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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

Operation Market Garden Cycling Route
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Operation Market Garden Cycling Route

Stretching from Leopoldsburg in Belgium to the renowned "Bridge too far" in Arnhem, the Netherlands, the Market Garden a...

258.17 km

The Netherlands

​​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

Liberation of St. Helier
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Liberation of St. Helier

​​This trail consists of seventeen special places intimately connected with the events of the Liberation of Jersey, or t...

10.19 km

Jersey

Civilian Experience in Pilsen
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Civilian Experience in Pilsen

This themed route highlights the civilian experience in the city of Pilsen during the Second World War, connecting impor...

5.2 km

Czech Republic

Hiking in the footsteps of the Canadian Liberators
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Hiking in the footsteps of the Canadian Liberators

Canadian soldiers played an important role in the liberation of the Netherlands. With these walking routes, you will fol...

1585.06 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

Air warfare over Dalfsen
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Air warfare over Dalfsen

This cycle route connects special places related to the air war that took place over Dalfsen and the surrounding area. A...

75.01 km

The Netherlands

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Scottish Highlanders route in Meierijstad, Boxtel and Sint-Michielsgestel
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Scottish Highlanders route in Meierijstad, Boxtel and Sint-Michielsgestel

On October 22, 1944, from 's-Hertogenbosch, the British Second Army launched the attack on the German 15th Army in North...

41.92 km

The Netherlands

London Blitz Walk
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London Blitz Walk

​​Although the United Kingdom was never occupied with civilians living under Nazi rule, the terror of war was still expe...

United Kingdom

The Battle of the Bulge at Libramont-Chevigny
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The Battle of the Bulge at Libramont-Chevigny

Discover the Battle of the Bulge in Libramont as you've never seen it before with 9 panels to reach by bike. Take a tour...

20.52 km

Belgium

World War Two in Berlin: City-Center Route
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World War Two in Berlin: City-Center Route

Berlin played a central role in World War II, and today, many sites across the city reflect its complex wartime history....

7.76 km

Germany

Marks of the war in the Saint-Hubert region
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Marks of the war in the Saint-Hubert region

This themed route takes you on a tour of the Second World War memorial sites in the municipality of Saint-Hubert in Belg...

48.65 km

Belgium

Liberation Route Son en Breugel
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Liberation Route Son en Breugel

Hear the hum of hundreds of planes and watch the thousands of falling parachutes. That's what the inhabitants around Son...

47.39 km

The Netherlands

Liberation Route Asten
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Liberation Route Asten

While cycling this route you will be confronted with great deeds, but also with the atrocities of war. You will pass thr...

47.49 km

The Netherlands

Liberation Route Gilze Rijen
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Liberation Route Gilze Rijen

Even today, Gilze-Rijen is dominated by flying and by planes. Immediately after the occupation, in May 1940, the Germans...

41.48 km

The Netherlands

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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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Liberation of St. Helier
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Liberation of St. Helier

​​This trail consists of seventeen special places intimately connected with the events of the Liberation of Jersey, or t...

10.19 km

Jersey

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

The Perimeter
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The Perimeter

The perimeter was a horseshoe shaped defense line around Oosterbeek in which the Britsh and Polish troops retreated duri...

9.12 km

The Netherlands

The Rhineland Offensive
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The Rhineland Offensive

This route, which runs through villages, past meadows, through the forest and over the German border, connects two signi...

19.41 km

The Netherlands

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

From Occupation to Liberation
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From Occupation to Liberation

The Channel Islands were the only part of the British Isles under German control during the conflict, and there remains ...

7.02 km

Guernsey

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

The battle of the Hürtgen Forest
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The battle of the Hürtgen Forest

During the autumn and winter of 1944 and 1945 the longest battle of the war on German soil took place in the Hürtgen For...

92.64 km

Germany

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Cycling Themed Routes

Get on your bike and cycle along history on our ww2 themed routes for bikes.

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Air warfare over Dalfsen
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Air warfare over Dalfsen

This cycle route connects special places related to the air war that took place over Dalfsen and the surrounding area. A...

75.01 km

The Netherlands

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

On the other side
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On the other side

This cycling route connects two special places: the German War Cemetery in Ysselsteyn in Limburg, and the War Museum in ...

54.98 km

The Netherlands

Operation Market Garden Cycling Route
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Operation Market Garden Cycling Route

Stretching from Leopoldsburg in Belgium to the renowned "Bridge too far" in Arnhem, the Netherlands, the Market Garden a...

258.17 km

The Netherlands

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Scottish Highlanders route in Meierijstad, Boxtel and Sint-Michielsgestel
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Scottish Highlanders route in Meierijstad, Boxtel and Sint-Michielsgestel

On October 22, 1944, from 's-Hertogenbosch, the British Second Army launched the attack on the German 15th Army in North...

