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Gelderland

Gelderland is one of the twelve provinces of the , the largest province by area. It lies in the east of the country. It is sometimes called Guelders in English.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Arnhem and Nijmegen.

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is the capital of the Dutch province Gelderland. It was built on both banks of the rivers Nederrijn and Sint-Jansbeek, which were the source of the city's development.

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lays claims to the title of oldest city in the Netherlands, and has indeed a long history and still lots of interesting heritage to enjoy today.

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The town of is best known as an entry point to . And indeed, although the city will not be high on any traveller's list, it is very well-suited as a base to explore the Veluwe and the natural surroundings, which consist of forests and farmlands, dotted with villages.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Achterhoek and Veluwe.

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The is a region in the east of Gelderland. The region is filled with untouched nature and a combination of farmland and astonishing landscapes. The is an area well suited for vacations by bike.

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The is a region of Gelderland, the Netherlands, consisting of a forested hill ridge of the same name that formed during the last ice age.

, also known as the Betuwe, is a region in Gelderland. The Betuwe is known for its fruit farms and blossom trees. is the population center, with Geldermalsen and making up the other larger towns in the region.

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is a municipality and a town in the province of Gelderland, in the eastern part of the .

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is a national park in the Gelderland province of the . With an area of roughly 55 km², it is one of the largest national parks in the country and a popular short-stay tourist destination for the Dutch.

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is the oldest national park in the Netherlands. It is in the province of Gelderland in the Netherlands.

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is a town in Gelderland, the , known best for Operation Market Garden and the Battle of . The birthplace of Dutch Impressionism, it is also home to a World War II museum and cemetery.

