Operation Market Garden is probably the most famous battle in World War II. The Battle of Arnhem, from 17 to 26 September 1944, was its final chapter. Through a combination of bad luck and coincidence, the Allies failed to capture the Rhine Bridge in Arnhem, which you cycle over during this route. When it turned out that Market Garden had failed, many paratroopers were on the wrong side of the Rhine. Mainly due to the deployment of Polish paratroopers led by General Sosabowski, some 2,400 managed to escape near the Westerbouwing. Finally, in May 1945, Germany's capitulation was signed in Hotel de Wereld in Wageningen. The Airborne Museum Hartenstein, the former headquarters of the British, together with the information centre on the Battle of Arnhem, Airborne at the Bridge, tells the whole story.
Directions | Distance | Total distance | |
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Start: Velperplein , 6811 AW Arnhem | 57.1 KM | |
From
36
to
35
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533 M | 0.5 KM | |
Head southeast on Velperbinnensingel | 489 M | ||
Turn left onto Airborneplein | 44 M | ||
You are now at section 35 | 0 M | ||
From
35
to
22
|
952 M | 1 KM | |
Head southwest on Airborneplein | 26 M | ||
Exit the roundabout onto Airborneplein | 66 M | ||
Turn left onto Nijmeegseweg | 787 M | ||
Turn right onto Malburgse Bandijk | 73 M | ||
You are now at section 22 | 0 M | ||
From
22
to
29
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884 M | 0.9 KM | |
Head west on Malburgse Bandijk | 754 M | ||
Turn right onto Gelderse Rooslaan | 117 M | ||
Make a slight right onto Eldensedijk | 13 M | ||
You are now at section 29 | 0 M | ||
From
29
to
86
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377 M | 0.4 KM | |
Head west on Grote Griet | 377 M | ||
You are now at section 86 | 0 M | ||
From
86
to
28
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1314 M | 1.3 KM | |
Head southwest on Grote Griet | 1.3 KM | ||
You are now at section 28 | 0 M | ||
From
28
to
87
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529 M | 0.5 KM | |
Head northwest on Drielsedijk | 472 M | ||
Make a slight right onto Meginhardweg | 57 M | ||
You are now at section 87 | 0 M | ||
From
87
to
27
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2511 M | 2.5 KM | |
Head west on Meginhardweg | 54 M | ||
Make a slight right onto Drielsedijk | 2.5 KM | ||
You are now at section 27 | 0 M | ||
From
27
to
59
|
661 M | 0.7 KM | |
Head west on Drielse Rijndijk | 661 M | ||
You are now at section 59 | 0 M | ||
From
59
to
26
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1369 M | 1.4 KM | |
Head west on Drielse Rijndijk | 1.3 KM | ||
Keep left onto Kerkstraat | 68 M | ||
You are now at section 26 | 0 M | ||
From
26
to
32
|
1402 M | 1.4 KM | |
Head west on Kerkstraat | 53 M | ||
Make a slight left onto Drielse Rijndijk | 1.3 KM | ||
You are now at section 32 | 0 M | ||
From
32
to
75
|
2661 M | 2.7 KM | |
Head west on Drielse Rijndijk | 2.1 KM | ||
Make a slight right onto Kastanjelaan | 515 M | ||
You are now at section 75 | 0 M | ||
From
75
to
76
|
1865 M | 1.9 KM | |
Head northwest on Kastanjelaan | 1.9 KM | ||
You are now at section 76 | 0 M | ||
From
76
to
51
|
1814 M | 1.8 KM | |
Head southwest on Steenkuil | 445 M | ||
Turn right onto Nijburgsestraat | 1.4 KM | ||
You are now at section 51 | 0 M | ||
From
51
to
52
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1619 M | 1.6 KM | |
Head southwest on Nijburgsestraat | 431 M | ||
Turn left onto Lipperstpad | 419 M | ||
Continue straight | 5 M | ||
Turn left onto Knoppersweg | 742 M | ||
Make a slight right | 5 M | ||
Make a slight right onto Heldringstraat | 17 M | ||
You are now at section 52 | 0 M | ||
From
52
to
53
|
2340 M | 2.3 KM | |
Head west on Heldringstraat | 417 M | ||
Turn right onto Molenstraat | 962 M | ||
Turn left onto Dorpsstraat | 292 M | ||
Make a slight right onto Englaan | 669 M | ||
You are now at section 53 | 0 M | ||
From
53
to
50
|
3000 M | 3 KM | |
Head north on Veldstraat | 2.4 KM | ||
Make a slight right onto Hemmensestraat | 551 M | ||
You are now at section 50 | 0 M | ||
From
50
to
95
|
184 M | 0.2 KM | |
Head northwest on Knoppersweg (N836) | 184 M | ||
You are now at section 95 | 0 M | ||
From
95
to
81
|
1085 M | 1.1 KM | |
Head northwest on Veerweg | 465 M | ||
Take the ferry Lexkesveer | 178 M | ||
Continue slight right onto Veerdam | 442 M | ||
You are now at section 81 | 0 M | ||
From
81
to
6
|
2539 M | 2.5 KM | |
Head east on Onderlangs | 1.7 KM | ||
Turn right | 20 M | ||
