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Do you enjoy walking short or long distances and immersing yourself in the history of a region? Discover the history around you while walking in Europe's cities and countryside.

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At the Bend of Neffe

This route, between the Mardasson Memorial and the village of Neffe, follows paths that lead to the closest point at whi...

1.81 km

Belgium

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Operation Market Garden Hiking Route

Operation Market Garden was one of the largest Allied operations of the Second World War. It took place in September 194...

255.33 km

The Netherlands

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Battle of the Scheldt

The Battle of the Scheldt was one of the largest and most severe military operations on Dutch soil during the Second Wor...

247.2 km

The Netherlands

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Liberation of the South of Limburg

On 12 September 1944, the first Americans crossed the Belgian-Dutch border and liberated the villages of Mesch, Mheer an...

122.47 km

The Netherlands

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The Liberation of Limburg

On September 12, 1944, the villages of Mesch, Mheer and Noorbeek in the far south of Limburg were liberated. At the time...

234.69 km

The Netherlands

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Operation Market Garden Cycling Route

Stretching from Leopoldsburg in Belgium to the renowned "Bridge too far" in Arnhem, the Netherlands, the Market Garden a...

239.38 km

The Netherlands

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Venlo, city on the front line in need

All German routes to bring in troops and equipment to the area west of the Maas in North and Central Limburg went throug...

0.72 km

The Netherlands

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Nederweert on the front line for two months

Operation Market Garden created a narrow strip of liberated territory in the east of North Brabant and the far west of C...

16.5 km

The Netherlands

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Gennep and the price of freedom

The Martinustoren is a striking reminder of the devastation that befell Gennep and the entire North Limburg region at th...

4.87 km

The Netherlands

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The Rhineland Offensive

This route, which runs through villages, past meadows, through the forest and over the German border, connects two signi...

19.41 km

The Netherlands

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Groesbeek Landing Area

The area between Groesbeek and the German border characterized by fields, farms, and rolling hills. Today, it is almost ...

6.27 km

The Netherlands

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Nijmegen during the War

Persecution of Jews, bombing, Market Garden and resistance – Nijmegen has been through a lot during the war. The marks o...

0.04 km

The Netherlands

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Around Bastogne

A few months after its liberation, Bastogne, a small town surrounded by the Ardennes Forest in southern Belgium, suffere...

5.54 km

Belgium

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Forced Workers Trail in Jersey

The Forced Workers Trail will introduce you to places around the Island that are associated with the foreign labourers b...

Jersey

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The Battle of the Bulge

The last German surge was in December 1944, when the Allies had advanced to the Belgian Ardennes and were completely sur...

118.25 km

Belgium

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The battle of the Hürtgen Forest

During the autumn and winter of 1944 and 1945 the longest battle of the war on German soil took place in the Hürtgen For...

92.64 km

Germany

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Dropzone Ede

This route passes monuments commemorating, and information panels with stories about World War II events in this area. I...

0.27 km

The Netherlands

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The war in Arnhem

This walk goes through the center of Arnhem and brings the Battle of Arnhem (September 1944) to life. ...

6.48 km

The Netherlands

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The Perimeter

The perimeter was a horseshoe shaped defense line around Oosterbeek in which the Britsh and Polish troops retreated duri...

0.17 km

The Netherlands

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The Poles of Driel: Walking in the footsteps of Sosabowski and his troops

This is a hike along important milestones in and around the village of Driel where the 1st Polish Independent Parachute ...

10.79 km

The Netherlands