The Atlas Obscura Guide To Enschede

2 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Enschede, Netherlands

Updated August 7, 2026

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Unusual Attractions in Enschede

Enschede, Netherlands

Het Ding ('The Thing')

University pranksters set up this jumble of telephone poles and steel wires overnight

Enschede, Netherlands

Donner Max Mario

If Mario ever ended up in witness protection, this would be where

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De Lutte, Netherlands

Kardoes the Hellhound

A bronze statue commemorating the legend of a hellhound haunting the village of De Lutte.

7 miles from Enschede

Gildehaus Reformed Church. Tower at left.

Bad Bentheim, Germany

Gildehaus Reformed Church

A church with a detached tower, believed to have been cast aside by the devil himself.

10 miles from Enschede

The more luxurious sod huts on the peat colony also had windows.

Westerhaar-Vriezenveensewijk, Netherlands

Veenmuseum

Hop aboard a charming bog train to explore this rare open-air museum of peat.

18 miles from Enschede

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