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• Sleep
• Get out

Apeldoorn is a city in the Dutch province of Gelderland.

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[edit] By car

From Amsterdam, Apeldoorn can be reached via the A1 motorway.

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Direct intercity services connect Apeldoorn to both Amsterdam and Schiphol Airport. In both cases the journey will take roughly one hour.

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You can rent a bicycle at the railway station.

The local bus service is a very efficient way to get around. All local buses meet at the central station where you can switch buses at :16 and :46. During day time additional services run at :01 and :31 on most lines. Regional buses also run form the station out of town; however, they can be used for local transport also. Just remember that connection times will be slightly worse at the bus station for the regional lines.

During tourist season an extra bus service (line 16) departs from the station towards major tourist attractions, all located in the western part of Apeldoorn.

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• Just northwest of the city is the 17th century palace "Het Loo", where William and Mary (King and Queen of England) used to live
• The "Apenheul", a zoo specialising in monkeys

[edit] Do

Rent yourself a mountainbike and discover the forests just outside town (approx. 20 minutes by bike from the city center)

Jazz in the woods: one of the largest festivities in town. Every year on the last friday-evening and saturday in may, the city center is one big party with live music and entertainment.

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The city's main shopping area is formed by the Hoofdstraat and adjacent streets.

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The city lies on the eastern fringe of the Veluwe, the country's largest and most unspoilt area of natural beauty. It has forests that are home to deer and other wild animals, as well as large, desert-like sandy areas. The Kröller-Müller Museum, with its impressive collection of Vincent van Gogh paintings, is also located on the Veluwe.

The picturesque old cities of Deventer and Zutphen are just 15 km from Apeldoorn.