Gelderland, Netherlands · Europe
Doornsteeg works well as a base: 5 minutes from Nijkerkerveen, 34km from Hoge Veluwe National Park.
Doornsteeg is in Gelderland, Netherlands, with about 5,400 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Nijkerkerveen, about 4 km away.
Doornsteeg is a neighbourhood of Nijkerk and a hamlet in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is a part of the municipality of Nijkerk, and lies about 8 km northeast of Amersfoort.
It was first mentioned in 1556 as Dorenstege, and means "thorny path". The hamlet consists of about 25 houses. Since 2016, Nijkerk hasRead more
started to build a new neighbourhood near the hamlet. It will consists of about 1,200 houses and cover an area of 59 hectares (150 acres).
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Within an hour or so of Doornsteeg: Naarden-Vesting (21 km), Rietveld Schröder House (26 km), Dom Tower of Utrecht (27 km), Muiderslot (28 km).
The nearest famous roads are Houtribdijk, Afsluitdijk and Brouwersdam.
Doornsteeg is in Gelderland, Netherlands, about 4 km from Nijkerkerveen.
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Full driving guide for Netherlands8 notable places within an hour's drive.
landmark
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.
21 km · about 25 min drive
museum
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.
26 km · about 30 min drive
cathedral
The Netherlands' tallest church tower at 112 metres, standing detached from its cathedral in central Utrecht.
27 km · about 30 min drive
castle
A moated red-brick medieval fortress at the mouth of the Vecht, one of the best-preserved castles in the Netherlands.
28 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.
29 km · about 35 min drive
landmark
Dutch thrill park near Amsterdam known for intense roller coasters and a fun Halloween Fright Nights event.
32 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.
34 km · about 40 min drive
castle
The Netherlands' largest castle, a turreted neo-Gothic fairytale with moats and formal gardens near Utrecht.
34 km · about 40 min drive
3 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 150km.
April to October
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