Malden: Routes, Landscape and Roman Traces

Malden offers several clearly distinct themes to consider when planning a stay: short, accessibly designed routes, longer routes, an open cultural landscape and traces of history. If you are looking for a hotel in Malden, deciding what you would like to focus on can help you find your way: would you like to choose a route with specific garden areas, walk through a hilly landscape or explore a route connected to regional history? The following routes and places provide concrete points of reference.

Choose Routes by Distance and Theme

The Familiepad Heemtuin is a short route of almost 1 km. It is accessible to wheelchairs, mobility scooters and strollers. In the Heemtuin Malden, you can discover, among other things, a pond, a flower-filled meadow, a beehouse, the heath and an herb garden.

The Kuierroute is 4.5 km long; the 7.5 km Kop van Malden runs between Malden and Nijmegen. Compared directly, the Kop van Malden is 3 km longer than the Kuierroute, while the Familiepad, at almost 1 km, is considerably shorter. The Kop van Malden also passes the memorial site for Airstrip B91. This means that, in addition to its length, a specific memorial site is part of the route described.

Landscape and Historic Routes

The Lierdal is an open, hilly area where the original cultural landscape, wooded areas and heathland are still visible. The Kuierroute passes through the Lierdal on the edge of Malden and the adjoining Molenhoek; it also passes several orchard meadows and historic orchards. Unlike the garden-focused Familiepad, the emphasis here is on a landscape and the orchards along the route.

The Kuierroute also has a historical connection: it follows an old Roman road along the border between Gelderland and Limburg, which has existed here since the 12th century. The Ommetje Bos en Kuil also follows an ancient Roman road. Both routes are therefore connected to Roman roads; for the Kuierroute, its location on the border between Gelderland and Limburg is an additional part of its historical context.

Cycling and Farm Animals

The Malden mountain biking route runs through the forests of Heumensoord. As a mountain biking route, it offers a different activity from the Kop van Malden hiking route. So if you are planning your trip around how you want to get around, mountain biking is a distinct option alongside hiking.

HARM's Hoeve is a farm experience center on Westerkanaaldijk in Malden, on the edge of Nijmegen. Blonde d'Aquitaine cattle, goats, pigs and sheep are kept together in one barn there. These details make the farm a distinct, agricultural-themed attraction alongside the routes through the landscape.

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