Freedom Path
Share
stories about
war and freedom
The 11-day Freedom Path walking relay is the start of the anniversary year that marks 80 years of freedom.
The Freedom Path event runs through the provinces of Limburg (Netherlands and Belgium), North Brabant and Gelderland. The route follows the Market Garden Liberation Route; the Airborne Path of Walking Association Olat and ties in with commemorations and celebrations of 80 years of freedom.
Join the relay and share stories of war and freedom. Adopt one of the stories or share your own story. Walking on the Freedom Path, the scars left behind by the Second World War become visible. Effecting on different generations and visible in the landscape.
Create a memory to remember
While walking you follow in the footsteps of our shared past.
The Freedom Path connects us to the present
80 years of freedom
Route
The Freedom Path event runs through the provinces of Limburg (Netherlands and Belgium), North Brabant and Gelderland.
The route follows the Market Garden Liberation Route; the Airborne path of Walking Association Olat with stages of 15 km.
Twenty-two stages pass memorial sites and celebrations of 80 years of freedom.
Participation is possible per stage (€4.50) or for the entire route (€75). Young people under the age of 12 participate for free.
There are return shuttle buses on each stage.
Buy your ticket return for €4, -
Freedom Path
Program
80 years of freedom
On September 10, the walking route starts in Leopoldsburg, Belgium, where the plans for Operation Market Garden were presented in 1944. The route runs via Belgian Limburg, Eindhoven, Uden and Grave through North Brabant.
On September 12, an inflow route will start in Dutch Limburg from the German military cemetery in Ysselsteyn to the Vlagheide in Schijndel, where Flemish walkers will join. On September 13, 80 years of freedom in North Brabant will be celebrated at the Vlagheide with the location theater piece 'Achter de Horizon'. All stages feature activities depicting local history and everyone is welcome to participate.
The final stage on September 20 follows the route of John Frost's men from Oosterbeek to the John Frost Bridge in Arnhem. Caroline Frost, the daughter of John Frost, walks the last kilometers. The finish coincides with the commemoration of the Battle of Arnhem and Bridge to Liberation at the 'Bridge too Far', with the presence of veterans of the Second World War and later missions. This evening can be followed live via TV and livestream.
