Gelderland, Netherlands · Europe
Scherpenzeel works well as a base: 5 minutes from Renswoude, 25km from Hoge Veluwe National Park.
Scherpenzeel is in Gelderland, Netherlands, with about 8,800 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Renswoude, about 4 km away.
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Within an hour or so of Scherpenzeel: Kröller-Müller Museum (22 km), Rietveld Schröder House (23 km), Hoge Veluwe National Park (25 km), Dom Tower of Utrecht (25 km).
The nearest famous roads are Houtribdijk, Afsluitdijk and Brouwersdam.
Scherpenzeel is in Gelderland, Netherlands, about 4 km from Renswoude.
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Full driving guide for Netherlands8 notable places within an hour's 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.
22 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.
23 km · about 25 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.
25 km · about 30 min drive
cathedral
The Netherlands' tallest church tower at 112 metres, standing detached from its cathedral in central Utrecht.
25 km · about 30 min 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.
33 km · about 40 min drive
castle
The Netherlands' largest castle, a turreted neo-Gothic fairytale with moats and formal gardens near Utrecht.
35 km · about 40 min drive
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.
37 km · about 45 min drive
castle
A moated red-brick medieval fortress at the mouth of the Vecht, one of the best-preserved castles in the Netherlands.
40 km · about 45 min drive
3 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 150km.
April to October
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