Continue onto Ritzema Bosweg | 776 M | ||
Turn left onto Dorpsstraat | 38 M | ||
You are now at section 06 | 0 M | ||
From
6
to
20
|
655 M | 0.7 KM | |
Head north on Dorpsstraat | 372 M | ||
Turn right to stay on Dorpsstraat | 283 M | ||
You are now at section 20 | 0 M | ||
From
20
to
2
|
321 M | 0.3 KM | |
Head east on Dorpsstraat | 223 M | ||
Turn right to stay on Dorpsstraat | 60 M | ||
Make a slight right onto Melkdam | 20 M | ||
Make a slight right | 18 M | ||
You are now at section 02 | 0 M | ||
From
2
to
9
|
3606 M | 3.6 KM | |
Head northeast on Utrechtseweg | 17 M | ||
Continue onto Utrechtseweg | 1 KM | ||
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Utrechtseweg | 30 M | ||
Exit the roundabout onto Utrechtseweg | 507 M | ||
Turn right onto Kerkweg | 459 M | ||
Make a slight right onto Koninginnelaan | 573 M | ||
Continue straight | 555 M | ||
Turn right onto Fonteinallee | 430 M | ||
You are now at section 09 | 0 M | ||
From
9
to
37
|
1131 M | 1.1 KM | |
Head northeast on Fonteinallee | 1.1 KM | ||
You are now at section 37 | 0 M | ||
From
37
to
53
|
2843 M | 2.8 KM | |
Head east on Fonteinallee | 2.4 KM | ||
Turn right onto Veerweg | 468 M | ||
You are now at section 53 | 0 M | ||
From
53
to
80
|
483 M | 0.5 KM | |
Head northeast on Veerweg | 483 M | ||
You are now at section 80 | 0 M | ||
From
80
to
39
|
1357 M | 1.4 KM | |
Head northeast on Benedendorpsweg | 1.4 KM | ||
You are now at section 39 | 0 M | ||
From
39
to
38
|
1537 M | 1.5 KM | |
Head north on Van Toulon van der Koogweg | 225 M | ||
Turn left onto Geelkerkenkamp | 372 M | ||
Turn right onto Fangmanweg | 62 M | ||
Turn left onto De Dam | 111 M | ||
Turn left onto Weverstraat | 29 M | ||
Turn right onto Van Eeghenweg | 227 M | ||
Turn right onto Pietersbergseweg | 511 M | ||
You are now at section 38 | 0 M | ||
From
38
to
44
|
727 M | 0.7 KM | |
Head north on Pietersbergseweg | 727 M | ||
You are now at section 44 | 0 M | ||
From
44
to
45
|
3616 M | 3.6 KM | |
Head northeast on Dreyenseweg | 66 M | ||
Turn right onto Van Limburg Stirumweg | 3 KM | ||
Turn left | 264 M | ||
Keep left at the fork | 38 M | ||
Turn right | 251 M | ||
You are now at section 45 | 0 M | ||
From
45
to
46
|
411 M | 0.4 KM | |
Head northeast | 56 M | ||
Continue onto Bakenbergseweg | 259 M | ||
Turn left onto Kemperbergerweg | 96 M | ||
You are now at section 46 | 0 M | ||
From
46
to
4
|
1954 M | 2 KM | |
Head northeast | 30 M | ||
Turn left onto Kemperbergerweg | 1.5 KM | ||
Continue straight | 13 M | ||
Continue onto Kemperbergerweg | 386 M | ||
Continue straight | 26 M | ||
Continue onto Koningsweg | 23 M | ||
You are now at section 04 | 0 M | ||
From
4
to
55
|
1198 M | 1.2 KM | |
Head northeast on Koningsweg | 1.2 KM | ||
You are now at section 55 | 0 M | ||
From
55
to
47
|
2238 M | 2.2 KM | |
Head south on Deelenseweg | 2.2 KM | ||
You are now at section 47 | 0 M | ||
From
47
to
58
|
1388 M | 1.4 KM | |
Head east on Cattepoelseweg | 841 M | ||
Turn left onto Hoeferlaan | 89 M | ||
Turn right to stay on Hoeferlaan | 458 M | ||
You are now at section 58 | 0 M | ||
From
58
to
48
|
530 M | 0.5 KM | |
Head east on Schelmseweg | 530 M | ||
You are now at section 48 | 0 M | ||
From
48
to
50
|
988 M | 1 KM | |
Head south on Waterbergseweg | 30 M | ||
Turn left to stay on Waterbergseweg | 362 M | ||
Turn right to stay on Waterbergseweg | 27 M | ||
Turn left to stay on Waterbergseweg | 569 M | ||
You are now at section 50 | 0 M | ||
From
50
to
51
|
1420 M | 1.4 KM | |
Head southeast on Wagnerlaan | 286 M | ||
Turn left onto Bosweg | 1.1 KM | ||
Continue onto Bosweg | 12 M | ||
Turn left onto Rosendaalseweg | 63 M | ||
You are now at section 51 | 0 M | ||
From
51
to
69
|
2403 M | 2.4 KM | |
Head west on Karthuizerstraat | 5 M | ||
Continue onto Karthuizerstraat | 9 M | ||
Turn left onto Rosendaalseweg | 147 M | ||
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Rosendaalsestraat | 34 M | ||
Exit the roundabout onto Rosendaalsestraat | 71 M | ||
Turn right onto Vijverlaan | 1.2 KM | ||
Turn left onto Hommelseweg | 10 M | ||
Turn right onto Staringplein | 426 M | ||
Turn right onto De Wiltstraat | 12 M | ||
Turn left onto Jacob Cremerstraat | 459 M | ||
Continue onto Sonsbeeksingel | 35 M | ||
You are now at section 69 | 0 M | ||
From
69
to
54
|
232 M | 0.2 KM | |
Head southeast on Willemsplein | 232 M | ||
You are now at section 54 | 0 M | ||
From
54
to
36
|
446 M | 0.4 KM | |
Head east on Gele Rijders Plein | 373 M | ||
Make a slight left onto Roggestraat | 41 M | ||
Turn right onto Velperplein | 32 M | ||
You are now at section 36 | 0 M |