Hengelo Travel Guide

JANUARY3 Wibi Soerjadi. RABO Theater7 Onder het Vriespunt met " Waarvan Akte!", Metropool8 New Year reception, City Hall10 Bintangs, Metropool10 Jan Akkerman & Band, RABO theater10 Chess tournament, Jan Krul17 Midwinter festival, Beckum30-31 Hengelose Revue, RABO theaterFEBRUARY1, 4-6 Hengelose Revue, RABO theater6 Ernst Jansz, RABO theater7-8...

The Piet Blom museum opened in February 2013, when the Hengelo Kasbah city quarter was 40 years and was declared a monument. Piet Blom was an architect and one of his city suburb designs has been build at Hengelo and it's called The Kasbah. It was a different concept with family houses being build elevated over a common area, intended for shops,...

Museum Electro Radio Nostalgie is a small cozy museum with an amazing collection of electrical and electronic devices. Once started with a private radio collection, the museum offers everything from the Tesla/Edison era till the first computers.There are unique machines and parts to admire in the displays of the museum.Entrance is free and the...

Twice a year, around King's Day (the Orange Fair)and in early Fall (september) the fair returns to the Hengelo center.The street market is moved and the fair works are in full swing for five days.

Carnaval at Hengelo starts with the Parade at Friday night.On Saturday is the big parade in the center of townThereafter are several parties and activities organised by the carnaval societies; these are:-De Windbuuln-De Noorkermennekes-De Deurtrappers-De Weidemennekes-Altijd Dorst

The yearly Carnaval at the end of February in Hengelo starts with a nightly parade at Friday night. Once started small with only local participants is grew over the years in a parade that last almost 3 hours with almost 100 different groups.

Café Tante Bep opened mid-2014. Not only is this a nice bar for drinking. There are 3 dart boards and special nights are on the calendar, like Ladies' Night, Pub Quiz and Bingo (all with a twist).

Royal Argentina is a steakhouse with a lava-grill to prepare the meat.The restaurant has 52 seats.Business hours:Daily: 4PM - 10 PM

Automatiek De Markt is a snackbar serving popular Dutch fast food like fries, kroket, frikadel, hamburger and more, but also döner and "kapsalon". With more than 60 years experience it is no wonder that in 2014 it was elected the best of the Province.You also can eat "Uit de Muur" (Fast food vending machine).Business hours:Mo-We: 10AM - 8PMTh-Fr:...

estaurant Grand Café Stravinsky is at the crosspoint of the busiest Hengelo streets. It's groundlevel interior is known as the Living room of Hengelo, cosy or better "gezellig" (in good Durch). The terrace has 130 seats; the inhouse restaurant has 75 seats.The Chef was Berry Thüss, but he went to Paviljoen De Ontmoeting.In 2012 the building was...

De Appel is a so-called Eetcafe, a kind of pub/eatery serving brunches and diners/In between there's time enough to have a drink at the bar or at the (heated) terrace.The bar was very popular in the Sixties when local DJ's played the latest music in the back room.In the Eighties it became the birth place of the Hengelo Christmas afternoon party,...

Merlijn is a café and club with a nice atmosphere. It's a popular place for groups celebrating the evening. In the rear is a discothek (the former Tower club). The building is threatened in its existence due to expansion plans of the City Hall.Business hours:Mo-Th: On appointmentFr: 5PM - 4AMSa: 9PM - 6 PMSu: On appointment

The RABO Theater is build on the location where the old city theater used to be.The new building has two halls. Depending on the show you visit

The Nacht van Hengelo (The Hengelo Night) is an annual event at the end of May/Beginning of June, when there are several cycling races on a route through center city. At the Market Square next to the finish line there is live music and other activities. As you are.

Cafe 't Pleintje, on the main square, is the local beer house offering a diverse range (mostly Belgian) of 60 beers with a dozen or so on tap. As a member of the Dutch Alliance of Beer Taprooms (ABT - see second website) the beers are served at the appropriate temperatures and in their custom glasses.This is popular with the younger crowd but even...

The Smartcab taxi service started in 2014 and offers rides for a Euro per kilometer driven.The cars used are small sized cars, suited for a small party with little luggage.The rides can be ordered by telephone only on:-Mo-Th: 7AM - Midnight-Fr: 7AM - 2AM-Sa: 8AM - 2AM

Getting by train to Hengelo is easy. There are direct trains from Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, Rotterdam and The Hague.From the station you can enter the center of Hengelo directly on foot. There are taxi's and buses for destination farther away.The rebuilding of the station was completed in 1951 after the being bombarded several times in World War...

