Guides
We regularly publish new guides to provide tourists in our area with the best possible information, including cycling routes and activities in the region. The guides are available free of charge. This way, we work together to ensure the guides are available in as many locations as possible. On this page, you’ll find an overview of all current guides. Have you gone through them all and would you like some new ones? Please contact us.
Hiking Guide
Through polders and woods, along rivers, forts and fortresses: in the Biesbosch Line every hiker will find something to his liking. Clear your head in nature or wander through old streets in the fortified town of Woudrichem. Stroll along forts and casemates through the line landscape of the Dutch Waterline (Unesco World Heritage) and enjoy the beauty that the Biesbosch Line has to offer.
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Bicycle Guide
Pick a beautiful day and get on your bike. The routes in this guide take you past (Unesco World) heritage sites, through natural areas, along and even across the water. The routes follow the bicycle junctions as much as possible. If we deviate from them, it is because we want to show you just that one beautiful spot.
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Boating Guide
Boating with the wind in your hair and the sun in your face. With the wetlands in the Biesbosch and Altena, the Biesbosch Line is a wonderful area for recreational boating. In this boating guide you will find canoe routes in the municipality of Altena, canoe junctions in the Noordwaard, marinas and boat rentals.
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Woudrichem Streams
The fortified town of Woudrichem may call itself a Unesco World Heritage Site since the summer of 2021. The town is part of both the Old and New Dutch Waterline. You can taste the atmosphere of past centuries in the decor of old buildings and narrow streets. You can relax on a terrace by the water, on a platform, on a square or under the tower after a lovely walk on for example the city wall and along the historic harbor. In this guide you will find ideas to further explore Woudrichem and its surroundings.
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Heritage Routes
Where (Unesco World) heritage, nature and water come together. Where you experience the rich history of Hollandse Waterlinies. From mills to forts, from fortresses to castles. Where you walk, bike or sail through polders, woods and along rivers. The Biesbosch Line: home of centuries-old heritage and beautiful nature.
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