Cycle route War memories of Amersfoort
Hoogland, Amersfoort, Soest
Between the heathland and woods of Soesterberg lies Soesterberg Airbase, one of the most iconic sights of this cycle route around Amersfoort. In 1910, two car dealers from The Hague set up a moor near Soesterberg as an airfield. The site was 300 hectares in size and was mainly intended for flight demonstrations and for making aircraft. The company went bankrupt in 1913. After the bankruptcy, the Chief of the General Staff designated the terrain as a new location for an aviation department. This was a strategic move, as it became an important base during various wars. During the Second World War, the airbase was bombed by the Luftwaffe in 1940. Afterwards, the German army rebuilt the airfield into a large complex with several runways and took it into use themselves. Today, you can still find many traces of this era. Soesterberg also played an important role during the Cold War (1953-1994). Nowadays, the airport is no longer used as such and a National Military Museum is located there. You can cycle over the runways, which gives a surrealistic feeling. But beware: do not leave the marked paths, because there may still be bombs under the ground. When you cycle further through the woods towards Amersfoort, you will pass National Monument Kamp Amersfoort. In this camp, a total of 47,000 people were imprisoned during the Second World War. Jews, resistance fighters, Jehovah's witnesses, Soviet prisoners of war, but also American citizens were forced to work under miserable conditions. A visit to this museum is impressive and makes you stop for a moment. Between Junctions 82 and 87, you cycle along the Grebbelinie dike. Many bunkers and casemates from the Second World War can still be found along this dike. But there is also a special monument from the First World War: the largest in the Netherlands in terms of surface area. As thanks for the help offered by the Netherlands to the Belgian war refugees and the Belgian soldiers and their families interned in the Netherlands, the Belgian army donated the Belgenmonument. You will find the monument at the Amersfoortse Berg. A cycle route that takes you past impressive points and reminds you that freedom is not something you can take for granted.
| Directions | Distance | Total distance | |
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Start: Zuidsingel 57, 3811 HD Amersfoort | 56.6 KM | |
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From
76
to
49
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426 M | 0.4 KM | |
| Head southeast on Sint Andriesstraat | 123 M | ||
| Make a slight right | 17 M | ||
| Continue straight | 20 M | ||
| Continue straight | 33 M | ||
| Make a slight left | 12 M | ||
| Turn left onto Stadsring | 15 M | ||
| Turn right onto Heiligenbergerweg | 125 M | ||
| Make a slight left to stay on Heiligenbergerweg | 81 M | ||
| You are now at section 49 | 0 M | ||
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From
49
to
74
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233 M | 0.2 KM | |
| Head east on Heiligenbergerweg | 56 M | ||
| Turn right to stay on Heiligenbergerweg | 177 M | ||
| You are now at section 74 | 0 M | ||
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From
74
to
78
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1384 M | 1.4 KM | |
| Head southeast on Heiligenbergerweg | 22 M | ||
| Turn left onto Beethovenweg | 165 M | ||
| Turn right onto Mozartweg | 454 M | ||
| Continue onto Verdistraat | 487 M | ||
| Turn right onto Jaagpad | 256 M | ||
| You are now at section 78 | 0 M | ||
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From
78
to
96
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2334 M | 2.3 KM | |
| Head southeast on Jaagpad | 41 M | ||
| Turn left onto Inundatiepad | 295 M | ||
| Turn right onto Schammersteeg | 203 M | ||
| Turn left onto Zesdekompad | 678 M | ||
| Turn left onto Flierbeekpad | 766 M | ||
| Continue straight | 64 M | ||
| Turn right onto Driftakkerweg | 280 M | ||
| Continue straight | 7 M | ||
| You are now at section 96 | 0 M | ||
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From
96
to
33
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1821 M | 1.8 KM | |
| Head east on Kopermolenpad | 324 M | ||
| Turn right onto Bloeidaalpad | 963 M | ||
| Turn left onto Koedijkerweg | 201 M | ||
| Turn right onto Hogeweg | 291 M | ||
| Turn left onto Oude Lageweg | 42 M | ||
| You are now at section 33 | 0 M | ||
