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Country
  
Netherlands

Local time
  
Saturday 3:41 PM

Municipality
  
Oude IJsselstreek

Population
  
6,000

Province
  
Gelderland

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Weather
  
16°C, Wind SW at 14 km/h, 69% Humidity

Varsseveld is a town in the Netherlands, located in the Dutch municipality of Oude IJsselstreek.

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Map of Varsseveld, Netherlands

Varsseveld was a separate municipality between 1812 and 1818, when it was merged with Wisch.

Sport

Varsseveld hosted the 2009 Dutch Sidecarcross Grand Prix, on 7 June.

Varsseveld hosted a Strongman contest, the Strongman Champions League Holland Grand Prix on June 1, 2008. The winner of the contest was Zydrunas Savickas from Lithuania.

Football coach Guus Hiddink and cyclist Robert Gesink were born and raised in Varsseveld.

Events

Annual events include:

  • Nationale motorcross (May)
  • Eeuwig Erbarmen Festival/’n drom (first Saturday in July)
  • men-wedstrijden (July)
  • Varssevelds Volksfeest (third weekend in August)
  • Koetsentocht en Monicadag (July)

    • References

    Varsseveld Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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