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348  NOR THERN AND EASTERN NE THERLANDS

museum) illustrates the
development of Operation
Market Garden (1944) and
Operation Veritable (1945),
which brought about the final
liberation of Holland. Groesbeek
has two other popular
museums: the Bijbels
Openluchtmuseum and the
Afrika Museum.

E Bevrijdingsmuseum 1944
Wylerbaan 4. Tel 024-3974404. Open
10am–5pm Mon–Sat, noon–5pm Sun
& hols. Closed 25 Dec, 1 Jan. & 7

f Tiel
Beavers introduced to the Gelderse Poort now thrive
Road Map C4. * 36,500. £ @
s Gelderse Poort } Gelderse Poort Visitors’ Centre n Plein 63 (0344-633030). ( Mon
pm, Sat.
Gerard Noodtstraat 121. Tel 024-3297
Road Map D4. n Arnhem 070. Open Apr–Oct: 9am–5pm daily.
(0481-366250). Tiel, situated on the Waal, is an
ancient town that flourished
At the point where the Rhine during the Middle Ages
enters the Waal, the IJssel and d Groesbeek because of its strategic location
the Neder-Rijn (Lower Rhine) is Road Map D4. * 19,000. @ on the trading routes to and
the Gelderse Poort. This is a n Dorpsplein 1a (024-3977118). from Cologne. One of the best-
protected area where the flora preserved monuments from this
and fauna have been allowed Its hilly woodland surroundings time is the Ambtmans huis,
to grow freely. At the heart of make Groesbeek an attractive dating back to 1525. The town
it is the Millingerwaard, where place for cyclists and hikers. The also has the oldest elm tree in
the currents are particularly route of the four-day annual the country. The local history
strong and where, at high hike (Vierdaagse) follows the museum, De Groote Sociëteit
water, the surrounding area Zevenheuvelenweg from on the Plein, is worth a visit. Tiel
regularly floods. The river Groesbeek to Berg and Dal, past is the centre of fruit farming in
banks, woodlands and marshes the Canadian war cemetery. the Betuwe region. On the
provide ideal breeding grounds Groesbeek was subjected to second Saturday in September
for endangered species of heavy bombardment at the of each year, it also becomes
birds such as the corncrake end of World War II. The the centre of the Fruitcorso (see
and the penduline tit. Bevrijdingsmuseum (liberation p38), as a procession of floats
The Great Rivers
The three great rivers – the Rhine, the Maas and the Waal – have
made an important mark on the history and landscape of Ijssel
Gelderland. The fortified trading towns that grew on the banks of
the rivers brought prosperity to the region; dykes were built to Deventer
protect the land from flooding.
Apeldoorn

Arnhem
Culemborg
Rotterdam
Lek Tiel Lower Rhine
Gorinchem Rhine
Dordrecht Waal Nijmegen
Biesbosch Oss
Bergse Maas
’s-Hertogenbosch
Hollands Diep
Mass

For hotels and restaurants in this region see pp400–401 and p414

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