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  • 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
  • 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
  • Listen: koningstraat

    Listen: koningstraat

    Arnhem

    Luisterplek
  • De Perimeter

    De Perimeter

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

    Oosterbeek

    Historic mansion
  • Het Stegenkwartier (Arnhem)

    Het Stegenkwartier (Arnhem)

    Amidst the major shopping streets (Ketelstraat, Bakkerstraat, Koningstraat) and the church square...

    ARNHEM

    Shopping mall
  • Listen: markt

    Listen: markt

    Arnhem

    Luisterplek
  • Recreation park de Veerstal

    Recreation park de Veerstal

    At the edge of the Rhederlaag water sports area, you can find recreation park De Veerstal, a fami...

    LATHUM

    Camp ground
  • VVV Tourist Information Office Rheden

    VVV Tourist Information Office Rheden

    VVV Tourist Information Office Rheden is thé place for all your tourist information about what’s...

    RHEDEN

    Citystore
  • Castle Biljoen

    Castle Biljoen

    The history of Castle Biljoen goes back to the year 1530. The Duke of Gelre, Karel van Egmond, or...

    VELP GLD

    Sight
  • De Tafelberg

    De Tafelberg

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

    Oosterbeek

    Sight
  • Historische Kelders Arnhem

    Historische Kelders Arnhem

    The shopping streets in Arnhem hide around 36 centuries-old cellars, restored to their old glory...

    ARNHEM

    Sight
  • 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
  • Listen: oranjewachtstraat

    Listen: oranjewachtstraat

    Arnhem

    Luisterplek
  • Spijkerbed

    Spijkerbed

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

    Arnhem

    Lunch
  • Shopping in Zevenaar

    Shopping in Zevenaar

    Zevenaar is located in the heart of the Liemers area of scenic beauty and boasts a wide variety o...

    Zevenaar

    Winkelen
  • Paul Krugerstraat 70

    Paul Krugerstraat 70

    The house on the Paul Krugerstraat, number 70, served as a medical post of the 7th King’s Own Sco...

    Oosterbeek

    Sight
  • Headquarters and bust of Major General Stanisław Sosabowski

    Headquarters and bust of Major General Stanisław Sosabowski The bust of Major General Sosabowski, unveiled in September 2020, was created by artist Martin Abspoel. It overlooks the headquarters.

    The bust of Major General Stanisław Sosabowski looks out over his headquarters, at Molenstraat 12...

    Driel

    Sight
  • Winkelen in de binnenstad van Arnhem

    Winkelen in de binnenstad van Arnhem

    Arnhem offers the possibilities of a large town when it comes to shopping, food & drinks, events,...

    arnhem

    Shopping area
  • 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
  • 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
  • Nationaal Park Veluwezoom

    Nationaal Park Veluwezoom

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

    RHEDEN

    Nature reserve
  • Audiospot: The Poles of Driel

    Audiospot: The Poles of Driel

    In the battle of Arnhem, General Sosabowski and his Polish 1st Independent Parachute Brigade acte...

    Driel

    Luisterplek
  • The first clashes: German attacks repelled, losses to be mourned.

    The first clashes: German attacks repelled, losses to be mourned.

    The Polish troops took up positions in and around Driel, including at the predecessor of this pos...

    Driel

    Sight
  • De Naald

    De Naald

    ‘De Naald’ was the first monument that was built in Oosterbeek to remember the war. Even though i...

    Oosterbeek

    Sight