De Hoge Veluwe National Park
Nature reserve known for its diverse landscape and the Kröller-Müller Museum.
Veluwe Highlights
Dutch Open-Air Museum
Living history museum depicting everyday life in the Netherlands from the dawn of industrialization onwards.
Kröller-Müller Museum
Contemporary art museum noted for its large collection of work by Vincent van Gogh & its sculpture garden.
Palace Het Loo
King William & Queen Mary’s summer residence, featuring one of Europe’s major gardens of the baroque era.
Airborne Museum Hartenstein
Museum dedicated to the Battle of Arnhem (1944).
Burgers’ Zoo
Burgers’ Zoo is probably the most beautiful zoo in the Netherlands.
Doorwerth Castle
The oldest part dating back to 1280, Doorwerth Castle is a lovely 17th-century castle on the bank of the Nederrijn river.
Veluwezoom National Park
National park with forests, heath and sand drifts, ideal for hiking & cycling, and free to enter.
Noord-Veluws Museum
Small art museum featuring mainly impressionist & post-impressionist paintings depicting the Veluwe.
VSM Steam Train
Heritage railway line connecting Apeldoorn to Beekbergen, Eerbeek and Dieren.
Further Recommendations
Airborne at the Bridge
Exhibition dedicated to the Battle of Arnhem (1944).
Apenheul
Primate zoo.
Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery
Commonwealth World War II cemetery for servicemen killed in the Battle of Arnhem.
Bronbeek Museum
Colonial museum dedicated to the Dutch East Indies & the KNIL army.
Cannenburch Castle
18th-century castle.
Dolfinarium
Europe’s biggest marine mammal park.
Duno Estate
The prospect from the moraine is great.
Dutch Water Museum
Museum dedicated to water management & purification.
Eusebius Church
Medieval church.
Kootwijkerzand Observation Tower
13½-m-high tower overlooking Western Europe’s largest sand drift.
Museum Arnhem
Contemporary art & design museum.
Radio Kootwijk
Former radio transmission station in a nature reserve with forests, heath & sand drifts.
Rosendael Castle
Early-20th-century manor house with a lovely garden.
Staverden Estate
Staverden, an estate that was granted city rights in 1298 but never expanded, is now the smallest city in the country.
St Hubertus Hunting Lodge
Country house by architect H.P. Berlage.
Zypendaal House
18th-century country estate.