-CUT. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Berg en Dal-De Holdeurn | North and Moers-Asberg
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 183 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 3 h 07
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
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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Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Berg en Dal-De Holdeurn | North
Just east of Nijmegen, where the Netherlands suddenly remembers how to make hills, a wooded slope near the village of Berg en Dal hides the remains of a Roman industrial site. De Holdeurn was where the Tenth Legion, Legio X Gemina, stationed at Nijmegen in the late first and early second centuries, made roof tiles, bricks and pottery, stamped with the legion's name and shipped all over the region. The kilns and workshops have been excavated, and the site is one of the many places that make up the Frontiers of the Roman Empire – the Lower German Limes, listed by UNESCO in 2021.
Read the complete Berg en Dal-De Holdeurn | North write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Berg en Dal-De Holdeurn | North is where the day begins. Next is Till.
2. Till
The Lower Rhine around Kalkar and Kleve is wide, flat country: green polders, willows along drainage ditches, brick farmhouses and church spires visible for miles. Till is a small village here, part of Bedburg-Hau, just off the Rhine embankments between Kalkar and Kleve, with Emmerich across the river. It lies close to the line of the Roman frontier, the Lower German Limes, which followed the Rhine to the North Sea.
Read the complete Till write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Till comes up about 27 km into the recorded legs. Next is Xanten-CUT.
3. Xanten-CUT
Xanten is an old Roman town that still behaves like a small, cosy market town on the Lower Rhine, and right next to it lies one of the largest archaeological parks in Germany. Colonia Ulpia Traiana, CUT for short, was founded around AD 100 under the emperor Trajan, who gave it the rank of a colonia and his family name. At its height it was a walled city of several thousand people, the second most important Roman city in the province of Lower Germany after Cologne.
Read the complete Xanten-CUT write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 49 km into the recorded legs you reach Xanten-CUT. Next is Moers-Asberg.
4. Moers-Asberg
Asberg is a quiet district on the southern edge of Moers, on the left bank of the Lower Rhine, and beneath its houses and fields lies the Roman fort of Asciburgium, one of the earliest military bases on the Rhine frontier. It was founded around the time of the emperor Augustus or soon after, garrisoned by cavalry and auxiliary troops, and abandoned toward the end of the first century, when the Rhine shifted its course and moved away from the fort. The site is now part of the Lower German Limes UNESCO site, and although there is little to see above ground, information boards and outlines help you imagine the scene.
Read the complete Moers-Asberg write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Moers-Asberg, about halfway. Next is back through Xanten-CUT.
5. back through Xanten-CUT
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Xanten-CUT write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Xanten-CUT sits at 127 km, about halfway. Next is back through Till.
6. back through Till
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Till write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Till comes up about 156 km into the recorded legs. Next is Berg en Dal-De Holdeurn | North.
7. Berg en Dal-De Holdeurn | North
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Berg en Dal-De Holdeurn | North write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Berg en Dal-De Holdeurn | North closes the day.
Leg by leg
Berg en Dal-De Holdeurn | North to Till
Berg en Dal-De Holdeurn | North → Till is 27 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Till to Xanten-CUT
Till → Xanten-CUT is 22 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Xanten-CUT to Moers-Asberg
Xanten-CUT → Moers-Asberg is 43 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Moers-Asberg to back through Xanten-CUT
Moers-Asberg → back through Xanten-CUT is 42 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Xanten-CUT to back through Till
back through Xanten-CUT → back through Till is 22 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Till to Berg en Dal-De Holdeurn | North
back through Till → Berg en Dal-De Holdeurn | North is 27 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.