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Aerdt is a typical little dike village with three gardens that can be visited, a special sampler museum and a reformed church from the 13th century. De Beijlevelds Hofstede is situated near this church. Aerdt is one of the six little villages of the municipality Rijnwaarden. The most famous one is Lobith, known by the fact that the river Rhine comes in to Holland there. (The water column on the warf in Tolkamer). The other villages are Herwen, Lobith, Pannerden, Spijk and Tolkamer. The
Gelderse Poort
A part of this surroundings is the nature reserve "The Rijnstrangen" and an other is “The Byland”. They are both a part of the larger reserve "The Gelderse Poort". It has beautiful walking and bicycle routes along the Rhine, the Old Rhine, The Waal en The Pannerdens Kanaal. The
whole year round the ferry at Pannerden provides a good connection
to Doornenburg (Castle) in the direction of Nijmegen and visa versa. Also
you will find a foot-passenger ferry at Tolkamer for a connection with
the “Millingerwaard” where you can visit the "Millinger Tea
Garden".
During January and February in the Gelderse Poort there are many tours to see geese. The
area around Elten in Germany also has nice routes for cycling
and the "Eltenberg" gives a nice view over the Rhine.
In Herwen the
manor Huis Aerdt is situated, the visitorscentre of "De Gelderse
Poort". Here you will find all kinds of information about the birds
in this part of the Netherlands. Also a numberof organized walk and
bicycle tours start from this point.
Reformed church In this church many expositions and concerts are organised by the local art circle "Het Gelders Eiland" . They take place from 2 till 5 o'clock p.m. on Sunday. Cities Arnhem with Burger's Zoo and , the Open Air Museum are nearby. Also Nijmegen (city of 2000 years) is 30 minutes by car. Doesburg and Zutphen are 45 minutes by car and are nice little Hanze-cities along the river the Ijssel. Veluwe Kruller- Muller Museum is 30 minutes by car. |
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