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From
33
to
1
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1018 M | 1 KM | |
| Head northeast on Amersfoortsestraat | 81 M | ||
| Continue straight | 173 M | ||
| Continue onto Amersfoortsestraat | 90 M | ||
| Turn right onto Nijkerkerstraat | 594 M | ||
| Turn right | 21 M | ||
| Turn left onto Westerdorpsstraat | 59 M | ||
| You are now at section 01 | 0 M | ||
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From
1
to
22
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787 M | 0.8 KM | |
| Head northeast on Westerdorpsstraat | 787 M | ||
| You are now at section 22 | 0 M | ||
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From
22
to
32
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723 M | 0.7 KM | |
| Head northeast on Oosterdorpsstraat | 116 M | ||
| Turn left onto Kantemarsweg | 81 M | ||
| Turn right onto Veenlanden | 295 M | ||
| Turn left onto Weteringpad | 27 M | ||
| Turn right onto Lievevrouwepad | 204 M | ||
| You are now at section 32 | 0 M | ||
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From
32
to
98
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1954 M | 2 KM | |
| Head northwest on Veenwal | 8 M | ||
| Turn right onto Nijkerkerveenweg | 1 KM | ||
| Turn right onto Laakweg | 53 M | ||
| Turn left onto Jacob de Boerweg | 744 M | ||
| Make a slight right onto Nieuwe Kerkstraat | 128 M | ||
| Make a slight right onto Schoolstraat | 14 M | ||
| You are now at section 98 | 0 M | ||
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From
98
to
91
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2626 M | 2.6 KM | |
| Head northeast on Van Dijkhuizenstraat | 618 M | ||
| Turn right to stay on Van Dijkhuizenstraat | 893 M | ||
| Turn right onto Amersfoortseweg | 448 M | ||
| Continue straight | 154 M | ||
| Turn left | 25 M | ||
| Turn left onto Amersfoortseweg | 2 M | ||
| Make a slight right onto Dominee Kuypersstraat | 486 M | ||
| You are now at section 91 | 0 M | ||
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From
91
to
90
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2076 M | 2.1 KM | |
| Head southwest on Gobius du Sartstraat | 315 M | ||
| Make a slight right onto Arkemheenweg | 393 M | ||
| Turn left onto Fliersteeg | 1.4 KM | ||
| You are now at section 90 | 0 M | ||
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From
90
to
71
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1483 M | 1.5 KM | |
| Head northwest on Domstraat | 247 M | ||
| Turn left to stay on Domstraat | 1.2 KM | ||
| You are now at section 71 | 0 M | ||
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From
71
to
89
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435 M | 0.4 KM | |
| Head west on Nieuwe Laakpad | 435 M | ||
| You are now at section 89 | 0 M | ||
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From
89
to
92
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801 M | 0.8 KM | |
| Head southwest on Nieuwe Laakpad | 5 M | ||
| Continue straight | 18 M | ||
| Continue onto Workumstraat | 6 M | ||
| Turn right to stay on Workumstraat | 89 M | ||
| Turn right onto Zwartsluiskade | 97 M | ||
| Continue straight | 16 M | ||
| Continue onto Baak van Kortgene | 236 M | ||
| Turn left onto Baak van Petten | 334 M | ||
| You are now at section 92 | 0 M | ||
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From
92
to
18
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1948 M | 1.9 KM | |
| Head south on Baak van Breskens | 12 M | ||
| Turn right onto Rotonde 5 | 74 M | ||
| Turn right onto Prattenburgseberg | 291 M | ||
| Turn left onto Loorberg | 276 M | ||
| Turn right onto Oude Veenweg | 1 KM | ||
| Turn left onto Valutaboulevard | 248 M | ||
| You are now at section 18 | 0 M | ||
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From
18
to
9
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1591 M | 1.6 KM | |
| Head west on Rotonde 14 | 69 M | ||
| Exit the roundabout onto Heideweg | 769 M | ||
| Continue straight | 104 M | ||
| Make a slight right onto Het Masker | 649 M | ||
| You are now at section 09 | 0 M | ||
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From
9
to
75
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1174 M | 1.2 KM | |
| Head south | 35 M | ||
| Make a slight left onto Het Masker | 492 M | ||
| Continue onto Hoolesteeg | 647 M | ||
| You are now at section 75 | 0 M | ||
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From
