| Gelderland | |
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Location  | |
Coat of arms and flag   | |
| State | Netherlands |
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| Region | Eastern Netherlands |
| Capital | Arnhem |
| Surface | 5,136.51 km² |
| Inhabitants | 2.031.123 (2015) |
| Institutional website | |
Gelderland (Gelderland) is one of the twelve provinces of the Netherlands.
To know
Territories and tourist destinations
Achterhoek - The eastern part of the province, an agricultural area known for its motocross festivals.
Rivierenland - Rhine, Waal and Meuse all pass through this region. It is mainly visited for Betuwe, an area well known for its fruit production.
Stadsregio Arnhem Nijmegen - One of the largest metropolitan areas outside the Randstad. There is a strong rivalry between the cities of Arnhem is Nijmegen (Nijmegen).
Urban centers
- Arnhem (Ernem or Arnheim) - It has one of the largest and most visited zoos in the Netherlands.
- Apeldoorn - Much of the territory of the municipality consists of nature and a slice lies in the De Hoge Veluwe National Park.
- Buren - A small center with a couple of museums dedicated to the history of the Royal Military Police and the House of Orange
- Culemborg - A medieval center, full of monuments and windmills.
- Doesburg - The historic center of Doesburg it boasts several museums and many monuments that attract thousands of tourists every year.
- Elburg - A fortified medieval village built on a Neolithic settlement whose finds are exhibited in a museum housed in a 15th century convent.
- Harderwijk - Ancient Hanseatic city, Harderwijk it is renowned not only for its historic center but also for its dolphinarium, the largest in Europe.
- Hattem - It has a lot to offer: cozy terraces, interesting museums, a great variety of authentic shops and events.
- Nijmegen (Nijmegen) - Nijmegen is also home to the "Four Days of Nijmegen" every year, the largest non-competitive march in the world, which attracts tens of thousands of participants and hundreds of thousands of spectators to the city.
- Wageningen - It boasts a famous botanical garden, the Belmonte Arboretum, on the banks of an arm of the Rhine, the Nederrijn (Lower Rhine).
- Zaltbommel - The municipality is home to the castles of Loevestein and Nederhemert.
- Zutphen - A small modern city whose historic center survived the Second World War.
Other destinations
- Appeltern - Village famous for its manicured gardens (de Tuinen van Appeltern) which attract tens of thousands of visitors every year.
- Kootwijkerzand - A desert of sand with shifting dunes surrounded by the woods that extend south of the tiny village of Kootwijk.
- Veluwezoom National Park (Nationaal Park Veluwezoom)
- Hoge Veluwe National Park (Nationaal Park De Hoge Veluwe)
- Planken Wambuis - Nature reserve on the Veluwe, consisting of forests and moors. A part is still made up of shifting dunes.
How to get
How to get around
What see
Castles
Ammersoyen Castle
Doornenburg Castle
- 1 Ammersoyen Castle (Kasteel Ammersoyen).
- 2 Doornenburg Castle. One of the best preserved Dutch castles consisting of two distinct buildings connected by a small wooden bridge.
Doorwerth Castle
Loevestein Castle
- 3 Doorwerth Castle (Kasteel Doorwerth). Impressive medieval castle in the surroundings of Arnhem.
- 4 Loevestein Castle (Loevestein slot).
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Middachten Castle
Huis Bergh
- 5 Middachten Castle, ☎ 31 26 495 2186.
- 6 Huis Bergh.
Museums
GeoFort
Jachthuis Sint-Hubertus
- 7 GeoFort.
- 8 Jachthuis Sint-Hubertus.
- 9 Museum MORE.
- 10 National Liberation Museum 1944-1945 (Nationaal Bevrijdingsmuseum 1944-1945).
Itineraries
- Pieterpad.
What to do
- 1 Bussloo. A recreational area around a lake with a beach reserved for nudists.
At the table
Safety
Other projects
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