By plane

Airport Weeze (IATA: NRN),located 45 km southeast of town just across the border with germany, between the villages of Weeze  and Nieuw-Bergen . Although both Ryanair and the airport itself advertise with Düsseldorf-Weeze, Düsseldorf proper is actually not anywhere near the airport. The city of Düsseldorf is located 60 miles to the southeast of the airport, making Nijmegen the only major city close to the airport. Weeze serves over 50 destinations across Europe, Northern Africa and Western Asia.

By train

The Dutch Railways, serve Nijmegen from all parts of the Netherlands non-stop. There are 4 trains an hour to Utrecht, 2 of which continue to Amsterdam and Den Helder. At Utrecht, you can change on trains to Schiphol Airport or Rotterdam and The Hague. 4 trains per hour depart for Zutphen of which 2 continue to Deventer and Zwolle (with connections to Leeuwarden and Groningen in Zwolle). Furthermore, 2 trains per hour connect to Tilburg-Breda-Roosendaal (with connections in Breda to Rotterdam/The Hague, and in Roosendaal to Antwerp/Brussels).

By bus

Nijmegen is connected to the German cities (and railway stations) of Kleve and Emmerich by bus. This bus (58) usually runs once per hour, but it barely goes on sunday.

By car

The A73 connects Nijmegen with Venlo, the A77/A57 leads to the German Rhineland. The A15 runs between Nijmegen and Rotterdam and the A50 (Eindhoven-Zwolle) skims the western edge of the metropolitan area. There are many feeder highways connecting these freeways to the city. From Amsterdam one would take the A2 southbound to intersection (knooppunt) Deil, and take the A15 eastbound to Nijmegen from there. Avoid visiting the city by car during the Four Days Walking March, as roads tend to be blocked and circulation is even worse than normal. Also, you may find almost no available parking anywhere near the center of the city.
 

Velorama

The Velorama (Dutch: Nationaal fietsmuseum Velorama) is the only bicycle museum in the Netherlands. It is located at the Waalkade in the city of Nijmegen.
The museum was founded in 1981 from the private collection of G.F. Moed. In three storeys it shows about 250 exhibits from nearly two centuries. The Velorama owns a large collection of bicycle literature and also preserves the historic archive of the Dutch bicycle manufacturer Gazelle.

Valkhof museum

The Valkhof museum is an archaeology and art museum in Nijmegen, Netherlands.
The museum has existed since 1999, created as a merger between the G.M. Kam museum of archaeology and the Commanderie van St. Jan museum of classical and modern art. The museum's collection includes a large and important collection of local Roman archaeological finds and art (mostly modern).
The Museum stands on the edge of the Valkhof park, site of a Roman army camp and a citadel built by Charlemagne. The museum's building was designed by Dutch architect Ben van Berkel and was opened on 14 September 1999 by Queen Beatrix.

The National Liberation Museum 1944-1945

The story was a modern museum on one of the most beautiful places in the Netherlands. Between the hills and forests of south-east of Groesbeek Nijmegen and Arnhem, is the past brought to life in the National Liberation Museum 1944-1945.This museum is the past brought to life through dioramas, typical 40s smells, music, original film footage and speeches. You will experience the magnificent history of the liberation Nijmegen, the Netherlands and Europe, in different ways.

Museum Park Orientalis

Museum Park Orientalis is the open-air museum for culture and religion in the Holy Land Foundation. The museum builds on a century-old tradition. It started as a Catholic devotion park where visitors from home and abroad scenes from the life of Jesus could see. Since 2005, the former Biblical Open Air Museum dedicated to three world religions. Besides the Christian and Jewish tradition there is also interest in Islam in the museum program. The next five years the museum wants to become a modern theme park for the five world religions and spirituality.

Afrika Museum

A Afrika Museum is a special experience. It is the only ethnological museum in the Netherlands that has a specific focus on African art and culture from south of the Sahara. Thanks to the combination of an Indoor Museum with splendid exhibitions and an Outdoor Museum which is all about experiencing the African continent, the Afrika Museum is a great day out for visitors of all ages. On these webpages, you will easily and quickly find everything you want to know about the Afrika Museum.
 

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