This medieval city gate dating from 1357 is the only one of four from the Middle Ages to survive. The rest were destroyed, along with the city walls, in the 19th century.
Lonely Planet's must-see attractions
9.4 MILES
A visit to Hoge Veluwe easily fills an entire day. Highlights include scenic cycling and hiking through pine forests and past unexpected open-drift sand…
9.17 MILES
Nestled between trees, this striking museum has works by some of the greatest painters of several centuries, from Bruyn the Elder to Picasso. Its Van Gogh…
3.35 MILES
Inside a 19th-century, primrose-yellow mansion used by both the British and the Germans as HQ during Operation Market Garden, this much-visited museum…
25.3 MILES
This small but absorbing museum honours the life and work of the famous De Stijl artist Piet Mondrian (1872–1944) in the house where he was born.
9.01 MILES
No address reflects the city's youthful zest more than this soup factory-turned-entrepreneurial hub, 1.5km west of Grote Markt by the river. Until 2022…
21.74 MILES
At home in one of the country's oldest weighing houses (1528), this evocative museum in the middle of the Brink explores local history. During Deventer's…
23.27 MILES
Dating from the 13th century, St Nikolaikirche is famous for its nine masterful altars chiselled by members of the Kalkar woodcarving school. Top billing…
21.67 MILES
The city's main church is named after the English cleric who founded it in 738; the present Gothic structure dates from the late 15th century. Its many…
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There is no finer view of Arnhem's iconic John Frost bridge than from this small riverside museum with glass lookout tower. A six-minute film in the…
0.13 MILES
Awe-inspiring and gigantic, this late-Gothic hulk of a church is well worth a mooch, if only to ride the lift up its 73m-tall spire to gawp at Europe's…
0.18 MILES
The modern and busy replacement for the infamous 'bridge too far' may not look too dramatic, but its symbolic value is immense. This would have been the…
2.25 MILES
The village-sized open-air museum, 7km north of the train station, showcases a nationwide collection of buildings and artefacts, with everything from…
2.98 MILES
Row upon row of white gravestones of 1691 Allied troops, mostly British, troops killed during Operation Market Garden in September 1944 are buried in this…
6. Airborne Museum Hartenstein
3.35 MILES
Inside a 19th-century, primrose-yellow mansion used by both the British and the Germans as HQ during Operation Market Garden, this much-visited museum…
9.01 MILES
No address reflects the city's youthful zest more than this soup factory-turned-entrepreneurial hub, 1.5km west of Grote Markt by the river. Until 2022…
8. Nationaal Fietsmuseum Velorama
9.05 MILES
Down by the riverfront is this museum with more than 250 bicycles: everything from 19th-century wooden contraptions and hand-propelled bikes to an entire…