voidhawk Posted June 13, 2002 Share Posted June 13, 2002 My Dad sent me these pictures of the Oosterbeek area in the Netherlands, i.e. just north of the river Rhine and west of Arnhem, taken on a "light fog" spring day. Thought you might like to see them too as they provide quite a good impression of the type of landscape there. The first picture shows the view from the north bank of the river, looking towards Arnhem - note the bridge in the background! This area is called the Westerbouwing, and you can just imagine the difficulty of a river crossing here. The second picture shows typical countryside - small fields, rows of trees, slight undulations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted June 13, 2002 Share Posted June 13, 2002 Looks pleasant Ta, Hunter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Havermeyer- Posted June 13, 2002 Share Posted June 13, 2002 I love your grass in these screens, who's grass are you using? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abuhabib Posted June 14, 2002 Share Posted June 14, 2002 The first picture shows the view from the north bank of the river, looking towards Arnhem - note the bridge in the background! is that The Bridge too far? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voidhawk Posted June 14, 2002 Author Share Posted June 14, 2002 In case anybody was wondering about the bridge, I received this clarification from my Dad: "It is the (later rebuilt) railway bridge that was blown up more or less in the first para's faces! The traffic bridge, now called the Frost bridge is invisible and more to the left in the far distance." So there you have it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flipper Posted June 15, 2002 Share Posted June 15, 2002 get a picture from him of the road bridge at arnhem love to see that still good pics thou thnks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rleete Posted June 15, 2002 Share Posted June 15, 2002 Are those "doodads" in the foreground? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow 1st Hussars Posted June 15, 2002 Share Posted June 15, 2002 Wow, someone actually uses thw cow with tree mod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertram Posted June 15, 2002 Share Posted June 15, 2002 The road bridge now is a four lane (at least, might be six now) concrete one, no resemblance at all. For the film they had to use an other bridge that looked like it (at Deventer if I remember right) for even then it had been already replaced. Bertram Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flipper Posted June 15, 2002 Share Posted June 15, 2002 what was the exact length of the road bridge 600 meters 700? more less? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illo Posted June 16, 2002 Share Posted June 16, 2002 "The traffic bridge, now called the Frost bridge is invisible" WOW!!! :eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voidhawk Posted June 16, 2002 Author Share Posted June 16, 2002 Yes, it takes a real "leap of faith" to cross it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Juzzy Posted June 16, 2002 Share Posted June 16, 2002 The first picture looks like it was taken looking east from the Westerbouwing Heights. The second looks like the polder area south of Lutheran Church in Lower Oosterbeek - lovely photos. I had the pleasure of walking the battlefield last year and took some similar pictures. Your dad has done you proud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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