Apartments, rooms and studios for rent in Elburg

To rent in Elburg is to choose between a home inside a small walled Hanseatic town on the Veluwemeer and a newer house in the villages of 't Harde and Doornspijk, all in one Gelderland municipality of 23,026 inhabitants. Imagine walking back from the harbour through the Vischpoort into the straight grid of streets inside the old walls: that is the daily route for renters in the centre. RentHunter compares rental listings from across the Netherlands, so new homes in Elburg show up in one place.

Elburg draws families who want space, commuters to Zwolle and Apeldoorn, and older couples who swap a family house for an apartment. Elburg has one clear price signal: an apartment here averages €917 a month, 17% below Apeldoorn at €1,108.

• Apartments: about €917, 17% below Apeldoorn An apartment in Elburg costs about €917 a month on average, 17% less than the €1,108 average for an apartment in Apeldoorn. Picture an upstairs apartment in a narrow street inside the walls, a few minutes on foot from the harbour, or a newer apartment outside the moat with a lift and a parking place. Browse apartments in Elburg to see what is available now, and compare each apartment inside and outside the walls before you decide.
• Houses outside the walls and in 't Harde A rental house in Elburg usually means a terraced or semi-detached family home in the districts outside the old town, or a house with a garden in 't Harde or Doornspijk. Imagine cycling from a house in 't Harde to the station and taking the train to Zwolle. See houses for rent in Elburg for the current choice; families who want a home near schools will find primary schools in each of the three villages.
• Nearby options: Oldebroek, Nunspeet and Epe Where to find apartments nearby if Elburg has nothing that fits: Oldebroek lies just east, with Wezep on the railway to Zwolle; Nunspeet lies south-west along the Veluwe with its own station; and Epe, further south on the Veluwe, is closer to Apeldoorn.

Elburg is a place where daily life fits in a small area: the old town inside the walls, the harbour on the Veluwemeer and the residential districts around them. Families, older couples and commuters live side by side, and Gelderland's Veluwe starts just south of 't Harde.

Elburg town has no railway station of its own; the nearest is 't Harde, a few kilometres south, on the line between Zwolle and Amersfoort, and a bus or bike ride brings you there. Zwolle and Apeldoorn are the nearest cities for work, shopping and hospitals.

Elburg's free time revolves around water and woods. Picture a summer evening at a restaurant terrace by the harbour, a weekend on the boat on the Veluwemeer, or a walk in the woods around 't Harde. Nightlife is limited, so evenings out usually mean Zwolle.

Commuting from Elburg starts with a bus or bike ride to 't Harde station, or the A28 by car. The times below are door to door by public transport from the middle of the municipality.

Utrecht is about 95 minutes from Elburg by public transport. That works for two or three office days a week rather than a daily commute.

Amsterdam is about 113 minutes from Elburg, Den Haag about 134 and Rotterdam about 140, with Eindhoven at about 161. From Elburg the Randstad is a weekly trip, so it fits renters who mostly work from home.