
Nijmegen Zwischen Rhein und Maas

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Last edit: 07-03-2021
Berg en Dal: Border town with winding hills houses an African open-air museum and an old Tivoli theme park.
Nijmegen: Hanseatic city and probably the oldest city in the Netherlands. Known for its beautiful old buildings, numerous pubs and cafes and its newly designed Rhine promenade.
Düffelward: Curvy dyke route with Rhine view and nature reserve to the land side.
Xanten: multifaceted mixture of Roman history to touch with ar-chäologischer park and amphitheater, leisure area with North and South Sea and well-known biker's meeting at the Rhine ferry.
Arcen: Old fortified town on the banks of the Maas, with beautiful street cafes.
Weeze: Winding route around the former military airport to the "Villa mill", a place full of curiosities and almost forgotten stories.
Kranenburg: pilgrimage site, attracts with a special attraction, a trolleybus station.
Kleve: district town at the foot of the more than 1000 years old Schwanenburg. Several museums, churches, parks and gardens invite you to linger. Special attractions include the Draisinenbahnhof and the observation tower on the highest mountain in the lower Lower Rhine.
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Verdict
Duration
4h 40m
Mode of travel
Car or motorcycle
Distance
213.30 km
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Rhine bridge Emmerich
From Nijmegen you drive a few kilometers across the dike. Both the Rhine itself and the nature reserve Düffelward on the land side, where rare bird species are present, always invite small stops. You will pass the city limits of Kleve, a city with a lot of history, such as the more than 1000 years old Schwanenburg. Then you approach the imposing silhouette of the largest suspension bridge in Germany, which immediately reminds of the Golden Gate Bridge. Along the Rhine is the nuclear power plant called Kernwasser Wunderland, which was never operational and converted into an amusement park near Kalkar.
Further on in the route a chapter from Roman history opens with the city of Xanten. Remains of the former city of Colonia Ulpia Trajana and the amphitheater testify to that time. Along the river you can meet numerous bikers in the Bikercafé Rheinfähre. After crossing the hill area the "Sonsbecker Schweiz" you enter Arcen, a former fortified town with many street cafes and beautiful houses along the Maas. The brewery and the café of Hertog Jan are definitely worth a visit! You cross the river by ferry and continue the route towards National Park De Maasduinen.
Just after Weeze, a small town near the Niederrhein Airport, there is a 6.8 km long winding route that ends at Siebengewalt. We continue on small country lanes along the "Viller Mühle", where you can immerse yourself in a world that you thought was no longer there.

Schwanenburg Kleve

Bikertreff Zur Rheinfähre
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