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344  NOR THERN AND EASTERN NE THERLANDS

w Arnhem
Road Map D3. * 136,500. £ @
n Stationsplein 13 (0481-366250).
( Fri, Sat (Kerkplein).
Arnhem, the capital of the
province of Gelderland, was
declared the centre of the
regional government back in
1544 by Charles V. In September
1944, the town suffered serious
damage in the Battle of Arnhem,
one of the most notorious
battles of World War II. All the
townspeople were forced to
abandon their homes and were Traditional houses in the Openluchtmuseum
not able to return until 1945,
when the war ended. Arnhem was almost totally destroyed also worth allowing time for a
rose again from the ashes and is during the war. The tower, at 93 visit to the Burgers’ Zoo (see
now sprucing itself up rapidly. m (305 ft), is now taller than it p426) and Openluchtmuseum
The monuments that have ever was and has a glass lift (open-air museum), where the
been restored include the which affords visitors a staff, dressed up in traditional
Eusebiuskerk from 1560, which stunning view of the Rhine costume, illustrate the rural
valley. The Duivelshuis, built in way of life, handicrafts and
1545 by Maarten van Rossum industry in the Netherlands of
(see p349), is an outstanding the 19th century.
example of Dutch Renaissance
architecture. Arnhem is also E Openluchtmuseum
known for its monumental Schelmseweg 89. Tel 026-3576111.
parks, such as the Sonsbeek, a Open Apr–Oct: 10am–5pm daily. &
romantic landscape park, and
Zypendaal. In Bronbeek, a Environs
home for ex-servicemen, there The Posbank at Rheden is an
Allied troops landing in Arnhem on 17 is an exhibition dedicated to example of the lateral moraine
September 1944 the former Dutch Indies. It is landscape of Veluwe.

Arnhem Town Openluchtmuseum,
Sonsbeek Park
Centre
Centraal Station JANSBUITENSINGEL
1 Koepelkerk JA N SBINNENSINGEL
2 Post Office GELE RIJDERS RHEDEN
PLEIN
3 Eusebiuskerk OSTERBEEK UTRECHTSESTR. Koepelkerk LOVIERSTR. STEENSTR.
4 Sabelspoort KOREN- JANSTRAAT Musis
5 Provinciehuis MARKT JA N SP L AATS Sacrum
6 Stadhuis N I E U W E PLE I N Post Office WALSTRAAT VELPER BI N NE NS IN GE L
7 Stadsschouwburg R I JN S T R A AT V I J Z ELS T R AAT
8 Musis Sacrum K O N I N G S T RA AT
ROERMONDS OEVERSTRAAT Stadsschouwburg
PLEIN WEVE R S T R A AT BA K K ERSTRAAT BEEK ST RAAT
Bibliotheek
KLEINE OORD
BROERENSTR.
KER KST RA AT
0 metres 200 Eusebiuskerk
WE ERD J E STR AAT
Nelson Mandela KERKPLEIN Stadhuis
L AN G ST R
N I EU WST R A AT A AT MARKT
0 yards 200 Brug Duivelshuis
RODENBURGSTRAAT
R I J N K A D E
N I J M E E G SEWE G
Sabelspoort
Provinciehuis
O R A N J E WA C H T STRAAT
L o w e r R h i n e
Burgers’ Zoo
John Frost
Brug
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