museum
Rietveld Schröder House
Gerrit Rietveld's radical 1924 Utrecht house, the purest built statement of De Stijl with its sliding walls and Mondrian palette: UNESCO-listed and visitable on pre-booked tours.
23 km · about 25 min drive
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Amerongen
Utrecht, Netherlands · Europe
About Amerongen
Amerongen works well as a base: 10 minutes from Overberg, 28km from Hoge Veluwe National Park.
Amerongen is in Utrecht, Netherlands, with about 5,100 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Overberg, about 5 km away.
Amerongen (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈaːmərɔŋə(n)] ) is a town in the municipality of Utrechtse Heuvelrug in the province of Utrecht, Netherlands, on the border of the Utrecht Hill Ridge. It lies about 7 km (4.3 mi) southwest of Veenendaal (10.5 km or 6.5 mi by road).
The landscape rises from the flat water meadows of theRead more
Nederrijn (Lower Rhine) to the Utrecht Hill Ridge ("Utrechtse Heuvelrug"). The highest point in the western Netherlands is located 2 km east of the village. The Amerongense Berg (Amerongen Mountain) has a height of 69 metres above sea level.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Amerongen?
Within an hour or so of Amerongen: Rietveld Schröder House (23 km), Dom Tower of Utrecht (25 km), Kröller-Müller Museum (27 km), Hoge Veluwe National Park (28 km).
Are there any good drives near Amerongen?
The nearest famous roads are Houtribdijk, Brouwersdam and Afsluitdijk.
Where is Amerongen?
Amerongen is in Utrecht, Netherlands, about 5 km from Overberg.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 5,085
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Netherlands
- Region
- Utrecht
- Timezone
- Europe/Amsterdam
- Coordinates
- 52.0025, 5.4597
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Essential numbers in Netherlands
Watch for cyclists. They generally have priority.
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Worth the detour from Amerongen
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
cathedral
Dom Tower of Utrecht
The Netherlands' tallest church tower at 112 metres, standing detached from its cathedral in central Utrecht.
25 km · about 30 min drive
museum
Kröller-Müller Museum
Museum deep inside Hoge Veluwe National Park holding the world's second-largest Van Gogh collection plus a 25-hectare sculpture garden with Rodin, Moore and Dubuffet; free white bicycles carry you there through the park.
27 km · about 30 min drive
national park
Hoge Veluwe National Park
Cycle free white bikes across heath, dune and forest to the Kröller-Müller museum's Van Goghs in this vast wild park.
28 km · about 30 min drive
castle
Kasteel de Haar
The Netherlands' largest castle, a turreted neo-Gothic fairytale with moats and formal gardens near Utrecht.
35 km · about 40 min drive
cathedral
Sint-Janskathedraal
The Netherlands' finest Gothic cathedral bristles with grotesque flying-buttress carvings in Hieronymus Bosch's home city.
36 km · about 40 min drive
cathedral
St. John's Cathedral, 's-Hertogenbosch
Brabantine Gothic cathedral in 's-Hertogenbosch, noted for hundreds of stone figures straddling its flying buttresses.
37 km · about 40 min drive
landmark
Naarden-Vesting
The best-preserved star fortification town in Europe, a double-moated six-pointed star of 17th-century ramparts enclosing a grid of gabled streets, 25 minutes from Amsterdam yet ignored by most itineraries.
38 km · about 45 min drive
Driving roads near Amerongen
3 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 150km.
- 67 kmErasmusbrugRotterdam's swan-necked cable-stayed bridge soars over the Maas, a striking modern icon glowing over the river at night.
- 70 kmHoutribdijkA 26 km dike road (N302) running straight across the water between Enkhuizen and Lelystad, splitting the IJsselmeer from the Markermeer with sea views on both sides.
Driving in Netherlands
- Drives on
- the right
- Petrol
- ~€2.04/litre
- Motorway tolls
- None
When to drive here
April to October
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