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Hiking Themed Routes

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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Ooijpolder area route
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Ooijpolder area route

The route through nature-rich Ooijpolder alternates between water and meadows. Some of the highlights are the Thornsche ...

13.47 km

The Netherlands

Around the Freedom Museum
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Around the Freedom Museum

On this walk you go back in time to the last war year in Groesbeek. The various photo panels lead you past the Freedom M...

7.76 km

The Netherlands

Rochetta to Monte Marrone
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Rochetta to Monte Marrone

Join us on a ww2 themed hiking trail that will take you from Rochetta to Monte Marrone in Abruzzo, Italy. You will foll...

9.5 km

Italy

The landing at Salerno
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The landing at Salerno

The Allied landing at Salerno on 9 September 1943 coincided with the proclamation of the armistice of the Kingdom of Ita...

24.58 km

Italy

WWII in Leopoldsburg
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WWII in Leopoldsburg

The starting point of this local route is museum Liberation Garden, the renovated officers' villa from 1850. Before Worl...

7.89 km

Belgium

William Thomas Buddell remembrance loop
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William Thomas Buddell remembrance loop

The local resistance played a crucial role in providing safe houses and support to those in hiding. Many of the people w...

29.11 km

The Netherlands

Liberation close by, resistance in action
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Liberation close by, resistance in action

Leeuwarden was liberated from Nazi occupation in April 1945. The city got liberated by the Royal Canadian Dragoons, who ...

7.27 km

The Netherlands

Franeker and the liberation
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Franeker and the liberation

The local people of Franeker played a crucial role in supporting their liberators. They provided valuable assistance to ...

13.56 km

The Netherlands

The fleeing and fighting occupier cornered
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The fleeing and fighting occupier cornered

As the end of World War II drew near, the German forces in Friesland faced the inevitable defeat of their occupation. In...

26.51 km

The Netherlands

Around Lake Nannewijd
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Around Lake Nannewijd

Many special stories can be experienced on this walking tour between Heerenveen and Joure. Numerous locations on and aro...

27.13 km

The Netherlands

Liberation battle on Frisian soil
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Liberation battle on Frisian soil

During the liberation of Friesland in World War II, Canadian troops played a crucial role in freeing the region from Ger...

44.49 km

The Netherlands

​​From Capannori to Monsummano between internment, deportation, Nazi-fascist massacres and the Resistance movement​
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​​From Capannori to Monsummano between internment, deportation, Nazi-fascist massacres and the Resistance movement​

​​The historical route retraces the main places of memory located between Capannori and Monsummano. The trail includes p...

51.28 km

Italy

The Saint-Raphaël memory trail
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The Saint-Raphaël memory trail

The memory trail is a journey of discovery through the rich history of Saint-Raphaël during the Second World War....

France

Milan. The capital of the Resistance
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Milan. The capital of the Resistance

Milan, during the war, was considered the'capital' of the Italian Resistance. Today it represents one of the most import...

28.78 km

Italy

​Liberation of Guernsey
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​Liberation of Guernsey

​​Each of the Islands of Guernsey had distinct experiences during the Second World War, becoming part of the Atlantic Wa...

Guernsey

Rome: open city
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Rome: open city

In September 1943, the Italian capital was occupied by Nazi troops: this occupation shattered forever the dream of keepi...

21.78 km

Italy

​​War and Resistance in Lucca​
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​​War and Resistance in Lucca​

Lucca is a relatively quiet provincial town but during the second world war it was at the centre of several battles due ...

Italy

Along the D-day beaches
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Along the D-day beaches

6 June 1944 entered history under the now legendary name of D-Day, the Allied landings on the beaches of Normandy. It wa...

136.76 km

France

Liberation of Jersey
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Liberation of Jersey

After five long years, on 9 May 1945 the Channel Islands were freed from German military occupation, without armed confl...

Jersey

The Freedom Trail
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The Freedom Trail

The Freedom Trail follows the historic route of the American Army (in particular, Lieutenant-General George Patton’s U.S...

66.42 km

Belgium

Peace Wood
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Peace Wood

This themed route follows the events surrounding the defence of Bastogne in December 1944 to January 1945, and the stori...

10.17 km

Belgium

Operation Market Garden Hiking Route
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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...

243.6 km

The Netherlands

Battle of the Scheldt
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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...

419.54 km

The Netherlands

Liberation of the South of Limburg
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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