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.
- Where
- Arnhem, Gelderland, Netherlands
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 52.0094, 5.9064
Get the Netherlands Open Air Museum stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Netherlands Open Air Museum. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Gelderland volume with your photos and a note.
Near Netherlands Open Air Museum
John Frost Bridge 3.9 km
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.
Airborne Museum Hartenstein 5.6 km
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.
Doorwerth Castle 9.3 km
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.
De Hoge Veluwe National Park 11 km
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.
Kröller-Müller Museum 11 km
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.
Veluwe 15 km
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.
Het Loo Palace 25 km
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.
Soestdijk Palace 47 km
A palace with a central block and two wings near Baarn, long the home of Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard. It is no longer a royal residence and now hosts exhibitions and events in its grounds.
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Questions
Where is Netherlands Open Air Museum?
Netherlands Open Air Museum is in Arnhem, Gelderland, Netherlands. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are John Frost Bridge (3.9 km), Airborne Museum Hartenstein (5.6 km), Doorwerth Castle (9.3 km).
How do I get the Netherlands Open Air Museum stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Netherlands Open Air Museum and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Gelderland volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Netherlands Open Air Museum before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Gelderland volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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