Cycle route

Historic railway line with old-fashioned signals and route markers in Brüggen, part of the cross-border cycling route Grenzgeschichten Reuver-Brüggen.
German soldier and young girl with a pram at a border crossing near the Westwall, photographed during the war years.
Rows of bombs stored in a pit at the former ammunition depot in Bracht, symbolising the military presence during the Second World War.
Two girls and a doll posing at a border post and barbed wire near De Witte Stein, a place where the border and war history come together in a tangible way.
Concrete bunker element from the Second World War, partly buried in the ground along the former tank ditch near Reuver.

Cycling Route Grenzgeschichten Reuver-Brüggen

Cycle 39 kilometres through the border region between Reuver and Brüggen and experience the impressive Grenzgeschichten Reuver-Brüggen cycling route, full of stories and traces from the Second World War. You ride through a varied landscape of forests, rivers and quiet roads, past bunkers, hiding places and places of remembrance that show how people on both sides of the border dealt with occupation, escape and resistance.

Contact and location

Start location car park Burgwall
Burgwall
41379
Brüggen

Nearby

The distances mentioned below are the distances from the location above.

 
8,69km
Places of interest