Veluwemeer
The Veluwemeer or Lake Veluwe is a bordering lake in the Netherlands, between the provinces of Flevoland on the west side and Gelderland on the east side.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in Harderwijk, Gelderland, Netherlands
- Also known as: “Lake Veluwe” and “Valuwe Lake”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Walibi Holland and Goliath.
Walibi Holland
Theme park
Photo: SGeerlings, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dronten is one of the six municipalities making up the province of Flevoland in the Netherlands. It encompasses the namesake town and two villages, Swifterbant and Biddinghuizen, as well as vast expanses of agricultural fields and plains left to nature. Walibi Holland is situated 3½ km north of Veluwemeer.
Goliath
Roller coaster
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Goliath is a steel roller coaster located at the Walibi Holland theme park in Biddinghuizen, Dronten in the Netherlands. It was described as "the fastest, highest and longest coaster in the Benelux", since 2021 both these records belong to Kondaa in Walibi Belgium. Goliath is situated 3½ km north of Veluwemeer.
Xpress: Platform 13
Roller coaster
Photo: Tomvandenberg97, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Xpress: Platform 13 is a steel roller coaster at Walibi Holland in Biddinghuizen, Netherlands which was launched as Superman The Ride in April 2000. The name was changed to Xpress in the season of 2005, and Xpress: Platform 13 in 2014. Xpress: Platform 13 is situated 3½ km north of Veluwemeer.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lage Bijssel and Nunspeet.
Nunspeet
Town
Photo: Ricksulman, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Nunspeet is a town, which is situated 4 km southeast of Veluwemeer.
Doornspijk
Village
Doornspijk is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is located in the municipality of Elburg. The village was first mentioned in 796 as Thornspiiic, and is a combination of thorn and tapering land. Doornspijk is situated 5 km east of Veluwemeer.
Veluwemeer
- Category: body of water
- Location: Netherlands, Benelux, Europe
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Satellite Map
Discover Veluwemeer from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Venetian—“Veluwemeer” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “فيلوامير”
- Catalan: “Veluwemeer”
- Chinese: “費呂沃湖”
- Croatian: “Veluwemeer”
- Dutch: “Veluwemeer”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره فيلوامير”
- Esperanto: “Veluwemeer”
- French: “Veluwemeer”
- Georgian: “ველიუვემერი”
- German: “Veluwemeer”
- Italian: “Veluwemeer”
- Low German: “Veluwemeer”
- Luxembourgish: “Veluwemeer”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Veluwemeer”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Veluwemeer”
- Spanish: “Veluwemeer”
- Turkish: “Veluwemeer”
- Venetian: “Veluwemeer”
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Veluwemeer”. Photo: Traveler100, CC BY-SA 3.0.