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Kleve

North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany · Europe

About Kleve

Kleve is worth a stop: 15 minutes from Tolkamer, 36km from Hoge Veluwe National Park.

Kleve is in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, with about 49,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Tolkamer, about 8 km away.

Kleve (German pronunciation: [ˈkleːvə] ; traditional English: Cleves KLEEVZ; Dutch: Kleef [ˈkleːf] ; French: Clèves [klɛv]; Spanish: Cléveris; Latin: Clivia; Low Rhenish: Kleff) is a town in the Lower Rhine region of northwestern Germany near the Dutch border and the River Rhine. From the 11th century onwards, Cleves

Read more was capital of a county and later a duchy. Today, Cleves is the capital of the district of Kleve in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The city is home to one of the campuses of the Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences.

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What is there to see near Kleve?

Within an hour or so of Kleve: Posbank (28 km), Hoge Veluwe National Park (36 km), Kröller-Müller Museum (41 km), Toverland (45 km).

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The nearest famous roads are Houtribdijk.

Where is Kleve?

Kleve is in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, about 8 km from Tolkamer.

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Quick Information

Population
49,072
Continent
Europe
Country
Germany
Region
North Rhine-Westphalia
Timezone
Europe/Berlin
Coordinates
51.7883, 6.1387

Emergency & Services

Essential numbers in Germany

Police
110
Ambulance
112
Fire
112
All emergencies
112
Driving side
right

ADAC roadside assistance: +49 89 22 22 22. No general speed limit on some autobahn sections but advisory 130 km/h.

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Worth the detour from Kleve

7 notable places within an hour's drive.

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Posbank

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.

28 km · about 30 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.

36 km · about 40 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.

41 km · about 45 min drive

landmark

Toverland

Dutch indoor-outdoor theme park in Limburg offering a mix of thrill rides and family attractions in themed areas.

45 km · about 50 min drive

cathedral

Sint-Janskathedraal

The Netherlands' finest Gothic cathedral bristles with grotesque flying-buttress carvings in Hieronymus Bosch's home city.

58 km · about 65 min drive

cathedral

St. John's Cathedral, 's-Hertogenbosch

Brabantine Gothic cathedral in 's-Hertogenbosch, noted for hundreds of stone figures straddling its flying buttresses.

58 km · about 65 min drive

museum

DAF Museum

Eindhoven museum charting Dutch truck maker DAF, from quirky Variomatic-transmission city cars to giant race trucks, displayed near the original 1928 workshop.

59 km · about 70 min drive

Driving in Germany

Drives on
the right
Petrol
~€1.78/litre
Motorway tolls
None

When to drive here

April to October

Nearby Destinations

Other places to explore near Kleve.

Tolkamer

🇳🇱 Netherlands

8 km awayPop. 2,430

Emmerich

🇩🇪 Germany

9 km awayPop. 31,829

Leuth

🇳🇱 Netherlands

12 km awayPop. 1,595

Kalkar

🇩🇪 Germany

12 km awayPop. 14,513

Goch

🇩🇪 Germany

12 km awayPop. 33,706

's-Heerenberg

🇳🇱 Netherlands

13 km awayPop. 4,720

Bredeweg

🇳🇱 Netherlands

14 km awayPop. 2,500

Groesbeek

🇳🇱 Netherlands

14 km awayPop. 18,741

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