Gelderland, Netherlands · Europe
Ruurlo is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Borculo, 41km from Hoge Veluwe National Park.
Ruurlo is in Gelderland, Netherlands, with about 5,900 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Borculo, about 6 km away.
Ruurlo (Dutch: [ˈryːrloː]) is a village and former municipality in the province of Gelderland in the eastern part of the Netherlands.
The town has a station on the Zutphen to Winterswijk railway line, and is served by trains every half-hour in both directions. In the evening and during Sundays and holidays, there isRead more
an hourly service.
Ruurlo Castle lies just outside the town and is a popular place for weddings. The castle was used as the town hall until 1 January 2005, when the municipality Ruurlo merged with the municipalities of Borculo, Neede and Eibergen into the municipality of Berkelland. The castle now hosts a modern art museum called museum MORE.
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Within an hour or so of Ruurlo: Posbank (30 km), Hoge Veluwe National Park (41 km), Kröller-Müller Museum (43 km), De Librije (53 km).
The nearest famous roads are Houtribdijk and Afsluitdijk.
Ruurlo is in Gelderland, Netherlands, about 6 km from Borculo.
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photogenic
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.
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.
41 km · about 45 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.
43 km · about 50 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.
53 km · about 60 min drive
April to October
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