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Audiospot: German train escapes trough the liberated area
Audiospot: German train escapes trough the liberated area
After the start of the Allied airborne landings, the Germans immediately activated their evacuati...
Groesbeek
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Kronenburgerpark
Kronenburgerpark
Kronenburgerpark has more than 150 different tree species and the differences in height make the...
Nijmegen
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Boerengolf / Atelier de Horst
Boerengolf / Atelier de Horst
We offer a whole range of activities at and around the farm. These include farmers bubble ball, f...
GROESBEEK
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Casting company De Tinnen Roos/ ’t Gelders Maakmuseum
Casting company De Tinnen Roos/ ’t Gelders Maakmuseum
Our products, from candlesticks to name plates, deserve a place in your home. We give you a choic...
MILLINGEN AAN DE RIJN
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Het Buitencentrum
Het Buitencentrum
Het Buitencentrum provides indoor and outdoor activities at a unique location, in the magnificent...
OVERASSELT
Group accommodation -
Blixem
Blixem
NIJMEGEN
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Little Canada
Little CanadaLittle Canada
In September 1944, the war was raging through Gelderland. The Allied forces were stationed there between October 1944 and February 1945, sleeping in barracks such as those shown in the picture. When the Allied forces advanced into Germany, they left a number of these barracks behind. Tens of thousands of civilians were forced to flee because of the war. Wijchen – then home to 8,000 inhabitants and a safe haven amidst the violence – had to accommodate 6,000 displaced people in a short space of time. After the liberation, the housing shortage remained unacceptably high and the council took over a collection of Allied huts. People came to live in these eleven huts and barracks, without electricity or plumbing; water was pumped by hand. The complex soon came to be known as ‘Little Canada’. In 1955, the last resident left and the complex was demolished.
In September 1944, the war was raging through Gelderland. Between October 1944 and February 1945,...
Wijchen
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Campsite Op den Stuwwal
Campsite Op den Stuwwal
Campsite Op den Stuwwal is located in the tranquil countryside of Groesbeek. Groesbeek and its su...
GROESBEEK
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Audiospot: The Poles of Driel
Audiospot: The Poles of Driel
In the battle of Arnhem, General Sosabowski and his Polish 1st Independent Parachute Brigade acte...
Driel
Luisterplek -
Campsite de Oude Molen
Campsite de Oude Molen
In the beautiful wooded rolling landscape of Groesbeek, campsite De Oude Molen is located on the...
GROESBEEK
Camp ground -
Klein Amerika Mini-camping
Klein Amerika Mini-camping
Mini-campsite Klein Amerika lies on the southern slopes at Groesbeek. The campsite is only 1.5km...
GROESBEEK
Camp ground -
Leurse hof
Leurse hof
During Operation Market Garden in 1944, the Heerlijkheid van Leur served as a resting place for t...
Leur
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Ammunition Crates in Wijchen
Ammunition Crates in WijchenAmmunition Crates in Wijchen
During the winter of 1944–1945, the area around Nijmegen became a major gathering point for troops and ammunition. All this was in preparation for Operation Veritable, the attack on Germany that was to begin from this area on 8 February 1945. Many people had Allied soldiers and evacuees ‘quartered’ in their homes. Wijchen, too, was full of ammunition destined for the front. The ammunition crates were lined up in long rows along the road. The Zandstraat, now known as the Kasteellaan, was one of the streets packed with these crates, as was what is now the Nieuweweg. Children would regularly get hold of items from these crates, such as bullets, air pistols and the like. They often played with these, though unfortunately not always with a happy ending.
During the winter of 1944–1945, the area around Nijmegen served as a major gathering point for tr...
Wijchen
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Headquarters and bust of Major General Stanisław Sosabowski
Headquarters and bust of Major General Stanisław Sosabowski
The bust of Major General Stanisław Sosabowski looks out over his headquarters, at Molenstraat 12...
Driel
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Rijndijk and Engineers Monument: the crossing of the Rhine
Rijndijk and Engineers Monument: the crossing of the Rhine
This location - situated opposite the village of Oosterbeek - played an important role in both th...
Driel
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Minicamping QKLQ
Minicamping QKLQ
Ben and Anne-Marie Roelofs from Angeren travelled to Mongolia in March 2007 to skate the alternat...
Angeren
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Pater Sebald Lindersstraat
Pater Sebald LindersstraatPater Sebald Lindersstraat
Father Sebald Linders, a Friar Minor born in Mook, was a follower of St Francis, but not a contemporary like all the other followers of the Saint of Assisi or St Clare who had streets named after them in Alverna. Father Sebald Linders owed this honour to his work in the Resistance. The friar, who did not shy away from taking up arms when necessary, and whose main contribution lay in sheltering Jewish children, was betrayed and shot by the Germans in Vught at the age of 37. On Wednesday 9 September 2015, Father Sebald Linders will be posthumously awarded the Yad Vashem ‘Righteous Among the Nations’ honour.
The priest, who did not shy away from taking up arms when necessary, and whose main achievement w...
Wijchen
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WaalScooter
WaalScooter
Relaxed sightseeing by electric scooter! Discover the Waal river and Rijk van Nijmegen region on...
Nijmegen
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Museumpark Heilig Land Stichting Orientalis
Museumpark Heilig Land Stichting Orientalis
Between 1911 and 1940 numerous buildings and interiors were built according to Jan Stuyt and Piet...
HEILIG LANDSTICHTING
Museum -
The Roman Catholic parish house set up as a medical post
The Roman Catholic parish house set up as a medical post
At the beginning of the Battle of Arnhem, under the leadership of the local female doctor, Dr. A....
Driel
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Landgoed Jachtslot de Mookerheide
Landgoed Jachtslot de Mookerheide
A 10-minutes’ drive from Nijmegen lies the unique nature reserve 'Landgoed, Jachtslot de Mookerhe...
MOLENHOEK LB
Heritage -
HCR De Oude Molen
HCR De Oude Molen
Warm and friendly family hotel featuring 13 spacious attractive rooms, most with TV and private b...
GROESBEEK
Restaurant -
The Nevel: Poles take up positions around Driel
The Nevel: Poles take up positions around Driel
Because the Polish troops could not cross the Rhine on the first night, they took up positions ar...
Driel
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The Driel ferry - disabled for the Germans and unusable for the Poles
The Driel ferry - disabled for the Germans and unusable for the Poles
The first objective of the Polish troops was to use the Driel ferry to cross the river and to rea...
Driel
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