Amersfoort
Amersfoort is a city and municipality in the Utrecht province of the Netherlands.
Amersfoort is a city and municipality in the Utrecht province of the Netherlands. As of 31 January 2023, the municipality had a population of 160,902, making it the second-largest of the province and fifteenth-largest of the country. Amersfoort is also one of the largest Dutch railway junctions with its three stations—Amersfoort Centraal, Schothorst and Vathorst—due to its location on two of the Netherlands' main east to west and north to south railway lines. The city was used during the 1928 Summer Olympics as a venue for the modern pentathlon events. Amersfoort marked its 750th anniversary as a city in 2009.
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Worth seeing in and around Amersfoort
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Soestdijk Palace
Soestdijk Palace suzˈdɛik]) is a palace formerly belonging to the Dutch royal family. It consists of a central block and two wings.
8.6 km · palace · Wikipedia - 02The Mondriaan House
The Mondriaan House is a museum in Amersfoort, the Netherlands, in the house where Piet Mondriaan was born in 1872. The museum building also includes the structure of the Christian primary school, where Mondrian's father served as the headmaster.
700 m · museum in Amersfoort, the Netherlands · Wikipedia - 03Nationaal Militair Museum
The Nationaal Militair Museum is a military museum in Soesterberg, Netherlands. It focuses on the history of the Dutch Armed Forces with emphasis on the Royal Netherlands Army and the Royal Netherlands Air Force.
7.6 km · museum in Soest, the Netherlands · Wikipedia - 04DierenPark Amersfoort
DierenPark Amersfoort is a 20-hectare zoo located on the West side of Amersfoort, in the province of Utrecht, on the edge of the Birkhoven forest, in the Netherlands.
2.6 km · zoo in Amersfoort, Netherlands · Wikipedia - 05Tower of Our Lady
The Onze-Lieve-Vrouwetoren ]; "Tower of Our Lady"), nicknamed Lange Jan, is a church tower in Amersfoort. The Late Gothic building is 98.33 metres tall and reaches high above the inner city.
600 m · late gothic church tower in Amersfoort · Wikipedia - 06Dutch Cavalry Museum
The Dutch Cavalry Museum is located in the centre of the Netherlands in the city of Amersfoort. The museum is hosted in two large buildings at the Bernhardkazerne army barracks.
2.1 km · museum in Amersfoort, the Netherlands · Wikipedia - 07Rusthof cemetery
Rusthof cemetery is located at the Dodeweg 31 in Leusden, the Netherlands. It is the largest cemetery that services the nearby town of Amersfoort.
2.4 km · cemetery in Leusden, Utrecht, Netherlands · Wikipedia - 08Museum Amersfoort
Museum Flehite is the historical museum of Amersfoort and Eemland in the Netherlands. The museum was founded in 1880 by the "Oudheidkundige Vereniging Flehite".
900 m · museum in Amersfoort, Netherlands · Wikipedia - 09De Flint
Flint, formerly De Flint, is a theatre in the centre of Amersfoort, Netherlands built in 1977. It was designed by Onno Greiner.
1.2 km · theatre in Amersfoort, Netherlands · Wikipedia - 10Eemhuis
Culture House Eemhuis is a culture house in Amersfoort, Netherlands was designed by Michiel Riedijk in 2013. The building houses cultural organizations including: a library, institutes of education, a school for arts, and spaces for art exhibition.
1 km · building in Amersfoort · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
The roughly circular historic centre is the main attraction of Amersfoort. The Eem river runs diagonally through the old city, south-east to northwest, from the Monnickendam to the Koppelpoort. It is crossed at right angles by the Langestraat, part of the old highway from Utrecht to Zwolle, and still the main street.
- 01Mondriaanhuis
Situated in the house of birth of the famous artist Piet Mondriaan, this museum is completely dedicated to his work and includes a reconstruction of his 1920s Paris studio.
- 02Museum Flehite
Housed in buildings dating back to around 1540 the Museum Flehite hosts art exhibitions and artefacts that reflect the history of Amersfoort.
- 03Kunsthal KAdE
Organises exhibitions of (modern) art, architecture, design and contemporary culture.
- 04Cavaleriemuseum
Barchman Wuytierslaan 198, info@cavaleriemuseum.nl.
- 05Onze Lieve Vrouwetoren
- 06Koppelpoort
Probably the best preserved city gate in the Netherlands.
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Things to do
- 01Amersfoort Zoo
- 02Waterlijn
You can hire a boat or join one of the tours on the canals, waterways and rivers of Amersfoort.
- 03Park Randenbroek
The park has a wide diversity of trees, plants and animals, including a colony of herons.
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Where to eat
Amersfoort hosts dozens of restaurants, many located in the main shopping areas. Many styles of food are represented, including stylish haute-cuisine, down-to-earth bistros, and 'foreign' cuisine such as American, Greek, Italian, Indian, Japanese, Mexican, and Thai food. Some examples include: Restaurant Voor Iedereen, Bloemendalsestraat 5,. Tasty food, great value for money.
- 01Dara
Nice Moroccan restaurant with outdoor seating.
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Getting to Amersfoort
- Airports
- Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS), 46 km · Rotterdam The Hague (RTM), 68 km · Eindhoven (EIN), 78 km
- Stations
- Amersfoort Central railway station, 800 m · Den Dolder railway station, 9.7 km · Baarn railway station, 9.5 km · Maarn railway station, 9.6 km · Amersfoort Schothorst railway station, 3.1 km
- Amsterdam → Amersfoort42 km · quickest by road, 1h 17m · €6–8
- Rotterdam → Amersfoort67 km · quickest by road, 1h 43m · €9–12
- Eindhoven → Amersfoort80 km · quickest by road, 2h 12m · €11–15
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Amersfoort is 19 km from Utrecht, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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