Apartments, rooms and studios for rent in Heerde

Heerde is a Gelderland municipality of 18,561 inhabitants between the Veluwe woods and the IJssel, where 54% of rental listings are houses and 42% apartments. Based on over 200 listings tracked on RentHunter since March 2024, rent in Heerde averages €1,376 a month for 98 m², and 80% of listings ask between €952 and €1,700.

Picture the renter who usually lands here: a couple leaving an apartment in Zwolle or Apeldoorn, with two cars, a home office and a dog that needs a garden. The Heerde rental market fits that profile, with 48% of listings mentioning parking and 34% a garden. Homes first seen in the 90 days to November 2026 have a median asking rent of €1,543, so today's asking prices sit above the average of the whole period.

• Houses: 54% of listings, 120 m² on average A house in Heerde averages €1,439 a month for 120 m², across 160 listings, 9% more than the €1,316 a house averages in Zwolle. Imagine a terraced or semi-detached family house on a quiet street in Heerde or Wapenveld, with a back garden and the car in the driveway: that is the typical listing.
  Browse the houses for rent in Heerde and compare surface, garden, energy label and number of rooms before you book a viewing. With 120 m² for the money, a house is the cheapest way to rent space in Heerde.
• Apartments: 42% at €1,347 for 77 m² An apartment in Heerde averages €1,347 a month for 77 m², across 125 listings, about €90 less than a house that offers 43 m² more. That small gap is the number to remember: per square metre, an apartment in Heerde costs more than a house.
  Apartments suit renters who want a home on one floor near the shops of Heerde or Wapenveld, without a garden to maintain; 23% of all listings mention a balcony. See the apartments in Heerde to compare what each rent includes.
• Furnished rentals: 13% of listings Furnished rentals are a minority in Heerde: 13% of listings say the home is furnished, and 10% target expats. Most homes come unfurnished or gestoffeerd, which means floors and curtains are in place but no furniture, so plan a move with your own furniture.
  Social rental homes (sociale huur) go through the housing association and its waiting list, not through these listings, so the figures on this page describe the private market.

Heerde is a municipality of villages rather than a town: Heerde itself, Wapenveld to the north and the small river villages of Veessen and Vorchten along the IJssel. Most renters are households who work in Zwolle or Apeldoorn, or partly from home, and choose Heerde for a garden and quiet streets.

That shapes what you need before you move: a plan for transport, because there is no station, and a clear idea of how much space you want, because houses dominate the listings.

Heerde has no railway station, so daily life runs on the car, the bike and the regional bus. The A50 motorway passes the village between Zwolle and Apeldoorn, which explains why 48% of listings mention parking.

Imagine a Monday from Wapenveld: a short drive or bus ride to Zwolle, the train from there, and back in the village before dinner. Before you sign, check the bus timetable from your future street, especially if the home is in Veessen or Vorchten, away from the village centres.

Heerde lies where the Veluwe woods meet the IJssel floodplain, and that setting is the main reason people rent here. Picture a Sunday that starts with a walk in the woods west of the village and ends with a ride along the IJssel dike past the high-water channel between Veessen and Wapenveld, dug to give the river more room.

If you want the same Veluwe setting with a bigger centre and more shops, compare the rentals in Epe, the neighbouring municipality to the south.

Commuting from Heerde means a bus, bike or car ride to a station first, usually Zwolle, so every trip to the Randstad takes close to two hours door to door. The times below are by public transport from the centre of Heerde, change included.

Utrecht is about 112 minutes from Heerde by public transport (93 km) and Amsterdam about 118 minutes (116 km), both with a change to the intercity in Zwolle. That works for one or two office days a week; as a daily commute, it means close to four hours of travel.

Groningen is about 116 minutes from Heerde by public transport (122 km), again with a change in Zwolle. Den Haag (151 minutes, 153 km) and Rotterdam (159 minutes, 148 km) are trips for an occasional meeting rather than a weekly commute.

The station closest to Wapenveld is Wezep, in neighbouring Oldebroek, on the line between Zwolle and Amersfoort. For renters in the north of Heerde municipality, a short drive to Wezep can replace the bus to Zwolle, and Oldebroek itself is worth a look if a station within cycling distance matters more than a Heerde address.