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.
29 km · about 35 min drive
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Wijchen
Gelderland, Netherlands · Europe
About Wijchen
Wijchen is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Ravenstein, 29km from Hoge Veluwe National Park.
Wijchen is in Gelderland, Netherlands, with about 33,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Ravenstein, about 5 km away.
Wijchen (Dutch pronunciation: ʋixə(n) ) is a municipality and a collection of towns in the province of Gelderland, in the eastern part of the Netherlands.
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What is there to see near Wijchen?
Within an hour or so of Wijchen: Hoge Veluwe National Park (29 km), Sint-Janskathedraal (32 km), St. John's Cathedral, 's-Hertogenbosch (32 km), Kröller-Müller Museum (32 km).
Are there any good drives near Wijchen?
The nearest famous roads are Houtribdijk, Brouwersdam and Afsluitdijk.
Where is Wijchen?
Wijchen is in Gelderland, Netherlands, about 5 km from Ravenstein.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 32,693
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Netherlands
- Region
- Gelderland
- Timezone
- Europe/Amsterdam
- Coordinates
- 51.8092, 5.7250
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Watch for cyclists. They generally have priority.
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Worth the detour from Wijchen
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
cathedral
Sint-Janskathedraal
The Netherlands' finest Gothic cathedral bristles with grotesque flying-buttress carvings in Hieronymus Bosch's home city.
32 km · about 35 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.
32 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.
32 km · about 35 min 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.
32 km · about 35 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.
44 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.
49 km · about 55 min drive
landmark
Efteling
Enchanting Dutch fairy-tale theme park with immersive storytelling, dark rides, and world-class roller coasters.
50 km · about 55 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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