13 Best Things to Do in Veenendaal (Netherlands)
A mid-sized city in the Utrecht Province, Veenendaal had humble beginnings in the 16th century as a peat-cutting colony founded by the Antwerp businessman Gilbert van Schoonbeke. The peat industry was practically killed off by a flood in 1855, after which Veenendaal turned to the cigar-making and woollen industries for its livelihood. Veenendaal ballooned in …