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.
24 km · about 25 min drive
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Nijmegen
Gelderland, Netherlands · Europe
About Nijmegen
Nijmegen is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Lindenholt, 24km from Hoge Veluwe National Park.
Nijmegen is in Gelderland, Netherlands, with about 180,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Lindenholt, about 4 km away.
Nijmegen ( NY-may-gən, Dutch: [ˈnɛimeːɣə(n)] ; Nijmeegs: Nimwéêge [ˈnɪmβ̞ɛːçə]) is the largest city in the Dutch province of Gelderland and the ninth largest of the Netherlands as a whole. Located on the Waal River close to the German border, Nijmegen is one of the oldest cities in the Netherlands and the first to beRead more
recognized as such in Roman times. In 2005, it celebrated 2,000 years of existence.
Nijmegen became a free imperial city in 1230 and a Hanseatic city in 1402. Since 1923 it has been a university city with the opening of a Catholic institution now known as the Radboud University Nijmegen. The city is well known for the annual Vierdaagse — the International Four Days Marches Nijmegen event.
Its population as of 2024 was 187,011.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Nijmegen?
Within an hour or so of Nijmegen: Hoge Veluwe National Park (24 km), Posbank (24 km), Kröller-Müller Museum (28 km), Sint-Janskathedraal (41 km).
Are there any good drives near Nijmegen?
The nearest famous roads are Houtribdijk, Brouwersdam and Afsluitdijk.
Where is Nijmegen?
Nijmegen is in Gelderland, Netherlands, about 4 km from Lindenholt.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 177,359
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Netherlands
- Region
- Gelderland
- Timezone
- Europe/Amsterdam
- Coordinates
- 51.8425, 5.8528
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Worth the detour from Nijmegen
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
photogenic
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.
24 km · about 30 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.
28 km · about 35 min drive
cathedral
Sint-Janskathedraal
The Netherlands' finest Gothic cathedral bristles with grotesque flying-buttress carvings in Hieronymus Bosch's home city.
41 km · about 50 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.
41 km · about 50 min drive
landmark
Toverland
Dutch indoor-outdoor theme park in Limburg offering a mix of thrill rides and family attractions in themed areas.
50 km · about 60 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.
52 km · about 60 min drive
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.
55 km · about 65 min drive
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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