41.92 km

The Netherlands

London Blitz Walk
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London Blitz Walk

​​Although the United Kingdom was never occupied with civilians living under Nazi rule, the terror of war was still expe...

United Kingdom

The Battle of the Bulge at Libramont-Chevigny
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The Battle of the Bulge at Libramont-Chevigny

Discover the Battle of the Bulge in Libramont as you've never seen it before with 9 panels to reach by bike. Take a tour...

20.52 km

Belgium

World War Two in Berlin: City-Center Route
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World War Two in Berlin: City-Center Route

Berlin played a central role in World War II, and today, many sites across the city reflect its complex wartime history....

7.76 km

Germany

Marks of the war in the Saint-Hubert region
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Marks of the war in the Saint-Hubert region

This themed route takes you on a tour of the Second World War memorial sites in the municipality of Saint-Hubert in Belg...

48.65 km

Belgium

Liberation Route Son en Breugel
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Liberation Route Son en Breugel

Hear the hum of hundreds of planes and watch the thousands of falling parachutes. That's what the inhabitants around Son...

47.39 km

The Netherlands

Liberation Route Asten
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Liberation Route Asten

While cycling this route you will be confronted with great deeds, but also with the atrocities of war. You will pass thr...

47.49 km

The Netherlands

Liberation Route Gilze Rijen
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Liberation Route Gilze Rijen

Even today, Gilze-Rijen is dominated by flying and by planes. Immediately after the occupation, in May 1940, the Germans...

41.48 km

The Netherlands

Liberation Route Bergen op Zoom
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Liberation Route Bergen op Zoom

On this route, you will cycle through the landscape of the Battle of the Scheldt. The rolling hills separated the water-...

39.89 km

The Netherlands

Liberation Route Vught
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Liberation Route Vught

The route in and around Vught serves to remind us of many life-changing events during the Second World War. One of the b...

16.13 km

The Netherlands

The Second World War in the city of Luxembourg
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The Second World War in the city of Luxembourg

Luxembourg City’s history during the Nazi Occupation....

3.41 km

Luxembourg

Liberation Route Luxembourg
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Liberation Route Luxembourg

Follow in the footsteps of history and discover the people of Luxembourg’s struggle for freedom along the Liberation Rou...

280.22 km

Luxembourg

Mons City center
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Mons City center

This walking tour lets you discover the city centre of Mons and the story of the end of the war and the liberation....

3.42 km

Belgium

National Polish Cycling Route in the Netherlands
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National Polish Cycling Route in the Netherlands

The Polish army played an important role in the liberation of the Netherlands. This cycling route will take you across t...

836.77 km

The Netherlands

Polish Cycling Route Breda
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Polish Cycling Route Breda

The cycling route through Breda and its surroundings tell the stories of the soldiers of the 1st Polish Armoured Divisio...

51.13 km

The Netherlands

Polish Cycling Route Groningen
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Polish Cycling Route Groningen

This cycling route in the north of Groningen, focusses on the Polish army and the role they played in the liberation of ...

69.62 km

The Netherlands

Polish Cycling Route Drenthe
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Polish Cycling Route Drenthe

The cycling route in Drenthe will tell the story of the Polish army who sometimes together with the Belgian army liberat...

70.67 km

The Netherlands

Polish Cycling Route Zeeland
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Polish Cycling Route Zeeland

The cycling route that focusses on the role of the Polish soldiers in the province of Zeeland, starts at the Gdynia War ...

61.91 km

The Netherlands

Polish Cycling Route Driel-Oosterbeek
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Polish Cycling Route Driel-Oosterbeek

This cycling route passes along important sites in and around the villages of Driel and Oosterbeek where, amongst others...

37.8 km

The Netherlands

Arromanches-les-Bains & Mulberry Harbour
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Arromanches-les-Bains & Mulberry Harbour

​​The seaside town of Arromanches-les-Bains was liberated on D-Day, 6 June 1944. It became a crucial location and a logi...

2.34 km

France

War in the Over-Betuwe
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War in the Over-Betuwe

In September 1944, Operation Market Garden began. Large-scale airborne troops were deployed to capture strategic bridges...

60.98 km

The Netherlands

Air warfare over Dalfsen
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Air warfare over Dalfsen

This cycle route connects special places related to the air war that took place over Dalfsen and the surrounding area. A...

75.01 km

The Netherlands

The Path to Freedom
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The Path to Freedom

This route passes special locations around Venray that recall the events of the Second World War: Along the way are 'Vec...

54.98 km

The Netherlands

Liberation of St. Helier
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Liberation of St. Helier

​​This trail consists of seventeen special places intimately connected with the events of the Liberation of Jersey, or t...

10.19 km

Jersey