A trip to Germany from Winterswijk

This route takes you from Winterswijk to the German town of Vreden. A route with a lot of natural beauty and characteristic cultural history.

National Landscape
For a large part of the route you cycle through Winterswijk National Landscape, a semi-open bocage landscape of meandering streams, wooded banks and authentic Saxon farms. It will take you little effort to switch back here and charge the battery. In Meddo there is a boulder weighing 38,000 kilograms at the canteen of the local football club. The specimen at the old town hall of Winterswijk, which was also found in Meddo, weighs 43,000 kilos: it is the largest boulder in the Netherlands.

The Berkel
In Vreden, Germany, you cross the Berkel, a small river that flows into the Netherlands further on. You will also pass the beautiful Berkelmeertje. In addition to Saxon farms, there are a few other sights on your route. In Winterswijk, for example, you will pass De Bataaf, a flour mill from 1801. You will also see the Jacobuskerk, dating from 1869, a name that is easily confused with the medieval Jacobskerk on the Markt.