Ede, Gelderland, Netherlands

🇳🇱 Ede is a municipality and a big village in the centre of the Netherlands, in the province of Gelderland. The village itself is situated halfway between the larger cities of Arnhem and Utrecht, with direct rail and road connections to both cities. There are no connections to any water nearby; however, there also is a direct road connection to the city of Wageningen which hosts a small industrial port on the river Rijn and a direct road and rail connection to the city of Arnhem, which features a larger port at a greater distance. The environment is clean and green due to the fact that Ede is partly built in a forest and partly on the central Dutch plains in the national park called Nationaal Park "De Hoge Veluwe".

Economy Economically, the town of Ede is doing fairly well thanks to the proximity of major highways and railways which offer fast connections to the port of Rotterdam, Schiphol airport and the Ruhr Area in Germany. The main sources of employment used to be a factory belonging to the Dutch Enka company and the three military bases situated in the east of the town. The factory, however, has been closed and the military bases are largely underused since conscription was abolished. The town's economy is lately becoming more focused on national tourism from the more densely populated western cities like Amsterdam and The Hague, and on education such as local colleges and the large Wageningen University in the city of Wageningen.

Some of the more notable or larger companies and other employers in and around Ede are: • Fruit juice and drinks-factory Riedel, now part of FrieslandCampina. • Plant and flower auction house Plantion. • Advertising agency Lukkien who developed their own heliport on the roof of their office. • The Dutch headquarters for Kimberly-Clark. • The Dutch headquarters of mattress and pillow manufacturer Tempur-Pedic. • Deli-XL, a foodservice distributor in Belgium and the Netherlands. • The head office and two of the main datacenters of independent internet provider BIT. • The world headquarters of organ manufacturer Johannus Orgelbouw.