8 notable places within an hour's 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.
17 km · about 20 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.
19 km · about 20 min drive
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.
30 km · about 35 min drive
cathedral
Dom Tower of Utrecht
The Netherlands' tallest church tower at 112 metres, standing detached from its cathedral in central Utrecht.
31 km · about 35 min drive
photogenic
Posbank
Rolling heathland hills of Veluwezoom National Park reached by a scenic drive up the Beekhuizenseweg, in late August the moors turn purple, and misty sunrises here are the most photographed in the Netherlands.
31 km · about 35 min drive
landmark
Walibi Holland
Dutch thrill park near Amsterdam known for intense roller coasters and a fun Halloween Fright Nights event.
33 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
castle
Kasteel de Haar
The Netherlands' largest castle, a turreted neo-Gothic fairytale with moats and formal gardens near Utrecht.
41 km · about 45 min drive