Fort tour along the Linge

This cycle route takes you a long way along the Linge, which still meanders through the landscape in an old-fashioned way. From the dike you look out over the flower-rich grasslands and fruit orchards along the river. The villages here are just as worthwhile. The Voorstraat in Beesd enjoys a protected village view. In Rhenoy you will pass the striking white plastered village church, some parts date from the fifteenth century. Time also seems to have stood still a bit in Acquoy. Here you see a fifteenth-century church tower that is slightly out of plumb. W08-Asperen - Fort Asperen is an imposing monument, definitely worth getting off. Fort Vuren was built in 1844 to protect Gorinchem, as part of the New Dutch Waterline.