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  • Information Centre: The Poles of Driel

    Information Centre: The Poles of Driel

    ‘Bound by Friendship and Gratitude’. The Information Centre: The Poles of Driel provide insights...

    DRIEL

    Visitors' center

  • The Poles near Driel

    The Poles near Driel

    On September 21st, Polish troops landed near Driel. Only a small part of the troops managed to re...

    Oosterbeek

    Sight

  • Listen: Airborne at the bridge

    Listen: Airborne at the bridge

    Arnhem

    Luisterplek

  • Pathé Arnhem

    Pathé Arnhem

    Pathé Arnhem is a modern cinema with nine theatres and seating for 1,700 people, which opened Oct...

    ARNHEM

    Cinema

  • Audiospot: A symbol of friendship

    Audiospot: A symbol of friendship

    September 1944: Operation Market Garden, the allied offensive, is underway. The paths of two glid...

    Oosterbeek

    Luisterplek

  • The attempt of the Dorsets – doomed to fail

    The attempt of the Dorsets – doomed to fail Major General Sosabowski with, on the left, Major Desmond Pascale of The Dorsetshire Regiment in Valburg. Sosabowski's alternative to the Rhine crossing was turned down..

    In the night of 24 to 25 September 1944, after two earlier failed attempts by the Poles, a final...

    Driel

    Sight

  • 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

  • The Catholic Church: from viewpoint to information centre

    The Catholic Church: from viewpoint to information centre The heavily damaged church in 1945. The church was so damaged that it was decided to rebuild

    On September 24th 1944, Lieutenant General Brian Horrocks, commander of the ground army, visited...

    Driel

    Sight

  • Spijkerbed

    Spijkerbed

    Spijkerbed is a community project that has been started by the inhabitants of the Spijkerkwartier...

    Arnhem

    Lunch

  • Rederij Witjes

    Rederij Witjes

    Planning a corporate event or a staff party? Or would you like to have a meeting, seminar or brai...

    TOLKAMER

    Party location or hall hire

  • Monument in the Eusebius Church

    Monument in the Eusebius Church

    The sculpture group of nineteen paratroopers in Arnhem recalls the military operation Market Gard...

    Arnhem

    Monument

  • Molenplaats Sonsbeek

    Molenplaats Sonsbeek

    Molenplaats Sonsbeek (visitor centre) has been the starting point for walks through the Sonsbeek,...

    Arnhem

    Visitors' center

  • Hotel Campanile Zevenaar

    Hotel Campanile Zevenaar

    The ideal venue for a weekend break. Attractions, Arnhem town centre and plenty of walking and cy...

    ZEVENAAR

    Restaurant

  • Restaurant Campman

    Restaurant Campman

    Restaurant Campman is a unique meeting place with its own character. We invite you to come and ex...

    RENKUM

    Restaurant

  • DE.GROEN

    DE.GROEN

    DE.GROEN is a home for art. The exhibition on the ground floor offers free admission to everyone....

    ARNHEM

    Café or Bar

  • 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

  • The Driel ferry - disabled for the Germans and unusable for the Poles

    The Driel ferry - disabled for the Germans and unusable for the Poles The ferry before the war. This ferry, on which cars could cross the river, had been disabled by the ferryman in order to prevent  the German troops from using it. .

    The first objective of the Polish troops was to use the Driel ferry to cross the river and to rea...

    Driel

    Sight

  • Camping Lindenhof

    Camping Lindenhof

    The Lindenhof campsite is situated in the green village of Wolfheze, on the edge of the Veluwe. I...

    WOLFHEZE

    Camp ground

  • Landgoed Beekhuizen

    Landgoed Beekhuizen

    VELP GLD

    Sight

  • German positions behind the railway embankment take Polish troops under fire.

    German positions behind the railway embankment take Polish troops under fire. Aerial photograph of Driel from 1944: (1) The landing zones (2) Route location, (3) The railway bridge and railway dike

    After the landing of the Polish paratroopers, the German commander quickly sent in troops from th...

    Driel

    Sight

  • Korenmarkt (Arnhem)

    Korenmarkt (Arnhem)

    Korenmarkt, home to all kinds of catering establishments, has been thé entertainment centre in Ar...

    Arnhem

    Entertainment center

  • Nationaal Park Veluwezoom

    Nationaal Park Veluwezoom

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

    RHEDEN

    Nature reserve

  • Roadhouse Arnhem

    Roadhouse Arnhem

    Roadhouse Arnhem Bar & Kitchen is now open – the latest hotspot in Arnhem, Oosterbeek, Ede &a...

    Arnhem

    Restaurant

  • 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