This nice and small university town is almost 750 years old and has a lot to offer to it’s inhabitants (35.000) as well as it’s visitors. The large number of students(6000) contributes to a lively , young and informal atmosphere.
The town is beautifully situated on the border of the river Rhine, surrounded by a variety of natural areas. The town itself offers many bars and pubs, restaurants, a theatre and a cinema.
The region around Wageningen is nationally known as Food Valley because it has Wageningen University and Researchcentre as well as several other important international food (and foodscience) related companies within her borders.
Besides Wageningen is well known for it’s prominent role in the Dutch memorial day and liberation day celebrations.

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• Ready access by foot and bicycle to traditional Dutch cultural landscapes; bike hire will be arranged.
• Small friendly University town with twice weekly open market.
• Thirty bars and café's, many with outsideseating so that delegates can enjoy the European "café culture". Fifteen restaurants e.g. Balkan, Spanish, Greek, Japanese and Chinese.
• A guide to Wageningen facilities will be provided.
• Under an hour to museums: Kröller-Muller (van Gogh), Modern Art (Arnhem), Roman Archaeology. (Nijmegen) and the National Open-Air-Museum (Arnhem).
• Boat trips on the river Rhine from Arnhem and Nijmegen.
• One hour to Amsterdam with world famous cultural heritage.
• Just over an hour to Rotterdam, the second largest harbour in the world.
• Two hours to the beaches of the north sea coast.
• Three hours to Maastricht, Gent, Antwerp and Brussels.
• Four hours to the forests of the Ardennes, vineyards of the Mosel valley and Champagne region in France.
• Train connections to the whole of Europe, high speed trains from Arnhem to Germany, Austria and Switzerland, from Rotterdam to Brussels and France.

The town offers many bars and pubs, restaurants, a theatre and a cinema.