Ossendael

Ossendael is a nature reserve in Arnhem, Gelderland. Access is restricted and requires permission. Ossendael is situated nearby to the locality Schaapsdrift, as well as near Biezenpol.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Airborne Museum ’Hartenstein’ and Oosterbeek railway station.

Airborne Museum ’Hartenstein’

Museum

Photo: Airbornemuseum, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Airborne Museum ‘Hartenstein’ in Oosterbeek, The Netherlands is dedicated to the Battle of Arnhem in which the Allied Forces attempted to form a bridgehead on the northern banks of the Rhine river in September 1944.

Oosterbeek railway station

Railway station

Photo: Maurits90, CC0.

Oosterbeek is a railway station located in Oosterbeek, Netherlands. The station opened on 16 May 1845 and is on the Amsterdam–Arnhem railway. The station was originally called Oosterbeek Hoog, as there was also a station called Oosterbeek Laag, meaning Lower Oosterbeek.

Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery

Cemetery

Photo: Sterkebak, CC BY 2.5.

The Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery, more commonly known as the Airborne Cemetery, is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery in Oosterbeek, near Arnhem, the Netherlands.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Oosterbeek and Doorwerth.

Oosterbeek

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

Doorwerth

Village

Photo: Michielverbeek, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl.

Doorwerth is a village in the eastern Netherlands. It is located in the municipality of Renkum, Gelderland, about 8 km west of Arnhem and about 100 km southeast of Amsterdam.