My husband and I recently visited Apeldoorn, which is a Dutch city about 90 kilometers east of Amsterdam, and the Kröller-Müller Museum in De Hoge Veluwe (a national park near Apeldoorn).
We had a fantastic time staying at the very charming
Hotel Abbekerk in Apeldoorn, seeing a symphony orchestra perform the Lord of the Rings soundtrack in Apeldoorn's Grote Kerk, and visiting the
Kröller-Müller Museum with its large collection of works by Vincent van Gogh and extensive sculpture garden.
As usual, we found it very easy to get to and from Apeldoorn and to and from De Hoge Veluwe and Kröller-Müller Museum, thanks to the excellent transit system. Apeldoorn is less than 2 hours by train from Groningen, and the city center is a very short walk from Apeldoorn's train station. From the Apeldoorn station, one can take Bus Line 400 (direct on weekends) to the Kröller-Müller Museum in just under half an hour.
Here are some photos from our trip:
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| Hotel Abbekerk |
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| Apeldoorn's Grote Kerk at night |
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| The New Romanian Symphonic Orchestra in Apeldoorn's Grote Kerk |
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| Visiting Oranjepark, one of Apeldoorn's beautiful parks |
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| Meneer Jacques by Oswald Wenckebach, greets visitors at the entrance to the Kröller-Müller Museum |
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| The entrance to the Kröller-Müller Museum |
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Before venturing out into the sculpture garden, we enjoyed a light lunch from the museum restaurant, Mr. Jacques,
which had several organic and vegetarian items on the menu. |
Just a few photos from the museum's huge (25 hectare) sculpture garden. We could have spent an entire day in the sculpture garden, if not for the rain.
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| The Kröller-Müller Museum, as seen from its 25-hectare sculpture garden |
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| Echo van de Veluwe by Chris Booth |
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| Concetto spaziale "Natura" by Lucio Fontana |
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| Jardin d'émail by Jean Dubuffet |
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