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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.
15 km · about 30 min drive
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Maarn
Utrecht, Netherlands · Europe
About Maarn
Maarn works well as a base: 5 minutes from Woudenberg, 33km from Hoge Veluwe National Park.
Maarn is in Utrecht, Netherlands, with about 4,600 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Woudenberg, about 4 km away.
Maarn is a town in the municipality of Utrechtse Heuvelrug in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is located about 10 km (6.2 mi) east of Zeist.
In 2001, the town of Maarn had 4,071 inhabitants. The built-up area of the town was 1.26 km2; it contained 1,793 residences. Until 2006, Maarn was its own municipality,Read more
covering both Maarn and neighbouring Maarsbergen.
Maarn is a small town in the heart of the Utrechtse Heuvelrug, a protected nature reserve in the Netherlands. The town and its surroundings have approximately 8,000 inhabitants, a small centre and are probably best known for tourism to the numerous camp-sites that surround the town.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Maarn?
Within an hour or so of Maarn: Rietveld Schröder House (15 km), Dom Tower of Utrecht (17 km), Kasteel de Haar (27 km), Naarden-Vesting (29 km).
Are there any good drives near Maarn?
The nearest famous roads are Houtribdijk, Brouwersdam and Afsluitdijk.
Where is Maarn?
Maarn is in Utrecht, Netherlands, about 4 km from Woudenberg.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 4,618
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Netherlands
- Region
- Utrecht
- Timezone
- Europe/Amsterdam
- Coordinates
- 52.0642, 5.3708
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Essential numbers in Netherlands
Watch for cyclists. They generally have priority.
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Worth the detour from Maarn
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.
17 km · about 20 min drive
castle
Kasteel de Haar
The Netherlands' largest castle, a turreted neo-Gothic fairytale with moats and formal gardens near Utrecht.
27 km · about 30 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.
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.
31 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.
33 km · about 40 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.
36 km · about 40 min drive
cathedral
Sint-Janskathedraal
The Netherlands' finest Gothic cathedral bristles with grotesque flying-buttress carvings in Hieronymus Bosch's home city.
42 km · about 50 min drive
Driving roads near Maarn
3 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 150km.
- 63 kmErasmusbrugRotterdam's swan-necked cable-stayed bridge soars over the Maas, a striking modern icon glowing over the river at night.
- 63 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.
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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