Gelderland

Latitude of center
52.1014° or 52° 6′ 5″ north
Longitude of center
5.9516° or 5° 57′ 6″ east
Population
2,090,000
Elevation
55 metres (180 feet)
Operator
Provincie Gelderland
Abbreviation
“GLD”
Abbreviation
“gd”
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4289950999
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
2755634
Wiki­data ID
Q775
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zeeuws—“Gelderland” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Gelderland”
  • Albanian: “Gelderland”
  • Arabic: “خلدرلند”
  • Arabic: “خيلدرلاند”
  • Arabic: “خيلدرلند”
  • Arabic: “غيلدرلاند”
  • Arabic: “غيلدرلند”
  • Aragonese: “Gelderland”
  • Armenian: “Խելդեռլանդ”
  • Armenian: “Խելդերլանդ”
  • Asturian: “Gelderland”
  • Balinese: “Gelderland”
  • Basque: “Gelderland”
  • Belarusian: “Гелдэрланд, правінцыя”
  • Belarusian: “Гелдэрланд”
  • Belarusian: “Гелдэрн”
  • Belarusian: “Гельдэрлянд”
  • Belarusian: “правінцыя Гелдэрланд”
  • Bengali: “গেল্ডারল্যান্ড”
  • Breton: “Gelderland”
  • Bulgarian: “Гелдерланд”
  • Catalan: “Gelderland”
  • Catalan: “Güeldes”
  • Cebuano: “Provincie Gelderland”
  • Central Kurdish: “خێڵدێرلاند”
  • Chechen: “Гелдерланд”
  • Chinese: “Gelderland Séng”
  • Chinese: “吉德蘭省”
  • Chinese: “希德蘭”
  • Chinese: “格尔德兰”
  • Chinese: “格尔德兰省”
  • Chinese: “海尔德兰”
  • Chinese: “海尔德兰省”
  • Chinese: “海德兰”
  • Chinese: “海德蘭”
  • Chinese: “海德蘭省”
  • Chinese: “海爾德蘭省”
  • Corsican: “Gheldria”
  • Croatian: “Gelderland”
  • Czech: “Gelderland”
  • Danish: “Gelderland”
  • Dutch: “GE”
  • Dutch: “Gelderland”
  • Dutch: “Gld”
  • Dutch: “Provincie Gelderland”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “خيلديرلاند”
  • Esperanto: “Gelderland”
  • Esperanto: “Gelderlando”
  • Estonian: “Gelderlandi provints”
  • Faroese: “Gelderland”
  • Finnish: “Gelderland”
  • French: “Gueldre”
  • Galician: “Gelderland”
  • Galician: “Güeldres”
  • Galician: “Gueldria”
  • Georgian: “გელდერლანდი”
  • German: “Gelderland”
  • German: “Geldern”
  • German: “Provinz Gelderland”
  • Greek: “Χέλντερλαντ”
  • Gujarati: “ગેલ્ડરલેન્ડ”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Gelderland-sén”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Gelderland”
  • Hebrew: “חלדרלנד”
  • Hindi: “गेल्डरलैंड”
  • Hungarian: “Gelderland”
  • Icelandic: “Gelderland”
  • Inari Sami: “Gelderland”
  • Indonesian: “Gelderland”
  • Interlingua: “Geldria”
  • Irish: “Gelderland”
  • Italian: “Gheldria”
  • Japanese: “ヘルダーラント”
  • Japanese: “ヘルダーラント州”
  • Javanese: “Gelderland”
  • Kannada: “ಗೆಲ್ಡರ್ಲ್ಯಾಂಡ್”
  • Kölsch: “Gelderland”
  • Korean: “헬데를란트 주”
  • Korean: “헬데를란트”
  • Korean: “헬데를란트주”
  • Kurdish: “Gelderland”
  • Latin: “Geldria”
  • Latin: “Gelria”
  • Latvian: “Gelderlande”
  • Limburgan: “Gelderland”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Gelderland”
  • Lithuanian: “Gelderlandas”
  • Low German: “Gelderlaand”
  • Luxembourgish: “Provënz Gelderland”
  • Macedonian: “Гелдерланд”
  • Malagasy: “Gelderland”
  • Malay: “Gelderland”
  • Manx: “Gelderland”
  • Marathi: “गेल्डरलांड”
  • Mazanderani: “خلدرلاند”
  • Middle Dutch (ca. 1050-1350): “Gelre”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Gelderland Séng”
  • Mongolian: “Гелдерланд”
  • Nepali: “गेल्डरल्यान्ड”
  • Northern Frisian: “Gelderlun”
  • Northern Frisian: “Prowins Gelderlun”
  • Northern Sami: “Gelderlánda”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Gelderland”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Guelders”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gelderland”
  • Norwegian: “Gelderland”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Guèldres”
  • Ossetian: “Гелдерланд”
  • Persian: “خلدرلاند”
  • Polish: “Geldria”
  • Portuguese: “Gelderland”
  • Portuguese: “Guelderland”
  • Portuguese: “Guéldria”
  • Pushto: “خلدرلنډ”
  • Quechua: “Gelderland pruwinsya”
  • Quechua: “Gelderland”
  • Romanian: “Gelderland”
  • Russian: “Гелдерланд”
  • Santali: “ᱜᱮᱨᱫᱚᱨᱞᱟᱸᱰ”
  • Saterfriesisch: “Gelderlound”
  • Scots: “Gelderland”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Gelderland”
  • Serbian: “Гелдерланд”
  • Serbian: “Хелдерланд”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Gelderland”
  • Sicilian: “Gheldria”
  • Sinhala: “ගෙලඩර්ලන්තය”
  • Skolt Sami: “Gelderlantt”
  • Slovak: “Gelderland”
  • Slovenian: “Gelderland”
  • Somali: “Gelderland”
  • Spanish: “Güeldres”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Güeldres”
  • Swahili: “Gelderland”
  • Swedish: “Gelderland”
  • Swiss German: “Provinz Gelderland”
  • Tajik: “Вилояти Гелдерланд”
  • Tamil: “கெல்டர்லண்ட்”
  • Tamil: “கெல்டர்லாந்து”
  • Tamil: “கெல்டர்லேண்டு”
  • Telugu: “గెల్డర్లాండ్”
  • Thai: “เขตโปดูนาวเจ”
  • Thai: “จังหวัดเกลเดอร์ลันด์”
  • Turkish: “Gelderland”
  • Ukrainian: “Гелдерланд”
  • Ukrainian: “Гельдерланд”
  • Ukrainian: “Гельдрія”
  • Urdu: “خیلدرلنت”
  • Uzbek: “Gelderland”
  • Venetian: “Gheldria”
  • Vietnamese: “Gelderland”
  • Vlaams: “Gelderland”
  • Volapük: “Gelderland”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Gelderland”
  • Welsh: “Gelderland”
  • Western Frisian: “Gelderlân”
  • Western Panjabi: “گیلڈر لینڈ”
  • Wu Chinese: “海尔德兰省”
  • Yue Chinese: “希德蘭”
  • Zeeuws: “Gelderland”
  • “Ghèldria”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Gelderland”. Photo: Agnes Monkelbaan, CC BY-SA 4.0.