Castle · Baarn · Updated on 1 November 2026.
Drakensteyn is a castle in Baarn, Utrecht, Netherlands. This place has an audio tour of about 2 minutes, in English or Dutch. Within 300 m you'll find a bench.
Audio tour · Drakensteyn
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You're standing near Drakensteyn, a small castle by the village of Lage Vuursche, in the municipality of Baarn. You can't go in. The castle and its estate are private property and closed to the public, because this is the home of Princess Beatrix, the former Queen of the Netherlands.
Read and hear the whole story in the Outdoor Pitstop app: check in at this place and it is yours (with Pro; new users are Pro for the first 4 weeks).
5 photos from Wikimedia Commons. In the app you add your own photo when you are there.
The nearest pitstop of each kind within 1 km, as the crow flies. No water point, public toilet, bike pump or food stand within 1 km.
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