Apeldoorn, Netherlands Travel Guide

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Apeldoorn (map) is a city in Gelderland province, Netherlands. It covers 341.13 sq km (131.7 sq mi) and has a population of 152,000 (2011 estimate). The city includes smaller villages such as Beekbergen, Loenen and Hoenderloo within its urban area.

Guide to Apeldoorn Hotels

Here's a list of hotels in Apeldoorn that you can book online, with full description, star rating, address, location map, evaluation, and prices as offered by different booking sites. This helps you to make your room booking with the site that offers the best price.

Het Loo Palace, Apeldoorn
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More on Apeldoorn

The history of Apeldoorn goes back to AD 793, when it was known as Appoldro. The settlement was just a small village until the 17th century, when Stadtholder William III built his hunting lodge there, now known as Het Loo Palace. This brought Apeldoorn to the attention of the aristocracy and noblemen, who followed suit in setting up residence there.

Apeldoorn only began to develop with industrialization arrived in the 19th and early 20th century. This helped to grow its population. Today the city has a number of sights worth seeing.

Oranjepark, Apeldoorn
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Visiting Apeldoorn

You can reach Apeldoorn by taking the A1 motorway from Amsterdam.

Places of Interest in Apeldoorn

Apenheul
A zoo where visitors walk freely among different species of apes and monkeys.
Historisch Museum Apeldoorn
Museum that provides some background to the history of the city.

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Hello and thanks for visiting my Netherlands Travel Guide!

With great pleasure I want to welcome you to my website, created specially to showcase Netherlands. Let's go on an armchair journey of discovering the Netherlands. We shall explore the cities as well as the towns. We shall enjoy the beauty of the Dutch countryside as we explore the many villages in the country. And we'll do all that without leaving our desk. My Netherlands Travel Guide is just that, a celebration of all things Dutch. And if you're planning a trip to the Netherlands, get ideas from here on where to go and what to see.

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