Gelderland · Netherlands
Where to stay in Wageningen
Wageningen is a city in Gelderland, Netherlands, home to about 40,000 people. This guide covers 1 hotel in Wageningen.
- Places to stay in this guide
- 1
- Best months
- May to September
- Nearest airport
- NRN52 km · Weeze (Niederrhein) Airport
- Currency
- EUReuro
- Time zone
- Europe/Amsterdam
- Language
- Dutch
About
About Wageningen
Wageningen is a municipality and a historic city in the central Netherlands, in the province of Gelderland. It is famous for Wageningen University, which specialises in life sciences.
Wageningen lies close to the right bank of the branch of the Rhine estuary known in the Netherlands as the Nederrijn. Excavations date a settlement at this site back to the Stone Age. The hills to the east of the town provided protection for a Bronze Age tribe from flooding of the Rhine and from enemies and the earliest record of the name (in 838AD) is from the same hilly area. The town has had a chequered history, being occupied or destroyed on several occasions.
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Things to do
What to see and do in Wageningen
See
Detailed information in English can be found at. There is a Tourist Office in the Kniphorst Bookshop in Hoogstraat 49.
- Wageningen University
- Hotel de Wereld
- Windkorenmolen De Vlijt
- Wijngaard Wageningse Berg
- Casteelse Poort Museum
- Het Depot Sculpture Gallery
Do
- Heerenstraat Theater
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Where to stay
Places to stay in Wageningen
1 place to stay from the chains this guide covers, each linked to its own website.
| Place to stay |
|---|
| Hotel-Restaurant De Wageningsche Berg hotel |
Where to stay
More hotels in Wageningen
3 hotels within 25 km of the centre, as recorded in Wikidata. Each name links to its encyclopedia article where there is one.
| Hotel | Opened | From centre |
|---|---|---|
| Hotel de Wereld | 0.4 km | |
| Fletcher Hotel-Restaurant de Wageningsche Berg | 2.1 km | |
| Hotel Wicc | 0.4 km |
All 4 hotels in Wageningen, with their history and operators
When to go
The best time to visit Wageningen
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Wageningen are May to September. August is the warmest month, with average highs of 24 °C; December is the wettest, with about 78 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Getting to Wageningen: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Weeze (Niederrhein) Airport (NRN), about 52 km from the city centre in a straight line; Eindhoven Airport (EIN, 61 km) and Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS, 72 km) are also within reach.
Getting in
The story goes that Wageningen was given the choice of getting a university or a train station. It chose the university, and still doesn't have a station. There is a station called Ede-Wageningen but it is close to Ede and 8 km from Wageningen. The Ede-Wageningen station is about an hour from Amsterdam or from Schiphol airport. From these stations look for trains headed to Arnhem and Nijmegen. There is a train every half an hour from Amsterdam and every half an hour from Schiphol. If you miss the direct train you can take a train to Utrecht and change there.
Getting around
Cycling is the best mode of transport and there are several stores downtown that can provide bike rentals. For those staying longer it is possible to buy second-hand bikes. A stall in the main square on Saturdays has good bargains. New bikes range from around €200 for a Chinese-made one (looked upon contemptuously by the Dutch) to up to €1000 for a real Dutch bike. All of the main roads have separate cycling lanes. These have their own traffic signals and you are expected to obey them.
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NRN · Weeze (Niederrhein) Airport
EIN · Eindhoven Airport
AMS · Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
Local knowledge
Eating, drinking and staying safe in Wageningen
Drink
There are many cafes located around the church in the centre with good selection of beers. Most student residences (triangular-looking buildings) also have their own bar downstairs. Wageningen does not have a particularly thriving nightlife, but still there are a few nice cafes and pubs to hang around, drink beers and listen to live music.
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Questions
Wageningen: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit Wageningen?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Wageningen are May to September. August is the warmest month, with average highs of 24 °C; December is the wettest, with about 78 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Wageningen?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Weeze (Niederrhein) Airport (NRN), about 52 km from the city centre in a straight line; Eindhoven Airport (EIN, 61 km) and Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS, 72 km) are also within reach.
What currency is used in Wageningen?
euro (EUR).
Nearby
Destinations near Wageningen
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.