Two-province route Limburg and Brabant

Your route starts at Pancake House De Perdstal. The liberation of the Netherlands in 1944 was bloody in North Limburg with complete tank battles at Overloon and Venray. In the National War and Resistance Museum in Overloon, an entire pavilion is dedicated to the Battle of Overloon with a lot of war material. The Grote Kerk in Venray was a crucial strategic viewpoint and was blown up by the Germans just before their escape. You will also cycle into the Ballonzuil forests. It is named after the Ballonzuil, the first aviation monument in the Netherlands. This column commemorates the landing of the hot air balloon'La poste de Paris\\\' in 1871 on the then heath of Merselo. In the balloon were three men who had escaped with their secret post from Paris, which was surrounded by Prussian troops.