Cycling across borders in Gelderland Discover the Gelderland roots in 9 border regions and 900 kilometers of HERITAGE FESTIVAL

Cozy camping in the floodplains of the Gelderse IJssel, that is possible at Hotel Restaurant IJsselz...

Cafe Restaurant Florijn is a great place for a cup of coffee, ice cream or a bite to eat in the beau...

You can really enjoy yourself at restaurant Het Oude Veerhuis. With a fantastic view over the river ...

The Veldkeuken in Culemborg is a nice place to hang out in the middle of the floodplains. Here you c...

The Stoomgemaal Arkemheen, previously known as Stoomgemaal Hertog Reijnout, is a striking appearance...

At this listening point along the path to Stoomgemaal Arkemheen, special stories about the polder ca...

These lock works regulate the water to and from the IJsselmeer....

The eighteenth-century lock house of the office of Nijkerk is the former lockkeeper's house at t...

The Arkersluis regulates the connection between the Nijkerkernauw and the weteringen in the Arkemhee...

Local residents did not only do their utmost to protect the region from the water, but also made use...

The Harderwijk City Museum is a regional museum where you can learn more about the history of Harder...

While you are in Harderwijk, don't forget to check out the old city walls. And if you follow the...

In this Donkerstraat you will find many old city buildings, including the Linnaeus tower from the si...

The most important monument of Harderwijk is the Grote Kerk on the Kerkplein. Originally it was a sm...

This building now houses the Marius van Dokkum Museum, but it once housed the anatomical theatre, al...

A radical change of the boundaries of the province of Gelderland took place in the twentieth century...

The Feithenhof is a national monument in the old town of Elburg. Maria Catharina Feith (1664-1740) w...

The old city wall of the fortified city is still clearly visible at the Goorpoort....

The Gruithuis is the only remaining house in Elbrug that dates back to the time before the city was ...

In the fourteenth century, the city of Elburg moved to its current location. The exact reason for th...

Before the Second World War, a few dozen Jews lived in Elburg. Half of them did not survive the war....

The Grote Kerk is the most important church in the city of Elburg. The four Evangelists can be seen ...

In the gable stone of the house at Van Kinsbergenstraat 7, you can see both the arms of Elburg and t...

The polder shed is located halfway along the Zomerdijk, between Elburg and Noordeinde. This barn had...

Pumps, such as the Gemaal Oosterwolde, were desperately needed to keep the area dry. The Oosterwolde...

This Noordersluis keeps the water that separates Gelderland from Overijssel under control. This cana...

This windmill De Fortuin is a striking appearance in the cityscape of Hattem. The current windmill i...

As a Hanseatic city, Hattem had to be well defended. The settlement moat and walls played an importa...

Enter the stairs of this 14th century gate, feel the thick walls, look out through the loopholes to ...

The flood lock is a large lock, the purpose of which was to regulate the water between the two side ...

On the roof of this pumping station next to the flood defense are the words: "Who wants to benefit, ...

The most famous windmill type in the Netherlands. Windmills were used not only to produce flour from...

This characteristic flour mill dates back to the eighteenth century. The name M? Lle van Bats, is pr...

The Matanze estate probably dates from the seventeenth century. It was a country estate, intended as...

This pumping station Mr AC Baron van der Feltz ensures that water from the catchment area around Ter...

The Oxerhof was a country seat of the dukes of Gelre. During the Second World War, the Germans occup...

Until the fourteenth century, Huize Dorth belonged to the Overijssel side of the diocese of Utrecht,...

This was once a medieval castle with thick walls, three ramparts and three moats. You would think th...

The Bolksbeek partly forms a border stream between Overijssel and Gelderland....

A manor is another name for a fortified farm. Around 1750, the manor near Mallum was demolished, aft...

This traditional half-timbered barn is characteristic of this environment. Especially close to the G...

The Mallumsche Molen has a long history. The mill was already mentioned in 1424 as a grain and hulli...

The church was dedicated to the Martyrs of Gorcum in 1870. These monks were murdered in 1572 by the ...

