Noordervaart Canal – Meuse River near Wessem loop from Echt

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Limburg

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Noordervaart Canal – Meuse River near Wessem loop from Echt

Hard

riders

Noordervaart Canal – Meuse River near Wessem loop from Echt

05:56

107km

120m

Gravel riding

Hard gravel ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: July 16, 2026

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Train Station

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5.54 km

Maasbracht Inland Port

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The port of Maasbracht is one of the largest inland ports in the Netherlands, as it is close to the Juliana Canal, the Wessem-Niederweert Canal, the Linne-Buggenum Lateraal Canal and the Maas can be navigated towards Roermond via the passage of a bend in the Maas.

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8.16 km

Maas Bridge, Maasbracht

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Cafe le Mistral at the harbor

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24.4 km

Heijkersbroek

Nature Reserve

37.3 km

Noordervaart Canal

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Wunderschöne Idylle am Noordervaart near Nederweert.

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48.5 km

Weerterbos

Nature Reserve

49.6 km

Gravel path along the canal in Weerterbos

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Beautiful, well-flowing gravel strip along the water.

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51.1 km

Border Church Monument, Weerterbos

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When, in 1629, after the conquest of Den Bosch (by Frederick Henry of the States of Holland over the Spanish rulers), the Catholic faith came under pressure and eventually was completely banished in 1649, Catholics often had to relocate to secret churches. this border church was used.

In 1981, 300 years later, it was transferred as a monument to the Limburg Landscape Foundation.

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61.4 km

Lock 16

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Lock at canal. There is a restaurant nearby where you can make a nice stop.

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85.7 km

Dodendraad World War I – The Electric Fence

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In order to stop the large flow of refugees to neutral Netherlands during WWI, the German occupier started in 1915 with the construction of an electric deterrent fence between Belgium and the Netherlands. At that time, the danger of electricity was unknown to a large part of the population. This led to many deaths and serious accidents. The electric wire, the entrance gate, the guardhouse and the switch house symbolically erected at this location are an evocation of the situation at that time. Next to the switch house there was also a soldiers' quarters which often also contained transformers or generators that were driven by diesel or petroleum engines.

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