Cycling through Arnhem

Get to know Arnhem during this short tour through the stately city and its countryside. Along the way you will pass many beautiful sights and enjoy the nature reserve around Arnhem.

Billion Castle
You will soon pass Biljoen Castle. This castle was built around 1530 by the Duke of Gelre. After some renovations, Louis the Fourteenth temporarily settled in this castle. It means the salvation of the building.

Cycling through nature
The route continues over the dike along the beginning of the Gelderse IJssel. You are driving here in the Velperwaarden, a nature reserve that is rich in special meadow birds. After cycling for a while along the Lower Rhine and the city center, you cycle into the famous Park Sonsbeek. The park largely consists of an ancient beech forest. A little further on is the Witte Watermolen, a flour mill dating from the 15th century. Nowadays, the Sonsbeek Visitor Center is located in the barn of the mill.

Park Klarenbeek
The route continues past Park Klarenbeek, a former estate that became Arnhem's first city park. The park consists of an open plain, with a wide strip of deciduous forest on the west, north and east sides. In Velp you cycle past the Van Lennepsmolen, a monumental overshot water mill that burned down twice in the last century and was restored just as often.