Bosch en Duin is a village in the municipality Zeist

Zeist

Zeist is a municipality and a town in the central Netherlands, located east of the city of Utrecht.-Population centres :*Austerlitz*Bosch en Duin*Den Dolder*Huis ter Heide*Zeist- The town of Zeist :...

, in the Dutch

Netherlands

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 province Utrecht

Utrecht (province)

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. The village is located north of the town of Zeist, and borders Huis ter Heide

Huis ter Heide

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 to the east and Den Dolder to the north. It has 2,540 inhabitants (2006). The village is entirely made up of expensive estates surrounded by forest.

The estate De Horst in Bosch en Duin, designed by architect Karel de Bazel, is now a protected landmark. Dutch journalist Willem Oltmans

Willem Oltmans

Willem Leonard Oltmans was a Dutch investigative journalist and author who did not hesitate to pro-actively intervene in international politics....

grew up here. Other prominent residents of Bosch en Duin are Belinda Meulendijk, singer Rob de Nijs and prof. Bob Smalhout.