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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86 km from Tolkamer to Tolkamer, about 2 h 05 of riding. On the way it passes Berg en Dal-aqueduct | Louisedal, Arnhem-Meinerswijk and back through Berg en Dal-aqueduct | Louisedal. It crosses from Germany into Netherlands - carry ID and check the toll rules. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
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 is where the day begins. Next is Berg en Dal-aqueduct | Louisedal.
The Romans were water engineers, and the Berg en Dal aqueduct, near Nijmegen, is a trace of that skill in the Dutch landscape. Nijmegen was a major Roman centre, called Noviomagus, with a legion fortress on the Hunerberg and a town that grew beside it, and it needed a good water supply. The solution was to tap springs in the hills to the east, in the hills around Berg en Dal, and carry the water in a channel for several kilometres. Remains have been found near Louisedal, in the form of stone foundations and traces of the channel.
Read the complete Berg en Dal-aqueduct | Louisedal write-up.
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Berg en Dal-aqueduct | Louisedal comes up about 21 km into the recorded legs. Next is Arnhem-Meinerswijk.
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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about 43 km into the recorded legs you reach Arnhem-Meinerswijk. Next is back through Berg en Dal-aqueduct | Louisedal.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Berg en Dal-aqueduct | Louisedal write-up.
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back through Berg en Dal-aqueduct | Louisedal, late in the day. Next is Kleve-Keeken.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Kleve-Keeken write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Kleve-Keeken. That is the ride.
Kleve-Keeken → Berg en Dal-aqueduct | Louisedal is 21 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Berg en Dal-aqueduct | Louisedal → Arnhem-Meinerswijk is 22 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Arnhem-Meinerswijk → back through Berg en Dal-aqueduct | Louisedal is 22 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Berg en Dal-aqueduct | Louisedal → Kleve-Keeken is 21 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.