Why this ride
A 253 km round trip from Zevenaar - roughly 3 h 48 in the saddle. The stops in between: Tiel Inundation Canal, Fort Werk IV and back through Tiel Inundation Canal. The line favours views over speed.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Herwen-De Bijland and Fort Werk IV
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 253 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 3 h 48
- 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.
Reading history stays on this device. My road watch requires a separate selection; opening it does not subscribe this ride.
Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. 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.
Read the complete Herwen-De Bijland write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Herwen-De Bijland is where the day begins. Next is Tiel Inundation Canal.
2. Tiel Inundation Canal
Tiel is a river town on the Waal, the main branch of the Rhine in the Netherlands, in the middle of the Betuwe, a region of orchards, dykes and meadows between the Waal and the Lower Rhine. Just outside the town, a wide, straight channel runs through the fields, crossed by bridges and lined by dykes. This is the Tiel inundation canal, built in the late nineteenth century as part of the New Dutch Waterline, the defensive system of controlled flooding that protected the heart of Holland, and it is now part of the UNESCO-listed Dutch Water Defence Lines.
Read the complete Tiel Inundation Canal write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Tiel Inundation Canal comes up about 64 km into the recorded legs. Next is Fort Werk IV.
3. Fort Werk IV
The Gooi, the area east of Amsterdam around Bussum, Naarden and Hilversum, is one of the few places in the western Netherlands with hills, if you can call low sandy ridges hills. It is a region of heathland, woods and wealthy villages. On the edge of Bussum, close to the fortified town of Naarden, stands Fort Werk IV, a small fortification that was part of the New Dutch Waterline and the Defence Line of Amsterdam, and is now part of the UNESCO-listed Dutch Water Defence Lines.
Read the complete Fort Werk IV write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 127 km into the recorded legs you reach Fort Werk IV. Next is back through Tiel Inundation Canal.
4. back through Tiel Inundation Canal
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Tiel Inundation Canal write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Tiel Inundation Canal, late in the day. Next is Herwen-De Bijland.
5. Herwen-De Bijland
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Herwen-De Bijland write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Herwen-De Bijland. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Herwen-De Bijland to Tiel Inundation Canal
Herwen-De Bijland → Tiel Inundation Canal is 64 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Tiel Inundation Canal to Fort Werk IV
Tiel Inundation Canal → Fort Werk IV is 63 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Fort Werk IV to back through Tiel Inundation Canal
Fort Werk IV → back through Tiel Inundation Canal is 63 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Tiel Inundation Canal to Herwen-De Bijland
back through Tiel Inundation Canal → Herwen-De Bijland is 64 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.