Deventer
Deventer is a city and municipality in the Salland historical region of the province of Overijssel, Netherlands.
Deventer is a city and municipality in the Salland historical region of the province of Overijssel, Netherlands. In 2026 the municipality of Deventer had a population of 105,111. The city is largely situated on the east bank of the river IJssel, but it also has a small part of its territory on the west bank. In 2005 the municipality of Bathmen was merged with Deventer as part of a national effort to reduce bureaucracy in the country.
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Worth seeing in and around Deventer
5 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.
- 01De Adelaarshorst
De Adelaarshorst is a multi-use stadium in Deventer, Netherlands. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Go Ahead Eagles.
1.9 km · football stadium · Wikipedia - 02Lebuinuskerk
The Great Church or St. Lebuinus Church is the main church building of the Dutch city of Deventer, Netherlands.
400 m · Dutch protestant church in Deventer · Wikipedia - 03Sion Abbey
Sion Abbey was a Trappist monastery in Diepenveen, Overijssel, Netherlands, in the Diocese of Utrecht.
7.1 km · Dutch monastery · Wikipedia - 04St Nicholas Church
The Mountain Church or Saint Nicholas Church is a former place of worship in Deventer, Overijssel. This Romanesque basilica was built around 1209 and consecrated to Saint Nicholas.
900 m · church building in Deventer, the Netherlands · Wikipedia - 05Museum MORE
Museum MORE is a Dutch museum in Gorssel, Netherlands. Museum MORE is dedicated to Dutch Neorealism.
6.6 km · art museum in the Netherlands · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
The oldest part of the town, just south of the railway station, still contains many medieval buildings. Just walking around the compact centre, there will be plenty to look at. The
- 01Brink is
- 02Bergkerk
- 03Saint Lebuïnus Church
The main church of Deventer, built in Gothic style.
- 04Waag
- 05Toy Museum
Located in two late-medieval storehouses, this museum features some 13.000 items of toys used in the Netherlands, from dolls to trains to mechanical and optical toys to board games.
- 06Geert Groote Huis
Lamme van Dieseplein 4.
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Things to do
Go up the bell tower in the Lebuinus-church for some amazing views as well as the bullet holes in the walls outside. Take a walk on the river promenade, if it's not high tide. The park at
- 01De Worp
- 02De Scheg
Piet van Donkplein 1 (Directly south of the railway outside of Deventer Colmschate station.),.
- 03Dickens Festival
The last weekend before Christmas, the annual Charles Dickens festival brings some 120,000 visitors to Deventer's Bergkwartier.
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Where to eat
The city's most famous foodstuff is "Deventer Koek", which can be bought in the Koekhuisje (Cake House) at Brink 84, which is easily identified by its two Royal Denominations, featured on the north wall of the building. The company producing the cakes, Jb. Bussink, has been doing so since 1593, and has served many prominent guests over its lifetime.
- 01Deventer Koekwinkel
- 02Chez Antoinette
- 03Le Thai Cuisine
Those with a taste for Asian food return time and again to this local favourite.
- 04Theater Restaurant Bouwkunde
The floor above is a theatre, but the cozy downstairs restaurant serves non-theatre guests as well.
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Getting to Deventer
- Airports
- Weeze (Niederrhein) (NRN), 72 km · Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS), 95 km · Groningen Eelde (GRQ), 101 km
- Stations
- Deventer node and railway station, 1.1 km · Teuge Airfield, 7.1 km · Klarenbeek railway station, 9.2 km · Deventer Colmschate railway station, 4.4 km · Olst railway station, 9.7 km
- Amsterdam → Deventer88 km · quickest by road, 2h 14m · €11–15
- Groningen → Deventer111 km · quickest by road, 2h 35m · €13–18
- Eindhoven → Deventer102 km · quickest by road, 2h 23m · €12–17
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No local-transport research exists yet for Deventer
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 Deventer. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundThe ferry ride offers some nice views over town and makes it possible to park without charge at the Worp (which is on the other side of the river).
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Next door to Deventer
- Olst-Wijhemunicipality in the Netherlands9.9 km
- Voorstmunicipality of the Netherlands, province of Gelderland4.9 km
- Gorsselvillage in Lochem, Netherlands6.5 km
- Diepenveenvillage in Deventer, Netherlands4.4 km
- Twellovillage in Voorst, Netherlands3.7 km
- Teugevillage in Voorst, Netherlands7 km