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Nijmegen

Population 177,359 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

Emergency numbers in Netherlands

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Netherlands

Getting there

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Still gathering the markets around Nijmegen. I'll let you know here when it's all in — or open the live guide.

Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Through the year

  1. Carnaval

    February – March

    Six weeks before Easter is Carnaval. People dress up in funny costumes and drink. There are parades in every town & village.

  2. Dag van het Levenslied

    May

    Every year in May there's a traditional Dutch folk festival in the Valkhofpark.

  3. Roze Meifeesten

    May

    Also in May, this is the annual Gay and Lesbian festival in downtown

  4. Nijmeegse Vierdaagse/Zomerfeesten

    July

    (Four Day Marches and the Summer Festival) in July is the biggest event in the entire Netherlands and according to the organisers the largest walking event in the world.

Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Nijmegen); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.

Eating nearby

All 11 places to eat

Somewhere to run

Getting around

More train stations: Nijmegen Goffert 3.6 km, Nijmegen Dukenburg 5.5 km

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