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to Hattem’s eventful and town was moved well away
prosperous past. St Andreaskerk from the sea. The interesting
(St Andrew’s Church) is local history museum, the
particularly remarkable, its Gemeentemuseum, is in a
oldest part dating from 1176. 15th-century monastery.
The Anton Pieck Museum is
dedicated to the Dutch painter E Gemeentemuseum Elburg
and graphic artist Anton Jufferenstraat 6–8. Tel 0525-68
Pieck (1895–1987); it has 1341. Open 11am–5pm Tue–Sat.
been merged with the & 8
Voerman Museum, which
showcases the IJssel painter
Jan Voerman and his son,
who illustrated the famous
Stroking monkeys in Apenheul, a zoo Verkade card albums.
in the Berg en Bos nature park
E Anton Pieck Museum/
2 Apeldoorn Voerman Museum
Achterstraat 46–48. Tel 038-4442192 &
Road Map D3. * 152,000. £ @ 038-4442897. Open 10am–5pm Tue–
n Deventerstraat 18 (526-0200).
Sat (Jul & Aug also open 1–5pm Sun &
Apeldoorn is first mentioned Mon). Closed 1 Jan, 9–31 Jan, 30 Apr,
as Appoldro in 793, and for 25 Dec; Nov–Apr: Mon. & 7
centuries it was a small rural
town in the Veluwe. This was
changed by William III in 1692 4 Elburg
when he built his hunting Road Map D3. * 21,500. @ The Oudheidkamer at Nunspeet, a town
lodge Het Loo (see pp338–9) n Jufferenstraat 8 (0525-681520). in Gelderland province
here. Many wealthy burghers ( Tue.
followed William’s example 5 Nunspeet
and set themselves up in Elburg is the best-preserved Road Map D3. * 26,000. £ @
Apeldoorn. The engaging fortified town on the former n Stationsplein 1 (0341-274740).
Historisch Museum Apeldoorn Zuiderzee. The prosperity of this ( Thu am.
gives a good overview of the old town is illustrated in the
area’s history. 14th-century St Nicolaaskerk, Nunspeet is a good starting
The Apenheul Primate Park with its imposing Quellhorst point from which to explore the
is a special zoo situated in the organ. From the 38-m (125-ft) nearby wooded countryside.
Berg en Bos nature park, where tower you can clearly make Nunspeet’s history comes to
more than 30 species of monkeys out the medieval rectangular life in the Oudheidkamer. The
run free among the visitors. The street pattern. nearby Veluwemeer lake is a
gorillas live on wooded islands Beside the Vischpoort (fish popular watersports centre.
that separate them from both gate), a former defence tower,
the monkeys and visitors. is the oldest ropemaker’s Environs
workshop in Holland. Elburg Some 15 km (9 miles) south
O Apenheul Primate Park was once much nearer to the of Nonspeet is the idyllic
JC Wilslaan 21. Tel 055-3575757. coast, but in the late 14th Uddelermeer lake, a remnant
Open Apr–Oct: 10am–5pm; Jul–Aug: century the flood-plagued from the last Ice Age.
10am–6pm. & 7
3 Hattem
Road Map D3. * 12,000. @
( Wed pm.
The picturesque town of
Hattem (first mentioned in 891)
was granted its town charter
as early as 1299, joining the
Hanseatic League in the 15th
century. Its monumental
buildings, such as the house
of Herman Willem Daendals,
later the governor-general of
the Dutch Indies, bear witness The pleasant market square of Hattem, with its 17th-century town hall
For hotels and restaurants in this region see pp400–401 and p414

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