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Kleve
Town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Kleve

Kleve is a town in the Lower Rhine region of northwestern Germany near the Dutch border and the River Rhine.

Plan a trip to Kleve→From Düsseldorf

From the 11th century onwards, Cleves was capital of a county and later a duchy. Today, Cleves is the capital of the district of Kleve in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The city is home to one of the campuses of the Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences.

Get in

Getting to Kleve

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    Weeze/Niederrhein Airport

    The nearest airport, is mostly used by low-cost carriers like Ryanair.

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    Kleve

    It is served by regional trains to/from Düsseldorf via Krefeld every half hour.

See

Worth seeing

Kleve stands out with its extensive parks and gardens, dating back to the Baroque era. They were created during the governorship of Johann Moritz of Nassau-Siegen by the Dutch landscape gardener Jacob van Campen, starting in 1647. At the era, they enjoyed Europe-wide fame and were used as a model for other famous parks, including the gardens of Potsdam. The most original part is the

Do

Things to do

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    XOX-Theater
Eat

Where to eat

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    Akropolis

    Gruftstrasse 26,.

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