Zeist

Worth seeing in and around Zeist

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
   Utrecht University

   Utrecht University is a public research university in Utrecht, Netherlands. Established 26 March 1636, it is one of the oldest universities in the Netherlands.

   4 km · university in the Netherlands · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Rietveld Schröder House

   The Rietveld Schröder House in Utrecht was built in 1924 by Dutch architect Gerrit Rietveld for Mrs. Truus Schröder-Schräder and her three children.

   5.9 km · house in the Dutch city of Utrecht built in 1924 by Gerrit Rietveld · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute

   The Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute is the Dutch national weather forecasting service, which has its headquarters in De Bilt, in the province of Utrecht, central Netherlands. The primary tasks of KNMI are weather forecasting, monitoring of climate changes and monitoring seismic activity.

   4 km · research institute · Wikipedia
4. 04
   University College Utrecht

   University College Utrecht provides English-language Liberal Arts and Sciences undergraduate education. Founded in 1998, as the first university college in the Netherlands, it is part of Utrecht University.

   5.9 km · university college in Utrecht, the Netherlands · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Dutch Water Defence Lines

   The Dutch Water Defence lines is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Netherlands comprising the New Dutch Waterline and Stelling van Amsterdam. The Stelling van Amsterdam was added as a World Heritage Site in 1996, and was extended in 2021 with the New Dutch Waterline in 2021.

   5.7 km · World Heritage site in the Netherlands · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Nationaal 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.

   5.4 km · museum in Soest, the Netherlands · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Sportpark Maarschalkerweerd

   Sportpark Maarschalkerweerd is a cricket ground in Utrecht, Netherlands. The first recorded cricket match on the ground came in 1967 when the Netherlands Women's Cricket Board XI played the Women's Cricket Association.

   5.8 km · Cricket ground · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Utrecht University Botanic Gardens

   The Utrecht University Botanic Gardens have consisted of two locations since 1987: the main Botanical Garden Fort Hoofddijk ) in De Uithof, Utrecht, and the Von Gimborn Arboretum ) in nearby Doorn. Both locations are open to the public.

   4.1 km · Botanical gardens of Utrecht University, the Netherlands · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Westerdijk Institute

   The Westerdijk Institute, or Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, is part of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. The institute was renamed on 10 February 2017, after Johanna Westerdijk, the first female professor in the Netherlands and director of the institute from 1907 to 1958.

   3.8 km · Dutch mycology research institute · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Freudenthal Institute

    The Freudenthal Institute is a research institute, part of the Faculty of Science of Utrecht University in the Netherlands. The FI aims to improve education in science and mathematics by means of education research and valorisation.

    4.6 km · research institute · 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.

What Wikivoyage says to see

1. 01
   Pyramid of Austerlitz

   Zeisterweg 98, Woudenberg (follow the N224 out of town, after about 5 km, the road to the Pyramid will appear to your left), info@landschaperfgoedutrecht.nl.

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

Where to eat

1. 01
   HFSLG

   Vossenlaan 28, Bosch en Duin, info@hfslg.nl.

2. 02
   De Egelantier

   Dolderseweg 146, Den Dolder,.

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

Getting to Zeist

Airports

Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS), 40 km · Rotterdam The Hague (RTM), 56 km · Eindhoven (EIN), 72 km

Stations

Driebergen-Zeist railway station, 3.4 km · Bunnik railway station, 4.1 km · Den Dolder railway station, 5.5 km · Bilthoven railway station, 4.8 km

• Amsterdam → Zeist

  39 km · quickest by road, 1h 22m · €5–7
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• Rotterdam → Zeist

  55 km · quickest by road, 1h 23m · €7–10
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• Eindhoven → Zeist

  74 km · quickest by road, 1h 52m · €9–13
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