Kröller-Müller Museum
In the middle of De Hoge Veluwe National Park hangs one of the world's largest Van Gogh collections. Pair the museum with its sculpture garden and a bike ride through the park.
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A green city on the Rhine, full of stories.
3 museumsArnhem sits where the Veluwe forests meet the Rhine. It is home to the largest open-air museum in the Netherlands, an art museum overlooking the river and the bridge from the Battle of Arnhem. You can get to know it in a few days, and it stays with you.
Few cities have this much green so close to the centre. In the north you can walk from Sonsbeek Park to the Netherlands Open Air Museum, where farmhouses, windmills and workshops from across the country have been rebuilt. The old town is compact: from St Eusebius' Church to the Rhine quay is a few minutes on foot. Reminders of September 1944 are everywhere, from the John Frost Bridge to bullet holes in old façades. Start with a museum, have lunch on the Korenmarkt and finish with an evening stroll along the river.
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Wander through more than a century of everyday Dutch life, in real houses, farms and factories moved here piece by piece. Ride the heritage tram across the grounds.
Modern and contemporary art in a building high above the Rhine. Known for its magic realism and a sculpture garden with views over the river.
Take the lift up the tower of St Eusebius' Church. From the glass balconies you look straight down, and far out over the Betuwe and the Veluwe.
The bridge where British paratroopers held out for days in September 1944. Walk across it and read the stories on the panels along the quay.
A rolling city park with streams, ponds and an old watermill. From the station you are out of town in about fifteen minutes.
One of the largest zoos in the country, with an indoor rainforest, a desert and a tunnel that runs beneath the ocean tank.
Buy your tickets online and plan the rest of your day around them.
All museums in Arnhem. Click a museum for the route.
Arnhem is the gateway to the Veluwe and the river country. These three trips fit easily into a day.
In the middle of De Hoge Veluwe National Park hangs one of the world's largest Van Gogh collections. Pair the museum with its sculpture garden and a bike ride through the park.
Route by public transport ↗Villa Hartenstein, once the headquarters of the British airborne troops, now houses the Airborne Museum. The Airborne Cemetery is close by.
Route by public transport ↗The oldest city in the Netherlands, with Roman finds in the Valkhof Museum and a long quay along the Waal.
Route by public transport ↗Travel times are indicative. Live times on 9292.nl ↗.
Arnhem has hotels for every budget, from a characterful hotel on the edge of the woods to a simple room near the station. From Arnhem Centraal you are soon in Nijmegen, Oosterbeek or out on the Veluwe, and the train to Utrecht takes approx. 35 minutes. Head out during the day and be back in the evening for dinner in town.
Restaurants, shops and hotels near the museums, picked for museum visitors.