Amersfoort

Amersfoort

NL
Population145,699
Amersfoort is a city and municipality in the province of Utrecht, Netherlands. As of 31 January 2023, the municipality had a population of 160,902, making it the second-largest of the province and fifteenth-largest of the country. Amersfoort is also one of the largest Dutch railway junctions with its three stations—Amersfoort Centraal, Schothorst and Vathorst—due to its location on two of the Netherlands' main east to west and north to south railway lines. The city was used during the 1928 Summer Olympics as a venue for the modern pentathlon events. Amersfoort marked its 750th anniversary as a city in 2009.

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Nationaal Militair Museum

Nationaal Militair Museum

The Nationaal Militair Museum (NMM) is a military museum in Soesterberg, Netherlands. It focuses on the history of the Dutch …

Paleis Soestdijk

Paleis Soestdijk

Soestdijk Palace (Dutch: Paleis Soestdijk [paːˈlɛi(s) suzˈdɛik]) is a palace formerly belonging to the Dutch royal family. It consists of …

Onze Lieve Vrouwetoren

Onze Lieve Vrouwetoren

The Onze-Lieve-Vrouwetoren (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌɔnzə ˌlivə ˈvrʌu.əˌtoːrə(n)]; "Tower of Our Lady"), nicknamed Lange Jan ("Long John"), is a church tower …

Pyramide van Austerlitz

Pyramide van Austerlitz

The Pyramid of Austerlitz is a 36-metre-high pyramid of earth, built in 1804 by Napoleon's soldiers on one of the …

Museumbunker Grebbelinie

Museumbunker Grebbelinie

Nationaal Monument Kamp Amersfoort

Nationaal Monument Kamp Amersfoort

National Monument Kamp Amersfoort is a museum focusing on the 47,000 people who were imprisoned in Kamp Amersfoort during World …

Cavaleriemuseum

Cavaleriemuseum

The Dutch Cavalry Museum (Cavalriemuseum) is located in the centre of the Netherlands in the city of Amersfoort. The museum …

Mondriaanhuis

Mondriaanhuis

The Mondriaan House (Dutch: Mondriaanhuis, Museum voor Constructieve en Concrete Kunst) is a museum in Amersfoort, the Netherlands, in the …

Musiom

Musiom

Rietveldpaviljoen

Rietveldpaviljoen

Museum Flehite

Museum Flehite

Museum Flehite is the historical museum of Amersfoort and Eemland in the Netherlands. The museum was founded in 1880 by …

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