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Westervoort
Municipality in Gelderland, Netherlands

Westervoort

Westervoort is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands.

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The town has two rivers inside its borders, the Rhine and the IJssel. It is a commuter town closely linked to Arnhem, the capital of Gelderland, which is situated on the west bank of the IJssel river, the east bank being occupied by Westervoort. It is the smallest Dutch municipality by area.

Get in

Getting to Westervoort

The north of the Liemers can be easily visited by car. The highway A12 runs straight through the middle of the region, and the A18 starts in the region. As mentioned above, Duiven, Westervoort and Zevenaar are located directly along the A12. 's-Heerenberg can best be reached by following the A12 into Germany, where it becomes Autobahn 3, and using exit 3 (Emmerich).

  1. 01
    Westervoort
  2. 02
    Wehl

    At several of these stations you are able to rent a bike (OV-Fiets) or take a bus to get to your destination.

See

Worth seeing

  1. 01
    De Boetselaersborg

    Het Kattenburg 6, NL-7041 AS 's-Heerenberg.

  2. 02
    Kasteel de Kemnade

    De Kemnade 1, NL-7048 AC Wijnbergen, dekemnade@gmail.com.

  3. 03
    Huize de Byvanck

    The Byvanck is a non-accessible, privately owned castle.

  4. 04
    Kasteel Huis Bergh
  5. 05
    Muntwal
  6. 06
    Bergh

    Marktstraat, NL-7041 AH 's-Heerenberg, info@erfgoedbergh.nl.

Do

Things to do

  1. 01
    Kartbaan Duiven

    It offers an indoor track with many sharp corners and a difference in elevation, as both the ground floor and first floor are part of the track.

  2. 02
    Rhederlaag

    Rhederlaag is a recreational water between Giesbeek and the river IJssel.

  3. 03
    Stroombroek

    Stroombroek is a lake created after the area was drained for sand needed for the construction of the A18.

  4. 04
    De Nevelhorst

    Nevelhorstpad 2, NL-6941 Didam.

Eat

Where to eat

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    Restaurant Vlees en Vis

    Kerkweg 2, NL-6905 AW Zevenaar,.

  2. 02
    Ask de Chef Zevenaar

    Grietsestraat 51, NL-6901 GS Zevenaar,.

  3. 03
    Restaurant de Revolutie

    4 't Raedthuys, Rijksweg 51, NL-6921 AC Duiven,.

  4. 04
    Pannenkoekenhuis de Snippenhof

    6 Pizza/Steak/Shoarma Hollywood, Dorpstraat 65, NL-6931 BD Westervoort,.

  5. 05
    Juffrouw Tok

    Tolweg 9, NL-6942 HX Didam,.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.