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Wijchen

Wijchen is a municipality and a collection of towns in the province of Gelderland, in the eastern part of the Netherlands.

Wijchen
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The place

Wijchen is a municipality and a collection of towns in the province of Gelderland, in the eastern part of the Netherlands.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Wijchen

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.

  1. 01
    Radboud University

    Radboud University is a public research university located in Nijmegen, Netherlands. RU has seven faculties and more than 24,000 students.

    9.3 km · public research university in Nijmegen, Netherlands · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Stadion de Goffert

    The Goffertstadion, formerly known as McDOS Goffertstadion for sponsorship reasons, is a football stadium in Nijmegen, Netherlands, located in the Goffertpark. It is home to the football club NEC. The stadium was opened on 8 July 1939 by Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands.

    7.5 km · football stadium in Nijmegen, the Netherlands · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Maas–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.

    6 km · canal · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Batenburg Castle

    Batenburg Castle is located in the village of Batenburg, in the Gelderland province in the Netherlands. It is thought that the castle began construction in 1300.

    7.5 km · castle in Gelderland, Netherlands · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Kronenburger 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.

    10 km · The Kronenburger park in Nijmegen, the Netherlands · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Hernen Castle

    Hernen Castle is a Dutch castle from the 14th century. It is a well-preserved medieval castle in the province of Gelderland in the Netherlands.

    5.5 km · museum in Hernen, the Netherlands · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    HAN University of Applied Sciences

    The HAN University of Applied Sciences, mostly referred to as HAN, is one of the largest universities of applied sciences in the Netherlands. It offers bachelor's and master's degree programs to over 35,000 students.

    9.5 km · vocational university of applied sciences in the Netherlands · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    De 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.

    9.8 km · bridge in Nijmegen, the Netherlands · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    John S. Thompsonbrug

    The John S. Thompsonbrug is a bridge over the Maas River between Grave and Nederasselt in the Netherlands.

    3.4 km · bridge in North Brabant, the Netherlands · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Concertgebouw de Vereeniging

    Concertgebouw de Vereeniging is a concert hall located in Nijmegen, Netherlands. The facility officially opened in 1915 and is built in a mixture of Art Nouveau and Art Deco styles.

    9.9 km · concert hall in Nijmegen, Netherlands · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

See

What Wikivoyage says to see

  1. 01
    Wijchen Castle

From Wikivoyage: Wijchen, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Do

Things to do

  1. 01
    BurgGolf Wijchen
  2. 02
    Paintball Boerderij

From Wikivoyage: Wijchen, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Eat

Where to eat

  1. 01
    Prikkers

    Marktpromenade 14, NL-6602 HR Wijchen, info@prikkers.nl.

  2. 02
    De Heksenkeuken

    Graafseweg 576, NL-6603 CL Wijchen, info@deheksenkeuken.nl.

  3. 03
    Difference
  4. 04
    Zaal 4

    Markt 4, NL-6602 AM Wijchen, info@zaal4.nl.

  5. 05
    Meneer Smit Wijchen

    Oude Klapstraat 78, NL-6602 AG Wijchen, info@meneersmitwijchen.nl.

From Wikivoyage: Wijchen, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Go there

Getting to Wijchen

Airports
Weeze (Niederrhein) (NRN), 36 km · Eindhoven (EIN), 46 km · Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS), 87 km
Stations
Nijmegen railway station, 9.5 km · Nijmegen Heyendaal railway station, 9.7 km · Nijmegen Dukenburg railway station, 5 km · Wijchen railway station, 1.3 km · Nijmegen Goffert railway station, 6.9 km
  • Eindhoven → Wijchen
    44 km · quickest by road, 1h 8m · €6–8
  • Amsterdam → Wijchen
    85 km · quickest by road, 2h 26m · €12–16
  • Rotterdam → Wijchen
    86 km · quickest by road, 2h 8m · €11–15
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Wijchen

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 Wijchen. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inRavenstein has a marina along the Maasdijk, located by the ferry crossing between Ravenstein and Niftrik.

From Wikivoyage: Ravenstein, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    VlielandNL

    10 ways of moving, 47 sources

    172 km
  2. 02
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    505 km
  3. 03
    Helsingborg and the Öresund crossingSE

    6 ways of moving, 13 sources

    656 km
  4. 04
    ZermattCH

    8 ways of moving, 26 sources

    659 km
  5. 05
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    723 km

If you know how people move in Wijchen – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Wijchen

Wijchen is 53 km from Utrecht, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Beuningenmunicipality in Gelderland, Netherlands7.8 km
  • Heumenmunicipality in Gelderland, the Netherlands8.5 km
  • Ravensteintown in North Brabant, the Netherlands5.6 km
  • Ewijkvillage in Beuningen, Netherlands9.5 km
  • Overasseltvillage in Heumen, Netherlands5.8 km
  • Batenburgvillage in Wijchen, Netherlands7.7 km