Apeldoorn,
where the Veluwe meets the A1.
A garden city on the eastern flank of the Veluwe, with a former royal palace at the top of the town and the A1 running past the bottom of it. A chauffeur makes the distance behave: Schiphol in about an hour at one fixed price, and a car that then stays with you between Paleis Het Loo, the offices in the north and the woods.
Apeldoorn, without the parking, the meter or the wait.
Apeldoorn is spread out rather than stacked — long avenues, gardens and woodland between the neighbourhoods, forest on three sides. The A1 crosses the south of the municipality on its way from Amsterdam towards Deventer and the German border, the A50 runs north to Zwolle and south to Arnhem, and the two cross at the Beekbergen junction a few minutes from the centre. That geography splits our Apeldoorn work in two: the long run west to Schiphol and Amsterdam, and the slow local days between the palace, Apenheul and the Veluwe villages.
The people who book us here are rarely in a hurry to reach a platform. They are visitors to the national government offices in the north of the city, including the Belastingdienst (the Dutch tax administration) campus; managers with a morning at Apeldoorn Noord; families with tickets for Apenheul or the Koningin Julianatoren; riders, officials and spectators for Omnisport Apeldoorn; and residents of Ugchelen, Beekbergen and Hoog Soeren who want a fixed price to the airport at half past four in the morning.
From the front seat, Apeldoorn is easy driving over long distances. Paleis Het Loo and its gardens sit at the northern end of the town, Apenheul is in Park Berg en Bos on the western side, Omnisport is across town again, and the Nationaal Park De Hoge Veluwe with the Kröller-Müller Museum begins beyond Hoenderloo to the south. Each is minutes apart by car and most of an afternoon apart by anything else.
Apeldoorn to Schiphol and back at one fixed price — flight tracked, chauffeur in arrivals with a name sign, sixty minutes of free waiting.
A car and chauffeur that stay with you in Apeldoorn: meetings, dinners and days that refuse to keep a schedule, from €65 per hour.
Point-to-point chauffeured car service in and around Apeldoorn — booked online, quoted upfront, driven in a black Mercedes.
First-class sedans and the Mercedes-Maybach for the occasions in Apeldoorn that ask for more than a taxi.
Apeldoorn to Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Brussels or Düsseldorf in one seat — one fixed quote, door to door, stops on request.
The Mercedes-Maybach S-Class, by arrangement, for the days when first class is not the brief.
From Apeldoorn to Schiphol by motorway — your chauffeur plans the departure around traffic on the day.
About 61 minutes on a clear run. For departures we suggest booking at least three hours before your flight.
Apeldoorn to Schiphol in Business Class, one fixed all-in price. Van Class €422, First Class €645.
Prices are fixed when you book and include taxes and normal waiting. Hourly hire in Apeldoorn starts at €65 per hour (minimum 2 hours, 40 km per hour included).
The shopping streets, the theatre and the hotels of the town centre, with the Apeldoorns Kanaal running along the eastern side — where a car pauses on the agreed corner rather than circling for a space.
The former royal residence at the northern end of the town, its formal gardens and the wooded park around them — our most-asked address in Apeldoorn and a straightforward one to be set down at.
The wooded park on the western side that holds the Apenheul primate park, with the Koningin Julianatoren a few minutes further up the Amersfoortseweg — a morning that works far better with a car that waits.
The business park in the north of the city and the national government offices beside it, including the Belastingdienst campus — where most of our weekday pickups start.
The station and the streets around it, plus the eastern neighbourhoods towards Osseveld, where guests arriving by rail from Deventer or Amersfoort switch to a car for the airport or the Veluwe.
The woodland villages on the southern and western edge of the municipality, close to the Beekbergen junction — quiet addresses, long drives, early flights.
The hamlet on the road south towards the Nationaal Park De Hoge Veluwe and the Kröller-Müller Museum, and the forest roads our chauffeurs take slowly for the deer.
The everyday workhorse: sedans for one to three passengers.
Room for groups, families and luggage, with up to seven seats.
Flagship saloons for executives and VIP arrivals.
The pinnacle: Mercedes-Maybach, by request only.
Apeldoorn to Schiphol and back at one fixed price — flight tracked, chauffeur in arrivals with a name sign, sixty minutes of free waiting.
A car and chauffeur that stay with you in Apeldoorn: meetings, dinners and days that refuse to keep a schedule, from €65 per hour.
Point-to-point chauffeured car service in and around Apeldoorn — booked online, quoted upfront, driven in a black Mercedes.
First-class sedans and the Mercedes-Maybach for the occasions in Apeldoorn that ask for more than a taxi.
Private chauffeur, airport transfers and hourly hire in Arnhem, Gelderland.
Private chauffeur, airport transfers and hourly hire in Zwolle, Overijssel.
About 95 kilometres and roughly 61 minutes on a clear road: the A1 west past Barneveld and Amersfoort, then the A9 at Diemen and the A4 into the airport. The stretch between Barneveld and the Hoevelaken junction is the one that slows in the peaks, and your chauffeur sets the pickup time with that in mind.
A fixed €325 in Business Class, €422 in Van Class and €645 in First Class — per car, taxes included, and the same in both directions. Hourly hire inside Apeldoorn starts at €65 per hour with a two-hour minimum, and any other route is quoted per kilometre as one all-in amount when you book.
Yes, on hourly hire. The chauffeur sets you down at the gate of the palace or at the entrance to Park Berg en Bos, waits nearby, and is back at the same spot when you message. Admission is yours to arrange; the driving and the waiting are inside the hourly rate.
Regularly. The park entrance at Hoenderloo is the nearest one to Apeldoorn, and the museum sits inside the park itself. Book by the hour for a half day that begins and ends in Apeldoorn, or see our Hoge Veluwe day trip for a full itinerary at one fixed quote.
The intercity west is a good train and we will say so. What it cannot do is start in Hoog Soeren at five in the morning with three suitcases, or put a visiting director in the back seat with a laptop open between Apeldoorn Noord and the Zuidas. The price is per car rather than per seat, which usually settles the question for two or more travellers.