{"id":5592,"date":"2026-04-14T15:26:41","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T13:26:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.apeldoorn.nl\/dossier\/cultuur-en-erfgoed\/erfgoed\/het-grote-verhaal-van-apeldoorn\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T11:57:47","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T09:57:47","slug":"het-grote-verhaal-van-apeldoorn","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.apeldoorn.nl\/en\/cultuur-en-erfgoed\/erfgoed\/het-grote-verhaal-van-apeldoorn","title":{"rendered":"The Big Story of Apeldoorn"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-acfblock=\"Tekst\" class=\"section a section--blue e-tekst\">\r\n\t<div class=\"container\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"row justify-content-center elementOnTop\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col article-content__content-custom-1220 editor elementOnTop\">\r\n<p><em>The Big Story of Apeldoorn<\/em>\u00a0tells the story of the town and region in which we live, from the moment the first people arrived in the area right up to the present day. 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