Aalten

Aalten is a municipality and a village in the jap Netherlands. The former municipalities of Bredevoort and Dinxperlo had been merged with Aalten. Notable inhabitants of Aalten include Angus Young, guitarist of the Australian rock band AC/DC, and Robert Gesink, a professional avenue bicycle racer. During World War II, 51 of Aalten's eighty five Jews have been hidden via local non-Jews, and thereby survived the warfare. According to the War and Resistance Museum in Aalten, the village had the highest range of humans in hiding throughout World War II.

The village of about 13,000 citizens concealed a few 2500 people. Aalten railway station serves Aalten and the encircling area. There is a 1/2-hourly provider between Arnhem and Winterswijk, which stops at this station. Arnhem railway station has services to Amsterdam, Amsterdam Airport, Utrecht, Nijmegen, 's-Hertogenbosch, Breda, Tilburg and to towns in Germany. Aalten additionally has an hourly bus provider to Ruurlo and to Zelhem.