Holiday apartment in Apeldoorn: culture, nature and cycling experiences

Apeldoorn combines impressive cultural sites with nature experiences and routes that make a variety of holiday days possible. If you are looking for a holiday apartment in Apeldoorn, you can choose your accommodation based on the combination you want of palace history, art, family experiences, walks, regional products and cycling tours. This gives the city a variety of opportunities to discover something new together.

Culture between palace, church and museum

Paleis Het Loo was the former summer residence of the Dutch stadtholders and royal family and has served as a museum since 1984. It is the largest authentic 17th-century palace of the House of Orange-Nassau. The gardens are particularly distinctive: they are the only reconstruction of a Baroque garden in the Netherlands. They include the Koningssprong fountain, which sprays water more than 13 metres high.

The CODA Museum also makes its own distinctive cultural contribution. There, you can see changing exhibitions featuring modern visual art, contemporary fashion and jewellery by female and male artists and designers, as well as art on and made from paper. The present-day Grote Kerk was built in 1892 and is recognised as a Rijksmonument. It is used for weekly Sunday services and organ concerts.

Theater en Congres Orpheus offers event spaces for theatre, concerts, congresses and events. Theater Orpheus opened in 1965 and adds another distinctive venue to Apeldoorn's cultural diversity.

Nature and family-friendly discoveries

At Apenheul, visitors can discover 34 species of monkey with a free search map. Bus route 1 travels from Apeldoorn railway station to the Apenheul bus stop in 15 minutes. This makes the visit a practical option for a day focused on observing and playfully discovering things together.

Berg & Bos city park has an extensive network of walking paths suitable for short circular walks and longer routes. The observation tower in Berg & Bos city park is 26 metres high and offers views across the park and the surrounding area of Apeldoorn. This allows you to combine peaceful walks with a special viewpoint.

Cycling through Apeldoorn and the region

The Makersroute is a cycling loop through Apeldoorn and Voorst and includes encounters with craftspeople. A different perspective is offered by the 18-kilometre “Natuurlijk Buitenkunst” cycling audio tour. It tells the stories behind 14 works of art in public spaces and combines exercise with cultural discoveries.

The Culinaire Fietsroute passes craft shops and farms where regional products can be bought. A detour at junction 51 leads to Koninginnelaan in Apeldoorn. There, various shops sell regional products from Apeldoorn and handmade goods. This variety may play a role in planning your accommodation if you want to combine culture, nature, active days and regional impressions in one stay.

Accommodation to suit your holiday days

A holiday apartment in Apeldoorn is particularly suitable for your plans if you want to arrange your days flexibly between a museum, a family experience, a walk, a concert and a cycling tour. Shorter and longer routes on the network of walking paths, as well as cycling routes with different focuses, offer a range of daily rhythms. This allows you to better weigh up whether cultural discoveries, nature or active excursions should have the most important place in your travel plans when choosing your accommodation.

More places for planning your trip: Nieuw-Milligen, Ugchelen, Beekbergen, Loenen, Beemte Broekland, Hoog-Soeren, Uddel and Hoenderloo.

To the higher-level travel overview: Apeldoorn.