Hengelo has a rich and complete cultural offer. The beautiful Schouwburg Hengelo provides a varied selection and can count on an ever-increasing number of visitors. At Poppodium Metropool, big names and promising talents know how to blow the audience away with surprising performances.
Hengelo Museum Hengelo cherishes Hengelo. At Oyo, they bring out creativity in people, from young to old. South of the center, Oyfo has space and opportunities to learn and experience art and technology, but also music, dance, theater, and visual arts. In our city center, you come to targeted shopping: the shopping city is compact, everything is within reach, and you can still shop here quietly and relax. Hengelo has streets where the (craft) specialty shops of the Hengelo people are interspersed with beautiful and luxurious shops. Quality, craftsmanship, and personal attention are central to shopping in Hengelo. And afterward, finish with a drink on the cozy terraces.
But we also have exhibitions, museums, a play paradise, a beautiful Twentebad, a cinema… Would you rather go outside? Then discover the walking and cycling routes of Hengelo Promotion. Take a walk in the most beautiful garden village in the Netherlands, take a city walk, or experience the outdoors in beautiful Beckum and Oele!