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Starting Point Fort Veldhuis-Aagtendijk 78 afbeelding

foto fort Veldhuis

Routes from this starting point

Vogelrijkpad (blauw)
No dogs allowed Closed during bird breeding season
9.37km
Veldhuis route
4.42km
Rondje Golfbaan (red)
4.62km
kaart startpunt Veldhuis-Aagtendijk 2023   (1549 kb)

Fort bij Veldhuis (1893) is one of the oldest forts from the Stelling van Amsterdam, a line of defence created between 1880 and 1914, with an area 3-5 kilometres wide around the capital that could be flooded to keep the enemy at bay. The fort now houses the Air War Museum. Except for the A9, both the fort and the open polder landscape have hardly changed at all since the end of the 19th century.

  • The Veldhuis route (orange) runs from Fort Veldhuis to the Broekpolder district of Heemskerk. The community centre – the Citadel – is built in the form of a fort. Part of the route follows a farm track. No dogs allowed.
  • The Rondje Golfbaan (red) follows Genieweg behind the defensive wall of the Stelling van Amsterdam. Troops used to be moved behind this guarded public road. To the south of the fort lies a battery dug into the dike where the lighter artillery was positioned. No dogs allowed.