Hengelo has 3 major car garages:Parkeergarage Thiemsbrug - Thiemsbrug 33Opening hours: Ma-We & Fr: 8AM - 9.30PMTh: 8AM - 10PMSa: 8AM - 8.30PMFirst 30 minutes: € 0,90Hour rate: € 1,60Dayly rate: € 14,00Parkeergarage Q-Park De Brink - Brink 118Opening hours: Ma-We & Fr: 7AM - 7PMTh: 7AM - 10PMSa: 7AM - MidnightSu: Midnight - 7AMEach 14 minutes: €...

At the Goudse Wafels stand at the Hengelo weekly market you can get fresh "Stroopwafels", a real Dutch treat. Wafels. Average prices

After the Expo Center Fleamarket was stopped in mid 2012, new locations popped up where the markets were continued. GoPlanet at Enschede was the first, followed by Hangar 11 at the former Twente Airbase. Hall B06 of the Creatieve Fabriek (Creative Factory) was the number three. With its bright interior is far better than Go-Planet. Floor space is...

All Hengelo shops can be found at the following links:Bureau Hengelo information.Tupalo information.

In some of the older hidden private gardens fruit trees are located that will be loaded with fruit at the end of Summer. At the National Apple Picking Day the general public is invited to pick the fruit (a bag per family).

The Repair Café is a society with some 100 branches in the Netherlands.The Hengelo branch was started in 2012 and is located at the Tempel city quarter center.The goal is to repair clothing, electrical equipment, furniture and bicycles by a group of volunteers.

Be aware in Hengelo all waste should be sorted before wasting.BLUE containers = Paper wasteGREEN containers = Food and garden wasteORANGE = Plastic wasteGREY = Remaining wasteAt the central waste facility this is taken even some steps further; see the website.

Winter Road Conditions can be bad. In our winters there are days with freezing rain and snowfall; sometimes in a nice mix. The major roads will be salted, but rain often flushes the salt from the road and with a snow fall of more than 2 cm the salt will be used for the most part. Of course new salt will be applied, but it also needs traffic to...

The only wildlife at Hengelo that can be scary are the insects.Around Hengelo you may encounter a rare small deer; about the biggest wildlife possible here.

In the major entrance roads to the center special bus lanes are constructed indicated with "LIJN BUS".Do not drive on these lanes with your car or even stop there while crossing the road!

During the summer month the Local Tourist Office (VVV-Hengelo) and the Historical Museum (Oald Hengel) organize a historical city walk and climbing of the City Hall tower.Wednesdays at 1.45PM at from the museum at Beekstraat 51.

From left to right for you to discover:Star HotelRABO TheaterThe weekly street marketThe Train StationThe Telgen BuildingThe Brink TowerV & D Department storeCinema

The City Hall dates from 1963 and has Italian and Scandinavian influences. Rumour says that the tower is build at the wrong side of the building, because the blueprints layed upside down at the construction.The inside of the tower is painted by artist Piet Verberne with characters from local stories.

Each year around the last week of May of 4 or first week of June an evening walking event called the Avondvierdaagse takes place. Walking distances are 5, 10 and 15 km, each from a different location at one of Hengelo's suburbs.It always is a happy bunch of walkers with many elementary school participants. Walking shoes and some money to buy...

Hengelo is cycle network point #97 in the cycle-network of the province of Overijssel.The information sign is place opposite the Lambertus church, the basilic in midtown.You can create your own cycling journey through the Hengelo surroundings and if you are an experienced well traind cyclist hop over to other network points.Twente cycle...

Each year at the end of May the FBK (Fanny Blankers-Koen) games are held in the Stadion with same name.She is most famous for winning four gold medals at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. At that time, she was already a mother of two, which was unheard of at a time where female athletes were still frowned upon by many. It earned her the nickname...

Radio Hengelo is the city's local radio station.The radio transmits via 105.8 MHz in the FM band and also can be listened to via Internet.Radio Hengelo also provides a local TV-channel.The studio is located at:Langelermaatweg 2447553 JK Hengelo OvTel: +31-74- 2566699

In 2012 Bureau Hengelo started as the centralised information point for the city of Hengelo.The information shop was located at Marskant 4 at the start, but at the end of 2014 moved to the Main Library building at:Beursstraat 327551 HV Hengelo OvTel: +31-74-2501080Most of the flyers are in Dutch, but you always can ask for info at the people of the...

In 2104 a "Watertappunt" opened at the market square; a tap with free potable water.Hengelo lacked an ancient city pump as many of the towns and villiages around Hengelo have.