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  • Landing sites – then fields and orchards

    Landing sites – then fields and orchards Historical and recent images combined: Polish paratroopers near Overasselt in September 1944 along with a present-day photo of Driel

    On September 21st 1944, around 17:55, this was the landing area of the Polish troops. Around 1000...

    Driel

    Sight
  • Slijk-Ewijk Beach Park

    Slijk-Ewijk Beach Park

    Slijk-Ewijk Beach Park is a recreation area with lots of sunbathing areas and sandy beaches. The...

    SLIJK-EWIJK

    Recreation area
  • Audiospot: The Incredible Patrol

    Audiospot: The Incredible Patrol

    In October 1944, American intelligence officer Hugo Sims and his battalion were ordered to captur...

    Ede

    Luisterplek
  • De Perimeter

    De Perimeter

    The perimeter was a horseshoe shaped defense line around Oosterbeek in which the Britsh and Polis...

    Oosterbeek

    Historic mansion
  • Camping Boszicht

    Camping Boszicht

    Unique meadow location, right on the edge of woods and accessible without having to cross a busy...

    LAAG-SOEREN

    Camp ground
  • Schoonoord en Vreewijk

    Schoonoord en Vreewijk

    Hotels Schoonoord and Vreewijk were intended as a temporary medical point in Oosterbeek, but beca...

    Oosterbeek

    Sight
  • Erfgoedcentrum Rozet

    Erfgoedcentrum Rozet

    The Rozet Heritage Centre (Erfgoedcentrum) is a treasure trove of objects and stories which toget...

    ARNHEM

    Cultural organizations
  • ’t Taphuys

    ’t Taphuys

    Arnhem

    Restaurant
  • Nationaal Park Veluwezoom

    Nationaal Park Veluwezoom

    Veluwezoom is characterised by forests, heaths, drifting sands, country estates and a rich variet...

    RHEDEN

    Nature reserve
  • The Nevel: Poles take up positions around Driel

    The Nevel: Poles take up positions around Driel Captured Germans under surveillance of the Poles. Presumably in the Molenstraat area.

    Because the Polish troops could not cross the Rhine on the first night, they took up positions ar...

    Driel

    Sight
  • Audiospot: Urquhart presumed dead

    Audiospot: Urquhart presumed dead

    On 18 September 1944, Major-General Urquhart and Brigadier Lathbury were the two most important c...

    Arnhem

    Luisterplek
  • Café restaurant Verheyden

    Café restaurant Verheyden

    Verheyden is located just behind the main shopping streets, in the middle of the city centre of A...

    Arnhem

    Restaurant
  • Landgoed Bronbeek

    Landgoed Bronbeek

    At Bronbeek you can learn about the Netherlands’ colonial past in the Dutch East Indies. For a re...

    ARNHEM

    Sight
  • De Westerbouwing

    De Westerbouwing

    The high ground of the Westerbouwing was heavily attacked by German troops. The British t roops w...

    Oosterbeek

    Sight
  • Villa Veertien

    Villa Veertien

    Villa Veertien was built in 1880 to serve as a sawmill and after an extensive restoration in 2007...

    DIEREN

    Group accommodation
  • Memorial in the Jacob Groenewoud park

    Memorial in the Jacob Groenewoud park

    The memorial consists of several parts including an armoured gun, a battered aircraft propeller,...

    Arnhem

    Monument
  • Landgoed Halsaf

    Landgoed Halsaf

    Landgoed Halsaf is een in oorsprong middeleeuws beschermd monument met 7.6 hectare tuin. Met zorg...

    BABBERICH

    Bed and breakfast
  • 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

    Sight
  • The Mortar Pit

    The Mortar Pit

    The 1st Border Regiment guarded the West side of the perimeter. Mortar teams of the regiment dug...

    Oosterbeek

    Sight
  • Rijndijk and Engineers Monument: the crossing of the Rhine

    Rijndijk and Engineers Monument: the crossing of the Rhine Remains of the house on the dike where the Polish soldiers established a company headquarters from which the crossing attempts were coordinated.

    This location - situated opposite the village of Oosterbeek - played an important role in both th...

    driel

    Sight
  • De Tafelberg

    De Tafelberg

    Hotel De Tafelberg was one of the two main medical points in the perimeter. Operations were carri...

    Oosterbeek

    Sight
  • Stichting Gilde Stadswandeling Arnhem

    Stichting Gilde Stadswandeling Arnhem

    The Gilde Stadswandeling Arnhem city walks foundation is keen to reveal Arnhem’s heritage and mod...

    ARNHEM

    Guided city tour
  • Stranded aid: supplies do not reach the British troops in Oosterbeek.

    Stranded aid: supplies do not reach the British troops in Oosterbeek. Aid for the British troops strands when the DUKW with supplies becomes stuck.

    In the evening of Friday September 22nd 1944, parts of the allied ground army – coming from the s...

    Driel

    Sight
  • Van der Valk Hotel Duiven bij Arnhem A12

    Van der Valk Hotel Duiven bij Arnhem A12

    Situated on the edge of the magnificent Veluwe, within a stone’s throw from Arnhem and close to t...

    DUIVEN

    Restaurant