The Zwillbrockervenn with flamingos is famous as a breeding ground for the exotic pink birds in the ...

For a long time, the Achterhoek was an inhospitable area. From the nineteenth century, the area beca...

The remains that you see here of a late medieval fortification were part of the Ruitenburgerschansen...

This memorial is erected in honor of the pilots and crew of an allied plane that was shot down here ...

The borderland museum is located in this monumental building, which probably dates from the sixteent...

This is the smallest church in the Netherlands. The size does not prevent local residents from using...

The most famous windmill type in the Netherlands. Windmills were not only used to produce flour from...

Castle Anholt is an impressive twelfth-century water castle, originally owned by a feudalist from th...

The Kleefse Landweer is an earthen embankment with a ditch and probably dates from the fourteenth ce...

Camp Rees was a workers' camp during the Second World War, just across the German border at Rees...

The story of the nearby Kamp Rees is told at this listening pole....

The city of's Heerenberg has had the privilege of minting coins since the Middle Ages. That happ...

These outbuildings stand out sharply at the imposing Huis Bergh Castle. These are houses intended fo...

Landhuis de Boetselaersborg is located on the south side of the town of 's-Heerenberg. During a ...

The Und So Weiter monument marks the place where the Rhine enters the Netherlands for the first time...

The Schipperspoort can be seen from Dorspsdijk 36. This gate is all that remains of the Tolhuys cast...

This mill is named after the Tolhuys castle, which once stood close to the mill. There, tolls were l...

Here you can see a replica of the Roman altar stone Rufia Materna, which is currently on display in ...

This audio pole commemorates the evacuation of the inhabitants of Millingen aan de Rijn on October 1...

The Duivelsberg is a hill and nature reserve and a popular destination for hikers and cyclists. Unde...

In September 1944, thanks to Operation Market Garden, the south of the Netherlands was liberated. Fr...

The Reichswald (Rijkswoud) is a wooded nature reserve that stretches along the border between Nijmeg...

This Nieuwe Kerk has replaced the Oude Sint Antonius Abtkerk, which was almost completely destroyed ...

The Waco glider is a life-size replica of an American glider. These aircraft were used in World War ...

Although the Netherlands is not known as a wine country, this Gelderland border region certainly is....

This World War II listening pole commemorates Operation Market Garden. In September 1944, the Allies...

The Maas-Waal Canal, of which this lock complex at Heumen is a part, was officially opened by Queen ...

The Dutch Reformed Church in Overasselt stands out because of its white plastered front. The current...

The famous fortress builder Menno van Coehoorn constructed the Kroonwerk Coehoorn around 1700 in the...

This Antonius Abtkerk was designed by Pierre Cuypers (1827-1921), who designed many churches in addi...

This striking Rainbow Bridge to Grave is named after John S. Thompson, who captured the bridge on Se...

The Gemaal Van Citters II is part of the Gemaal van Citters I and was built in 1926 on the Loonse Wa...

From this location you have a beautiful view of the fortified town of Ravenstein, which for a long t...

As early as 1300, the inhabitants of the Maas area tried to keep floods under control, for example b...

The facing stone of Batenburg Castle states that the castle was built in 327, but this has never bee...

The Batenburg guns are replicas of the guns used during the Eighty Years' War (1568-1648) to pro...

Contrary to what its name suggests, this stone is not blue, but red, thanks to the red-brown type of...

Oude Sint-Victorerkerk is a Dutch Reformed church, parts of which date from the thirteenth century....

The glory of Appeltern is a country house with a park where you can walk. The park also contains a b...

The Zaalkerk is a reformed church from 1858. The choir dates from the fifteenth century and the pulp...

Early 20th century....

War memorial expanded with some details of historical or tourist interest...

In this brick dyke warehouse from the end of the nineteenth century, materials were stored to repair...

This reformed church from 1842 is a 'water management church'. A water management church is ...

This farm is located on the site of the former court of Maasbommel, where Mr van Maasbommel stayed. ...

The Saint Lambert Church from 1869 is a neo-Gothic basilica. This church stands on the site of a med...

This former steam pumping station mainly had to keep the polder around Dreumel dry....