75
to
10
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1219 M | 1.2 KM | |
| Head northwest on Schothorsterlaan | 488 M | ||
| Turn left onto Winkelpad | 698 M | ||
| Turn right onto Winkelpad | 33 M | ||
| You are now at section 10 | 0 M | ||
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From
10
to
73
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1211 M | 1.2 KM | |
| Head north on Hamseweg | 110 M | ||
| Turn right | 7 M | ||
| Turn left onto Hamseweg | 824 M | ||
| Make a slight right | 20 M | ||
| Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Van Boetzelaerlaan | 62 M | ||
| Exit the roundabout onto Van Boetzelaerlaan | 95 M | ||
| Make a slight right onto Bunschoterstraat | 9 M | ||
| Make a slight left | 84 M | ||
| You are now at section 73 | 0 M | ||
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From
73
to
29
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2054 M | 2.1 KM | |
| Head south on Bunschoterstraat | 12 M | ||
| Turn right onto Coelhorsterweg | 2 KM | ||
| You are now at section 29 | 0 M | ||
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From
29
to
72
|
99 M | 0.1 KM | |
| Head northwest on Coelhorsterweg | 99 M | ||
| You are now at section 72 | 0 M | ||
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From
72
to
87
|
621 M | 0.6 KM | |
| Head southwest on Malesluispad | 590 M | ||
| Make a slight left to stay on Malesluispad | 31 M | ||
| You are now at section 87 | 0 M | ||
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From
87
to
71
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2220 M | 2.2 KM | |
| Head southwest on Malebrug | 69 M | ||
| Turn right onto 't Jaagpad | 688 M | ||
| Turn left onto Verlengde Hooiweg | 350 M | ||
| Turn right onto A.P. Hilhorstweg | 308 M | ||
| Turn left onto Eemweg | 805 M | ||
| You are now at section 71 | 0 M | ||
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From
71
to
70
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245 M | 0.2 KM | |
| Head southwest on Eemstraat | 207 M | ||
| Turn left onto Kerkstraat | 38 M | ||
| You are now at section 70 | 0 M | ||
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From
70
to
71
|
245 M | 0.2 KM | |
| Head north on Kerkstraat | 38 M | ||
| Turn right onto Eemstraat | 207 M | ||
| You are now at section 71 | 0 M | ||
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From
71
to
70
|
245 M | 0.2 KM | |
| Head southwest on Eemstraat | 207 M | ||
| Turn left onto Kerkstraat | 38 M | ||
| You are now at section 70 | 0 M | ||
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From
70
to
69
|
745 M | 0.7 KM | |
| Head south on Kerkstraat | 283 M | ||
| Turn left onto Kerkstraat | 64 M | ||
| Turn right onto Veldweg | 398 M | ||
| You are now at section 69 | 0 M | ||
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From
69
to
45
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2101 M | 2.1 KM | |
| Head south on Kolonieweg | 107 M | ||
| Turn right onto Rinke Tolmanpad | 488 M | ||
| Continue straight | 34 M | ||
| Continue straight | 34 M | ||
| Continue straight | 45 M | ||
| Turn left | 175 M | ||
| Turn right onto Bosstraat | 286 M | ||
| Make a slight right | 677 M | ||
| Turn left onto den Blieklaan | 255 M | ||
| You are now at section 45 | 0 M | ||
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From
45
to
58
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1054 M | 1.1 KM | |
| Head southeast on Foekenlaan | 182 M | ||
| Turn right | 605 M | ||
| Turn right onto Sparrenlaan | 14 M | ||
| Turn left | 253 M | ||
| You are now at section 58 | 0 M | ||
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From
58
to
38
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1105 M | 1.1 KM | |
| Head south | 920 M | ||
| Turn left onto Middenlaan | 114 M | ||
| Turn left onto De Beaufortlaan; de Beaufortlaan | 71 M | ||
| You are now at section 38 | 0 M | ||
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From
38
to
47
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48 M | 0 KM | |
| Head east on De Beaufortlaan; de Beaufortlaan | 48 M | ||
| You are now at section 47 | 0 M | ||
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From
47
to
55
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1946 M | 1.9 KM | |
| Head southwest | 1.4 KM | ||
| Continue onto Soester Hoogt | 54 M | ||
| Continue straight | 501 M | ||
| You are now at section 55 | 0 M | ||
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From
