Freedom meal in Dinxperlo: cycle tour to the starting point
ADFC star ride on 5 May 2025 to the Freedom Meal // Three different distances and starting points
80 years after the end of the Second World War, the inhabitants of Dinxperlo and Suderwick invite you to a cross-border freedom meal. The ADFC Bocholt-Rhede is offering several guided cycle tours to Dinxperlo in cooperation with the city of Bocholt and EUROPE DIRECT.
The Freedom Meal in Dinxperlo will take place as a walking dinner this year. The event with additional cultural offerings starts at Prins-Claus-Plein in Dinxperlo and ends at Michaelstreff, Kerkpatt 20 in Suderwick. No registration is required to take part in the freedom meal free of charge.
The cycle tours to the starting point of the walking dinner are also free of charge for all interested parties, but registration is required.
Tour 1: approx. 45 km
Tour leader: Dieter Guder/Werner Messing
Starting point: Fire station Kettelerstraße 9, Rhede
Start time: 15:30
Arrival time in Dinxperlo: around 5.30 pm
Registration link for Tour 1
Tour 2: approx. 33 km
Tour leader: Bernd Winkelmann
Starting point: Bicycle car park at Aasee/Uhlandstraße, Bocholt
Start time: 16:00
Arrival time in Dinxperlo: around 17:30
Registration link for Tour 2
Tour 3: approx. 22 km
Tour leader: Bernhard Verdirk/Georg Jost
Starting point: Car park Alte Molkerei Werther Str. 16
Start time: 17:00 hrs
Arrival time in Dinxperlo: around 17:45
Registration link for Tour 3
Sonja Wießmeier from EUROPE DIRECT Bocholt is looking forward to the event: "The combination of the free bike tours with the Freedom Meal is once again a sign of good cross-border cooperation - even climate protection is taken into account". Rainer Howestädt from the volunteer agency emphasises the German-Dutch friendship: "We have a large number of volunteers in Bocholt who naturally involve their Dutch neighbours in their planning".
About EUROPE DIRECT Bocholt
EUROPE DIRECT Bocholt is part of the mayor's office of the city of Bocholt and is the local contact point for questions relating to the European Union. Its task is to provide local citizens with information, advice, help and answers to questions about Europe. In addition, EUROPE DIRECT Bocholt aims to promote European involvement and provide information on current European political events.