museum
Rietveld Schröder House
Gerrit Rietveld's radical 1924 Utrecht house, the purest built statement of De Stijl with its sliding walls and Mondrian palette: UNESCO-listed and visitable on pre-booked tours.
18 km · about 20 min drive
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Amersfoort
Utrecht, Netherlands · Europe
About Amersfoort
Amersfoort works well as a base: 5 minutes from Langenoord, 34km from Hoge Veluwe National Park.
Amersfoort is in Utrecht, Netherlands, with about 140,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Langenoord, about 4 km away.
Amersfoort (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈaːmərsfoːrt] ) is a city and municipality in the Utrecht province of the Netherlands. As of 31 January 2023, the municipality had a population of 160,902, making it the second-largest of the province and fifteenth-largest of the country. Amersfoort is also one of the largest DutchRead more
railway junctions with its three stations—Amersfoort Centraal, Schothorst and Vathorst—due to its location on two of the Netherlands' main east to west and north to south railway lines. The city was used during the 1928 Summer Olympics as a venue for the modern pentathlon events. Amersfoort marked its 750th anniversary as a city in 2009.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Amersfoort?
Within an hour or so of Amersfoort: Rietveld Schröder House (18 km), Dom Tower of Utrecht (20 km), Naarden-Vesting (22 km), Kasteel de Haar (28 km).
Are there any good drives near Amersfoort?
The nearest famous roads are Houtribdijk, Afsluitdijk and Brouwersdam.
Where is Amersfoort?
Amersfoort is in Utrecht, Netherlands, about 4 km from Langenoord.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 139,914
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Netherlands
- Region
- Utrecht
- Timezone
- Europe/Amsterdam
- Coordinates
- 52.1550, 5.3875
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Essential numbers in Netherlands
Watch for cyclists. They generally have priority.
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Worth the detour from Amersfoort
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
cathedral
Dom Tower of Utrecht
The Netherlands' tallest church tower at 112 metres, standing detached from its cathedral in central Utrecht.
20 km · about 25 min drive
landmark
Naarden-Vesting
The best-preserved star fortification town in Europe, a double-moated six-pointed star of 17th-century ramparts enclosing a grid of gabled streets, 25 minutes from Amsterdam yet ignored by most itineraries.
22 km · about 25 min drive
castle
Kasteel de Haar
The Netherlands' largest castle, a turreted neo-Gothic fairytale with moats and formal gardens near Utrecht.
28 km · about 30 min drive
castle
Muiderslot
A moated red-brick medieval fortress at the mouth of the Vecht, one of the best-preserved castles in the Netherlands.
29 km · about 35 min drive
museum
Kröller-Müller Museum
Museum deep inside Hoge Veluwe National Park holding the world's second-largest Van Gogh collection plus a 25-hectare sculpture garden with Rodin, Moore and Dubuffet; free white bicycles carry you there through the park.
30 km · about 35 min drive
national park
Hoge Veluwe National Park
Cycle free white bikes across heath, dune and forest to the Kröller-Müller museum's Van Goghs in this vast wild park.
34 km · about 40 min drive
photogenic
Marken
Former Zuiderzee island village on a causeway north of Amsterdam, its green-and-black wooden houses raised on stilts and mounds against floods; walk out to the Paard van Marken lighthouse on the dike.
39 km · about 45 min drive
Driving roads near Amersfoort
3 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 150km.
- 53 kmHoutribdijkA 26 km dike road (N302) running straight across the water between Enkhuizen and Lelystad, splitting the IJsselmeer from the Markermeer with sea views on both sides.
- 67 kmErasmusbrugRotterdam's swan-necked cable-stayed bridge soars over the Maas, a striking modern icon glowing over the river at night.
Driving in Netherlands
- Drives on
- the right
- Petrol
- ~€2.04/litre
- Motorway tolls
- None
When to drive here
April to October
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