55
to
32
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1347 M | 1.3 KM | |
| Head east on Verlengde Paltzerweg | 463 M | ||
| Make a slight right onto Van Weerden Poelmanweg | 884 M | ||
| You are now at section 32 | 0 M | ||
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From
32
to
52
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846 M | 0.8 KM | |
| Head southwest on Amersfoortsestraat | 141 M | ||
| Turn left | 38 M | ||
| Continue onto Richelleweg | 667 M | ||
| You are now at section 52 | 0 M | ||
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From
52
to
21
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5205 M | 5.2 KM | |
| Head south on Richelleweg | 37 M | ||
| Turn left | 76 M | ||
| Make a slight right onto Het Zeisterspoor | 4.3 KM | ||
| Make a slight right | 138 M | ||
| Turn right | 188 M | ||
| Turn right onto Doornseweg | 445 M | ||
| You are now at section 21 | 0 M | ||
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From
21
to
51
|
1065 M | 1.1 KM | |
| Head east on Waterlooweg | 1.1 KM | ||
| You are now at section 51 | 0 M | ||
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From
51
to
63
|
1820 M | 1.8 KM | |
| Head east on Waterlooweg | 516 M | ||
| Turn left onto Hazewater | 1.3 KM | ||
| You are now at section 63 | 0 M | ||
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From
63
to
25
|
2414 M | 2.4 KM | |
| Head north on Berkelaantje | 571 M | ||
| Turn left | 499 M | ||
| Continue onto Dodeweg | 81 M | ||
| Continue straight | 39 M | ||
| Continue onto Laan 1914 | 1.1 KM | ||
| Turn right onto Stichtse Rotonde | 140 M | ||
| You are now at section 25 | 0 M | ||
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From
25
to
31
|
715 M | 0.7 KM | |
| Head north on Stichtse Rotonde | 312 M | ||
| Turn left to stay on Stichtse Rotonde | 39 M | ||
| Turn left to stay on Stichtse Rotonde | 259 M | ||
| Continue straight | 31 M | ||
| Continue onto Daam Fockemalaan | 74 M | ||
| You are now at section 31 | 0 M | ||
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From
31
to
11
|
1080 M | 1.1 KM | |
| Head north on Daam Fockemalaan | 538 M | ||
| Turn right | 19 M | ||
| Turn left onto Daam Fockemalaan | 523 M | ||
| You are now at section 11 | 0 M | ||
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From
11
to
28
|
2498 M | 2.5 KM | |
| Head north on Daam Fockemalaan | 48 M | ||
| Turn right onto Barchman Wuytierslaan | 891 M | ||
| Continue straight | 136 M | ||
| Continue onto Barchman Wuytierslaan | 405 M | ||
| Turn left onto Stationsplein | 35 M | ||
| Turn right to stay on Stationsplein | 88 M | ||
| Continue straight | 100 M | ||
| Continue onto Stationsstraat | 24 M | ||
| Turn left onto Wijersstraat | 73 M | ||
| Turn right onto Smallepad | 432 M | ||
| Continue straight | 144 M | ||
| Make a slight left onto Smallepad | 122 M | ||
| You are now at section 28 | 0 M | ||
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From
28
to
88
|
154 M | 0.2 KM | |
| Head southeast on Kleine Spui | 154 M | ||
| You are now at section 88 | 0 M | ||
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From
88
to
16
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184 M | 0.2 KM | |
| Head northeast on 't Zand | 184 M | ||
| You are now at section 16 | 0 M | ||
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From
16
to
79
|
333 M | 0.3 KM | |
| Head southeast on 't Zand | 333 M | ||
| You are now at section 79 | 0 M | ||
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From
79
to
76
|
119 M | 0.1 KM | |
| Head southeast on Zuidsingel | 119 M | ||
| You are now at section 76 | 0 M | ||
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From
76
to
49
|
426 M | 0.4 KM | |
| Head southeast on Sint Andriesstraat | 123 M | ||
| Make a slight right | 17 M | ||
| Continue straight | 20 M | ||
| Continue straight | 33 M | ||
| Make a slight left | 12 M | ||
| Turn left onto Stadsring | 15 M | ||
| Turn right onto Heiligenbergerweg | 125 M | ||
| Make a slight left to stay on Heiligenbergerweg | 81 M | ||
| You are now at section 49 | 0 M | ||
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From
49
to
76
|
418 M | 0.4 KM | |
| Head northwest on Heiligenbergerweg | 206 M | ||
| Turn right onto Stadsring | 8 M | ||
| Turn left | 25 M | ||
| Make a slight left | 56 M | ||
| Make a slight right onto Sint Andriesstraat | 123 M | ||
| You are now at section 76 | 0 M |
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