Gelderland, Netherlands · Europe
Velp is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Rheden, 11km from Hoge Veluwe National Park.
Velp is in Gelderland, Netherlands, with about 18,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Rheden, about 4 km away.
Velp is a Dutch village located east of Arnhem within the municipality of Rheden, between Arnhem, Rozendaal, and the town of Rheden. Velp was a separate municipality from 1812 to 1818, when it was merged with Rheden. The municipality also included the village of Rozendaal.
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Within an hour or so of Velp: Posbank (5 km), Hoge Veluwe National Park (11 km), Kröller-Müller Museum (16 km), Walibi Holland (51 km).
The nearest famous roads are Houtribdijk, Afsluitdijk and Brouwersdam.
Velp is in Gelderland, Netherlands, about 4 km from Rheden.
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Full driving guide for Netherlands8 notable places within an hour's 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.
5 km · about 10 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.
11 km · about 20 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.
16 km · about 30 min drive
landmark
Dutch thrill park near Amsterdam known for intense roller coasters and a fun Halloween Fright Nights event.
51 km · about 60 min drive
cathedral
The Netherlands' finest Gothic cathedral bristles with grotesque flying-buttress carvings in Hieronymus Bosch's home city.
57 km · about 65 min drive
cathedral
Brabantine Gothic cathedral in 's-Hertogenbosch, noted for hundreds of stone figures straddling its flying buttresses.
57 km · about 65 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.
57 km · about 65 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.
58 km · about 65 min drive
April to October
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