Wheel Genieweg & Fort Veldhuis
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Wheel Genieweg & Fort Veldhuis
Genieweg
1967 PS Heemskerk Plan your route to Wiel Genieweg & Fort Veldhuis
Genieweg
1967 PS Heemskerk Plan your route to Wiel Genieweg & Fort Veldhuis
At the odd bend at the beginning of Genieweg, you can see a noticeable pit of water.
This is a wheel, or deep swirl hole, due to the breach in the dyke during the 1717 storm surge. In the process, water from the Cromme IJe flowed in here and left its mark. The current dike was then built around the wheel. Note: Then cycle to junctions 40 and 6.
Fort Veldhuis
Fort Veldhuis is also part of the Defence Line of Amsterdam and is currently used as an aerial warfare museum.
Note: After junction 6, go off the junction network for a while. Cycle towards junction 41 first.