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Empel Lock (Maximakanaal) – Rossum Castle loop from 's-Hertogenbosch

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Netherlands

North Brabant

S-Hertogenbosch

Empel Lock (Maximakanaal) – Rossum Castle loop from 's-Hertogenbosch

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Empel Lock (Maximakanaal) – Rossum Castle loop from 's-Hertogenbosch

03:14

55.9km

70m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The route includes a crossing by ferry. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: July 19, 2026

This route includes a ferry crossing

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After 24.8 km for 186 m

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Start point

Train Station

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10.4 km

Empel Lock (Maximakanaal)

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Perfect place for a sprint up

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12.8 km

Maas Floodplain Blauwe Sluis

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The new floodplain is a project of Rijkswaterstaat, the Aa en Maas water board, the municipality of 's-Hertogenbosch, Natuurmonumenten and Werkplaats de Gruyter.
A shallow trench has been dug in …

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19.6 km

Buitenkil Kolk

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Buitenkil is a gully (or wheel or waal), a deep hole created by a dike breach. These holes are so deep that the dike could no longer be closed and was therefore placed around the chamber.

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24.2 km

Viewpoint

25.0 km

Maas River Ferry Crossing

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We are here on the bank of a mighty river
The other bank is yonder, and this one here is here
The shore where we are not we call the …

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33.2 km

Maas River Landscape

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33.2 km

View of the Meuse

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34.1 km

St. Andries Lock

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The lock St.Andries is a lockin the Canal of St. Andries between the Meuse at mileage 209 and the Waal at mileage 926, between Sint Andries and Rossum. In the past, the rivers here were open to each other.

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35.2 km

Rossum Castle

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Rossum Castle is a castle in the northeast of the village of Rossum of the same name.
An exact construction date is not known, but it was probably built in …

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55.9 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

28.7 km

22.7 km

4.15 km

181 m

152 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

44.6 km

7.18 km

3.86 km

336 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Monday 7 September

22°C

14°C

92 %

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Max wind speed: 19.0 km/h

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Comments

September 13, 2023,fietstocht

Bike ride with the neighbors. It was very nice to have a delicious lunch in Gewande, later in Lith an ice cream or something else tasty. With the pound passed, we sailed through Heerewaarden back to home.

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Empel Lock (Maximakanaal) – Rossum Castle loop from 's-Hertogenbosch

Empel Lock (Maximakanaal)

Maas Floodplain Blauwe Sluis

Buitenkil Kolk

Maas River Ferry Crossing

Maas River Landscape

View of the Meuse

St. Andries Lock

Rossum Castle

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