On the other side cycle route | Liberation Route Brabant
Cycle past various notable sites, such as the Overloon War Museum.
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A unique 59-kilometer cycling route connecting two remarkable sites: the German War Cemetery in Ysselsteyn, Limburg, and the War Museum in Overloon, Brabant. Special, not only because the route takes you through beautiful rural countryside, but above all because you are regularly confronted with the tensions of World War II: ‘Allied’ versus ‘German,’ ‘right’ versus ‘wrong,’ and, above all, ‘alive’ versus ‘dead.’ Hence the name of this bike tour: “On the Other Side.”
Liberation Route Brabant
The Liberation Route Brabant tells the story of the liberation, but also shows what the Second World War was like for ordinary people who lived in Brabant at the time. Eight cycling routes, spread across North Brabant, lead you past the Brabant Remembers stories, the Liberation Route Europe audio columns, monuments and museums. Together they make the impact of the war on North Brabant clear, even all these years later.
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Signage Liberation Route Brabant
Follow the signs with 'Liberation Route'. These are hung below the regular junction signs.
Signage Liberation Route Brabant
Follow the signs with 'Liberation Route'. These are hung below the regular junction signs.
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Tips from Brabant residents
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Natuurpoort De Peel
This attractive catering establishment with a large terrace is the gateway to the unique swamp area of the Deurnese Peel. Also an ideal starting location for a cycling or walking tour in the Peel.
George Renda and Aloysius Gonsowski
In early October 1944, the 7th U.S. Armored Division—“The Lucky Seventh”—marched along the Deurneseweg (N270) near the border between Brabant and Limburg toward Overloon. Heavy fighting took place there.
Karl Schipper
Karl, born on December 26, 1921, in what was then Schakenhof in East Prussia, volunteered for the Wehrmacht in late 1939.
War Museum Overloon
The Overloon War Museum is Western Europe’s largest Second World War museum. In a unique way, the museum brings together the past and the present in a contemporary way.
Harrie van Daal
After World War I, Harrie van Daal visited the battlefield in Ypres, Belgium. The civil servant—born in 1908 and employed by the then-municipality of Overloon-Maashees—was deeply moved by what he saw there.
John Lincoln
Twenty-year-old John Lincoln is a platoon commander with the 1st Battalion of the Norfolk Regiment. As part of the British 3rd Division, he and his men are marching along Venrayseweg in Overloon toward Venray.
David A. Brigden & Hans Wulff
On Hitler’s personal orders, the Luftwaffe attacked Allied airfields in northern France, Belgium, and the southern Netherlands on January 1, 1945.
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