Bemmel
Bemmel is a town in the eastern Netherlands, in the province of Gelderland.

Bemmel is a town in the eastern Netherlands, in the province of Gelderland. It is located in the Betuwe region, and falls under the municipality of Lingewaard. The town is situated between the major cities of Arnhem and Nijmegen, and is bordered by the Waal river in the south. Bemmel has a population of 12,161.
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Worth seeing in and around Bemmel
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.
- 01Maas–Waal Canal
The Maas–Waal Canal is a canal in the Netherlands that connects the river Meuse to the river Waal. The channel is about 13.5 kilometres long and runs from Weurt to the south and ends at Heumen.
5.7 km · canal · Wikipedia - 02Velorama
The Velorama is the only bicycle museum in the Netherlands. It is located along the Waal River in the city of Nijmegen.
5.1 km · museum in the Netherlands · Wikipedia - 03Museum Het Valkhof
The Valkhof Museum is an archaeology and art museum in Nijmegen, Netherlands. The museum has existed since 1999, created as a merger between the G. M. Kam museum of archaeology and the Commanderie van St.
5.3 km · archeological and art museum in Nijmegen, Netherlands · Wikipedia - 04Kronenburger park
The Kronenburgerpark is a park in the center of Nijmegen, the Netherlands. It is close to the Central Railway Station and the Lange Hezelstraat.
5.7 km · The Kronenburger park in Nijmegen, the Netherlands · Wikipedia - 05Nijmegen railway bridge
The Nijmegen railway bridge is a truss bridge spanning the River Waal in the Netherlands, connecting the city of Nijmegen to the town of Lent.
5.1 km · bridge in Netherlands · Wikipedia - 06De Kinkelenburg
Kinkelenburg Castle is a castle in Bemmel, north of Nijmegen, in the municipality of Lingewaard in the Dutch province of Gelderland.
200 m · castle in the Netherlands · Wikipedia - 07St Steven's Church
The Great Church or St. Stephen's Church colloquially called Steven's Church, is the oldest and largest church in Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
5.4 km · Protestant church in Nijmegen, The Netherlands · Wikipedia - 08De Oversteek
De Oversteek, also called Stadsbrug, is a road bridge over the river Waal in the Netherlands. Opened in 2013, it is situated immediately to the west of Nijmegen city centre.
5.3 km · bridge in Nijmegen, the Netherlands · Wikipedia - 09Poelwijk
Poelwijk Castle is an estate and former castle located to the south of the town of Gendt, part of the municipality of Lingewaard in the Dutch province of Gelderland. The moat and a residential tower of the castle have been preserved.
5.3 km · monumental building · Wikipedia - 10Lindenberg Nijmegen Culture House
The Lindenberg Nijmegen Culture House, founded in 1972, was a project opened by the Netherlands Minister of Culture, Piet Engels. It is a cultural house in Nijmegen, Netherlands, on the Ridderstraat next to the Valkhof Museum.
5.2 km · theatre building in Nijmegen, Netherlands · Wikipedia
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Getting to Bemmel
- Airports
- Weeze (Niederrhein) (NRN), 36 km · Eindhoven (EIN), 61 km · Düsseldorf (DUS), 90 km
- Stations
- Elst railway station, 3.9 km · Nijmegen Lent railway station, 3.9 km
- Eindhoven → Bemmel58 km · quickest by road, 1h 30m · €8–11
- Amsterdam → Bemmel87 km · quickest by road, 2h 22m · €11–15
- Rotterdam → Bemmel97 km · quickest by road, 2h 9m · €11–15
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Bemmel
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Bemmel. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inNijmegen is probably one of the easiest places in the Netherlands to hitch from.
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Next door to Bemmel
Bemmel is 57 km from Utrecht, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Nijmegenmunicipality in Gelderland, Netherlands5.4 km
- Overbetuwemunicipality in Gelderland, the Netherlands4.2 km
- Lingewaardmunicipality in Gelderland, Netherlands1 km
- Huissentown in Lingewaard, Netherlands5.3 km
- Elstvillage in Overbetuwe, Netherlands4.8 km
- Gendttown in Lingewaard, Netherlands5.5 km