Places to visit in Gelderland, Netherlands
9 places to visit in Gelderland, Netherlands, each with LOQAH's carefully crafted stamp of its own: Het Loo Palace, Kröller-Müller Museum, Veluwe and more. Stand at any of them with the app open and the stamp is yours, confirmed on site, in your Gelderland volume.
3 Famous places to visit · 6 Hidden gems
Famous places to visit in Gelderland (3)
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Het Loo Palace
A palace in Apeldoorn built in the 1680s for Stadtholder William III and Mary, the House of Orange Nassau's country retreat. It is now a museum with restored rooms and formal baroque gardens.
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Kröller-Müller Museum
A national art museum and sculpture garden inside the Hoge Veluwe National Park near Otterlo. It holds one of the largest collections of paintings by Vincent van Gogh in the world, along with a large outdoor sculpture park.
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Veluwe
A ridge of forested hills in Gelderland, with woodland, heath and drifting sand. It is the largest nature area on dry land in the Netherlands, and walkers and cyclists come for the Hoge Veluwe National Park.
Hidden gems in Gelderland (6)
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Airborne Museum Hartenstein
A museum in Oosterbeek dedicated to the Battle of Arnhem, when Allied forces tried to form a bridgehead over the Rhine in September 1944. The building, Hartenstein, was the British headquarters during the battle.
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De Hoge Veluwe National Park
A national park of about 55 square kilometres in Gelderland, made up of heathland, sand dunes and woodland on the Veluwe. It lies between Ede, Wageningen, Arnhem and Apeldoorn. Visitors can borrow white bicycles to ride through it.
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Doorwerth Castle
A medieval castle on the river Rhine near Arnhem. It is first recorded in the 13th century and was rebuilt several times. Today it houses a museum and overlooks the floodplain below.
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John Frost Bridge
The road bridge over the Lower Rhine at Arnhem, named after Major General John Frost, who led the British forces that reached it in September 1944. The earlier bridge on this spot was the target of the battle known as Operation Market Garden.
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Loevestein Castle
A medieval castle in the municipality of Zaltbommel in Gelderland, at the meeting of the Maas and Waal rivers. It once served as a state prison, and the jurist Hugo de Groot escaped from it hidden in a chest in 1621.
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Netherlands Open Air Museum
The national open air museum in Arnhem, showing the everyday life and old ways of ordinary Dutch people. Historic farms, workshops and houses from across the country have been moved here and can be walked through.
Collecting in Gelderland
What are the best places to visit in Gelderland?
LOQAH lists 9 places in Gelderland. The best known include Het Loo Palace, Kröller-Müller Museum, Veluwe, Airborne Museum Hartenstein and De Hoge Veluwe National Park. Each has a stamp of its own to collect when you are there.
How many LOQAH stamps are there in Gelderland?
9, and more are added over time. Each place has LOQAH's carefully crafted stamp of its own.
How do I collect a stamp in Gelderland?
Open LOQAH at the place and get its stamp. LOQAH checks where you are once, at that moment; at the place itself the stamp is confirmed on site, with a gold badge.
I have been to places in Gelderland before. Can I add them?
Yes. In Earlier trips, choose Gelderland and swipe through its stamps, or import your Google Timeline. Each one goes into your volume with the date, if you know it.
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