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Rondrit Schaarsbergen Veluwezoom Zutphen
This route was brought to you by:
RouteXpert Dick Schaap
Last edit: 17-05-2023
Route Summary
A beautiful green tour from Schaarsbergen, through the forest areas of the Hoge Veluwe, past Zevenaar, Didam and Zutphen. A beautiful ride through the Gelderland hinterland with an introduction to the IJssellinie, fruit museum 't Olde Ras and the mummies of Almen along the way. Created and driven in the spring of 2023. Full of scenic variety, this route deserves more than 5 stars.

Start and end route:
ECHOS The Landing
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6816 TS Schaarsbergen
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Duration
4h 57m
Mode of travel
Car or motorcycle
Distance
126.68 km
Countries
Zicht op Almen
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Start and end of this route is at ECHOS De Landing. De Landing opened its doors in 1958 under the name PMT (Protestant Military Home). Over the years a place for soldiers, veterans and their home front. The current ECHOS home is still there for those groups, but is also freely accessible to citizens, other uniformed persons, individuals and companies.

Shortly after the start, the route leaves the Deelerwoud and goes over the Cattepoelseweg towards the city of Arnhem. This road separates 2 of Arnhem's top attractions, Burgers Zoo on the right and the Arnhem Open Air Museum on the left.
In Arnhem, the route also passes the Museum Bronbeek. Bronbeek is a museum and the knowledge center of the colonial-military past of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The Landgoed, the temporary exhibitions and café Batavia are freely accessible.
Although not visible from the route, the route after Arnhem follows the course of the NederRijn to Westervoort. This road, De Schans, runs over a kind of viaduct that has been dug into the soil. This is the Westervoort inlet lock. Built in 1950 and was part of the IJssellinie. After the lifting of the IJssellinie, the inlet sluice disappeared underground as part of the flood defence. In 1999, the inlet sluice was placed on the municipal monument list of the municipality of Westervoort. The IJssellinie was a military defense line that was built along the IJssel between 1951 and 1954 to protect the Netherlands against a land invasion from the east by means of inundation (= deliberately flooding an area).
After Westervoort it goes over dike roads (including the Ooysedijk) past Oud-Zevenaar to the De Nevelhorst recreation area, a nice place to take a break. It then goes through Gelderland polders and follows the old course of the Upper Rhine. Until 1707, here (on the right of the route) was the main course of the Rhine water to the North Sea. This area between Lobith and Pannerden, called Rhijnstrangen, is now a Natura 2000 area. Along the way, the route also passes the Karekiet nature reserve and the De Hoop windmill. De Hoop is a Stellingmolen from 1850. A Stellingmolen is a high windmill with a gallery or scaffolding, the circulation. Such a windmill is usually located in built-up areas and must be high in order to be able to catch sufficient wind within the built-up area, the free windage. The blades and tail therefore do not reach the ground. The mill is operated from this circuit. Think of the wheeling (turning to the wind) of the mill and putting the sails on the blades.

After the break, the route continues along Didam towards Doesburg with a crossing of the Oude IJssel. A little later the route passes the entrance of Museumtuin 't Olde Ras. This is a museum garden of the ANBI Foundation for the Preservation and Promotion of Fruit Culture. All types of fruit that have ever grown on Dutch soil have been planted here. More than 3000 trees in more than 1500 fruit varieties are in the museum garden. Fruit varieties such as apples, pears, cherries, plums, quinces, Japanese pears, medlars, ornamental fruit, berries, mulberries, nuts, almonds, peaches, apricots, wild plums, cherry plums, etc. Open for visits and courses.
Then in the municipality of Vorden, immediately after the Baakse Beek, on the left is the castle and estate Hackfort. A beautiful walking area. Hackfort Castle, built in 1392 by the lords of Bronckhorst as a residential tower with outer bailey and moats. Destroyed by Spanish troops in 1586, rebuilt in 1598 and 1788. Since 1981 owned by Natuurmonumenten by inheritance and legacy.
After Hackfort, east of Zutphen, the route goes towards Almen, where the Dorpsstraat is followed.

Museum Staal is located on the Dorpsstraat. In this museum you can experience the landscape, history and culture of the Achterhoek. Opposite Staal, on the left, is the Dorpskerk, built in the 14th century. Originally the Onze Lieve Vrouwekerk, but after the Reformation the Protestant Dorpskerk. A church with a special crypt. Between 1714 and 1835, the remains of a number of residents of “De Ehze” and “Het Hulze” were interred here. The coffins and corpses are well preserved (the Almense mummies). You can look inside through two barred windows. Next to the church is Hotel De Hoofdige Boer, a good lunch address.

After Almen the route goes north over the Twente Canal towards Zutphen. At Eefden, the Twente Canal is crossed again (Eefden Bridge) to take part of the city of Zutphen with it. Zutphen is left again via the old IJssel bridge and the route follows a small part of the IJssel before turning towards Voorst and Empe. Then through the beautiful green landscape of Gelderland towards Beekbergen. On the way we pass the hamlet of "Little Amsterdam", a hamlet of the municipality of Voorst.
After Beekbergen through the wooded areas of Liederbos, Spelderholt and Schenkenshul to Hoenderloo. In Hoenderloo, the route passes the Hoenderloo entrance to the Hoge Veluwe National Park and the Kröller Muller Museum. Entrance to the Hoge Veluwe park € 12.30, admission to the Kröller-Müller Museum € 12.50.

After this, the route goes over the Deelenseweg towards the end point "ECHOS De Landing", along the Deelensche field and Deelen airbase. At the airbase, the route passes the Deelen Air Base museum, immediately recognizable by the Starfighter F-104 Mockup parked along the road. The museum shows its collection from the history of the airbase. Ample attention is paid to the air war in the years 1940-1945. After this museum, the end point is ECHOS De Landing.
Inlaatsluis Westervoort
De mummies van Almen
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ECHOS De Landing
De IJssellinie
De mummies van Almen
Museumtuin 't Olde Ras
Kasteel en Landgoed Hackfort
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Gelderland (Dutch: [ˈɣɛldərlɑnt] (listen)), also known as Guelders () in English, is a province of the Netherlands, occupying the centre-east of the country. With a total area of 5,136 km2 (1,983 sq mi) of which 173 km2 (67 sq mi) is water, it is the largest province of the Netherlands. Gelderland shares borders with six other provinces (Flevoland, Limburg, North Brabant, Overijssel, South Holland and Utrecht) and the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
The capital is Arnhem (pop. 159,265); however, Nijmegen (pop. 176,731) and Apeldoorn (pop. 162,445) are both larger municipalities. Other major regional centres in Gelderland are Ede, Doetinchem, Zutphen, Harderwijk, Tiel, Wageningen, Zevenaar, and Winterswijk. Gelderland had a population of 2,084,478 as of November 2019.
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