In this dike warehouse from the end of the nineteenth century, materials were kept for repairing the...

The Hadwin & Stopher Memorial is a war memorial for four fallen English soldiers. At the end of Sept...

New Fort Sint Andries is a ruin of a fort from 1812. This is a replacement of the old Fort Sint Andr...

Here you can see the Sint-Andries lock over the Sint-Andries canal. The "mild" mesh and "wild" waal ...

The first church that stood here was destroyed during the Eighty Years' War (1568-1648). However...

The history of Rossum Castle dates back to the thirteenth century, when it was probably built as a c...

Dike warehouse from 1859. Materials were stored here to repair the dike....

The medieval town of Batenburg struck its own coins until the seventeenth century. Perhaps the coins...

Only the foundations of the fourteenth-century castle Hedel remain. The first lords of Hedel were lo...

War memorial expanded with some details of historical or tourist interest...

The castle of Well, also known as the House of Malsen, is a water castle from the fourteenth century...

The boundary marker, placed between 1750 and 1775, was badly damaged over the years. The building wa...

The castle has been completely restored and is now used as an office. The castle has been restored u...

The Dijkgraaf HC de Jongh pumping station was built in 1935 and contains two commemorative plaques t...

Built between 1879 and 1886 on the north Maasdijk south of the Battery under Brakel, the Pouderoijen...

In 1883 the Maas and the Waal were officially separated from each other on this spot. The Maas dikes...

Loevestein Castle is one of the most famous castles in the Netherlands. It was built in the fourteen...

These batteries on the Meerdijk were part of the nineteenth-century New Dutch Waterline, which ran f...

Independently fortified building from the Middle Ages that was easily defended at that time and in t...

You can cross the border with South Holland at Slot Loevestein via the Heukelum ferry....

This castle, formerly called Merckenburg, dates from 1286. It was destroyed in the 14th century. The...

The former Asperen castle was blown up by the French during the disaster year of 1672. The French Ki...

This electricity-powered pumping station De Oude Horn has for a long time pumped away excess water t...

With its 13 hectares, the Bassa wheel is the largest breakthrough wheel in the Netherlands and was c...

The De Waai wheel on Dieusijk 32 marks a three-boundary point. The provinces of Utrecht, South Holla...

Bunker 599 is part of the New Dutch Waterline and was built in 1940. In 2010 the building was sawn i...

Torenfort Everdingen was built between 1842 and 1847 as part of the New Dutch Waterline. Together wi...

The foundations of the castle are located in the Castle Garden. Now only a sixteenth-century wall re...

De Bol op Redichem was a small country estate of the counts of Culemborg along the Beusichemsedijk. ...

The limit marker or half-hour marker marked the boundary between the county of Culemborg and Buren....

The Princess Marijkesluizen consists of two lock chambers and a floodgate to close off the Betuwe bu...

From this point you have a nice view to the north over the Neder-Rijn of Wijk bij Duurstede, a forti...

Old 16th century ferry house. Ferry houses allowed travelers to wait to be transferred by ferry. Oft...

A Roman watchtower used to stand roughly on this spot. That was one of the many watchtowers that lin...

In the Blue Chamber nature reserve, the water of the Lower Rhine has free rein. The summer dike was ...

On the other side of the river, towards Rhenen, you look at the Grebbeberg. This mountain played an ...

The Fort aan de Buursteeg is one of the largest and most important defenses of the Grebbelinie. The ...

The Grebbelinie visitor center is a museum and information center that informs visitors about the su...

Grand Canal at castle Renswoude is a water area and was part of the castle garden of the border cast...

Here you see the Werk aan de Daatselaar with damsluis. This defense work of the Grebbe line involves...

The Scherpenzeel House was initially a fortified house in a fairly inaccessible and peat-rich enviro...

From 1402 the House in Hoevelaken was on loan from the lords of Zuylen, lords of Gelre. The house wa...

The border canal Laak was constructed around 1200 to mark the border between Gelre and Utrecht. The ...

The Bonte Poort is the bridge over the border canal Laak. The name is derived from a farm of the sam...