Overijssel, Netherlands · Europe
Deventer is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Het Oostrik, 31km from Hoge Veluwe National Park.
Deventer is in Overijssel, Netherlands, with about 97,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Het Oostrik, about 4 km away.
Deventer (Dutch: [ˈdeːvəntər] ; Sallands: Daeventer) is a city and municipality in the Salland historical region of the province of Overijssel, Netherlands. In 2026 the municipality of Deventer had a population of 105,111. The city is largely situated on the east bank of the river IJssel, but it also has a small partRead more
of its territory on the west bank. In 2005 the municipality of Bathmen (with a population of about 5,000 people) was merged with Deventer as part of a national effort to reduce bureaucracy in the country.
Deventer is one of the oldest cities in the Netherlands. The place is mentioned in 9th-century sources from the Diocese of Utrecht. A charter from 877 AD mentions seven farmsteads in Daventre portu (the Deventer harbor). In 952 AD, Deventer is mentioned as a city in a gift certificate from King Otto I. After the place had acquired more and more rights and privileges over time, it received the municipal lands from Emperor Henry V in 1123. This is considered by historians to be the moment of Deventer obtaining the city rights by the inhabitants. The city has the oldest stone house, the oldest walking park and with the Athenaeum library also the oldest scientific library in the Netherlands.
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Within an hour or so of Deventer: Posbank (27 km), De Librije (29 km), Kröller-Müller Museum (30 km), Hoge Veluwe National Park (31 km).
The nearest famous roads are Houtribdijk and Afsluitdijk.
Deventer is in Overijssel, Netherlands, about 4 km from Het Oostrik.
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Rolling heathland hills of Veluwezoom National Park reached by a scenic drive up the Beekhuizenseweg, in late August the moors turn purple, and misty sunrises here are the most photographed in the Netherlands.
27 km · about 30 min drive
restaurant
The Netherlands' only three-Michelin-star restaurant, set in a former prison complex in Zwolle, where the late Jonnie Boer's team under chef Nelson Tanate has held the top rating since 2004.
29 km · about 35 min drive
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
Cycle free white bikes across heath, dune and forest to the Kröller-Müller museum's Van Goghs in this vast wild park.
31 km · about 35 min drive
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Dutch thrill park near Amsterdam known for intense roller coasters and a fun Halloween Fright Nights event.
34 km · about 40 min drive
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Former Zuiderzee island now stranded in the Noordoostpolder, the Netherlands' first UNESCO World Heritage Site.
50 km · about 60 min drive
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Car-free village known as the 'Dutch Venice' where thatched-roof farmhouses are connected by canals and wooden bridges.
54 km · about 65 min drive
2 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 150km.
April to October
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