Tijs van den Boomen

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The walk begins with a straight stretch along the busy N237, but don't be fooled: the road to Amersfoort was once known as the Wegh der Weegen (Weigh of the Weighers). The famous seventeenth-century architect Jan van Campen, the man behind the Royal Palace on Dam Square, was involved in its

Oudenrijn is a junction on the southwest side of Utrecht. Here, the A2 motorway, which Rijkswaterstaat calls the Migratory Bird Route, and the A12 motorway, also known as the Rainbow Route, intersect.



> Name: Oudenrijn (after the former municipality of Oudenrijn, which merged with Vleuten-De Meern in

Terbregseplein is a junction on the north side of Rotterdam. Here, the A20, which Rijkswaterstaat calls the backbone of Rotterdam, and the A16, also known as the HSL route, intersect.



> Name: Terbregseplein (after the former hamlet of Terbregge northwest of the junction)

> Opening: October 2025 (the first

Joure is a junction in the south of Friesland, where the A7 motorway, dubbed the Pure Route by Rijkswaterstaat, and the A6 motorway, also known as the Zuiderzee Route, intersect.



Name: Joure (after the adjacent village)

Opening: 2017 (a roundabout was in place from 1972)

Type: semi-star junction

Length of

Southeast of Oss, the A59, called the Brabantse Maasroute by Rijkswaterstaat, and the A50, also known as the Oostas, intersect. Name: Paalgraven (named after the archaeological monument Paalgraven, formerly also called Zevenbergen)

Opening: 2011 (the first version dates from 1971)

Type: incomplete interchange

A junction with its own station and residential area, you don't see that very often. And then you also walk through a distinctly rural area. You start in the meadows in the fork of two train tracks, then along a long oak avenue and then cross the Houtense Vlakte with the defenses of the New Dutch Waterline

De Baars is an interchange on the east side of Tilburg. Here, the A58, dubbed the Brabant and Zeeland Cities Route by Rijkswaterstaat (the Directorate-General for Public Works and Water Management), and the A65 to 's-Hertogenbosch (also known as Eikenlaan) intersect.



> Name: De Baars (after the now-defunct

Groningen's southern ring road was recently completely renovated. A major achievement was Julianaplein, where the A7, dubbed the Pure Route by Rijkswaterstaat (the Directorate-General for Public Works and Water Management), intersects with the A28, also known as the Noorddiagonaal (North Diagonal).



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Amersfoort is literally in the middle of the country: on the northeast side of the city, the A28, which Rijkswaterstaat calls the Noorddiagonaal (North Diagonal) by Rijkswaterstaat (the Directorate-General for Public Works and Water Management), and the A1, known as the Grote Landschappenroute (Great