Defences in West Brabant

The cycle route goes from Bergen op Zoom towards Moerstraten, Welberg, Steenbergen, Nieuw Vossemeer, Kladde, Halsteren and back to Bergen op Zoom.
The 44 kilometer long cycle route goes through an open polder landscape.

The cycle route passes three forts and various nature reserves. The forts were built around 1629. The function of the forts was to protect the shipping connection between Zeeland and Holland and the northern front of the city of Bergen op Zoom against the enemy from the southeast. The forts form the Westbrabantse Waterlinie. In 1816 the function of the forts de Roovere, Pinssen and Moermont was abolished. After 1812 Steenbergen was no longer a fortified town. Bergen op Zoom followed in 1867.

The cycle route starts at the Markiezenhof.
Steenbergsestraat 8
4611 TE Bergen op Zoom

On the Beurspleintje in front of the Markiezenhof there are various catering establishments.
On the nearby Mineurplein you can park (paid) without a time limit.