Global CityIntelligence

Netherlands / Western Europe

Ede City Intelligence

Ede is a city and municipality in the province of Gelderland, Netherlands, on the western edge of the wooded Veluwe region, functioning as a former garrison town with rail links toward Utrecht and Arnhem and an economy mixing food industry, services, and regional administration. Ede is a western europe city of about ~125K in Netherlands. On the composite city-intelligence score, Ede sits below the indexed median, with practical gaps to close (66/100).

Last updated
2026-05-16
Data year
2025
Population
~125K
View of Ede, Netherlands

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Overall score

Use the Ede profile to compare affordability, air quality, and transport access alongside regional peers such as Arnhem, Apeldoorn, and Amersfoort.

Overall66/100
Affordability54/100
Air quality71/100
Energy67/100

Overall city intelligence

Mixed

66/100

Composite directional score across affordability, air quality, clean energy, and resilience.

Data confidence

Directional

Directional indicators pending integration of verified city-level data.

Verified utility layers

See country hub

Emergency, healthcare, and transport verification status appears on the country hub.

Ede data table

The table is part of the initial server-rendered HTML and mirrors the key city score cards.

Ede city intelligence data table
MetricValueContext
Overall score66/100Composite score across major city intelligence modules.
Cost of Living54/100Ede's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies.
Air Quality71/100Ede's air-quality profile is a directional indicator framed against WHO and regional benchmarks; verified city-level measurements appear in the dedicated air-quality dataset section once integrated.
Energy67/100Ede's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context.
Safety69/100Ede's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available.
Internet Speed67/100Ede's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references.
Climate Risk71/100Ede's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity.
Resilience71/100Climate adaptation and infrastructure continuity context.

Emergency and public safety in Ede

Local public safety guidance for Ede, with the country-level emergency contacts that apply when calling for police, fire, or ambulance.

Verified
Netherlands emergency contacts
ServiceNumberNotes
European emergency11224/7112 reaches police, fire, and ambulance dispatch across the European Union from any phone, free of charge.

For the universal emergency contacts that apply in Ede, including police, fire, and ambulance, see the Netherlands emergency profile.

Public safety sources

Each emergency contact above is attributed to an official emergency service or government publisher. Confirm current numbers directly with these sources.

Last verified: 2026-05-16

Methodology and the wider source registry are documented on the scoring methodology and data sources pages.

Healthcare and hospitals in Ede

Healthcare context for Ede, with national-level information from Netherlands where city-specific data is not yet verified. This is informational only and does not provide medical advice.

Verified

For the national healthcare and public-health context that applies in Ede, see the Netherlands healthcare profile.

Healthcare sources

Each entry above is attributed to an official government, public health, or recognised health-system publisher. Confirm current information directly with these sources.

Last verified: 2026-05-16

Related sections: emergency and public safety, scoring methodology, and data sources.

Transport and mobility in Ede

Local mobility context for Ede, with national-level context from Netherlands where city-specific data is not yet verified. This is informational only.

Verified

For national transport authorities and operators that apply in Ede, see the Netherlands transport profile.

Transport sources

Each entry above is attributed to an official transport authority, national operator, airport publisher, or government source. Confirm current information directly with these publishers.

Last verified: 2026-05-16

Related sections: emergency and public safety, healthcare and hospitals, cities directory, countries directory, scoring methodology, data sources.

Air quality dataset

Source-attributed air-quality dataset for Ede. Verified measurements are surfaced when published from accepted official datasets; transparent fallback is shown otherwise.

Air quality dataset for Ede

Verified data unavailableLast updated 2026-05-16 / data year 2025

Verified air-quality measurements are not yet published for this location

Source-attributed values for Ede will appear here after the platform integrates verified measurements from accepted official publishers. Until then, structured air-quality module context remains available on the dedicated module page.

Ede air-quality dataset coverage
MetricValueData yearStatus
Air qualityVerified air-quality measurements are not yet published for this location.

Data provenance

Source attribution

  • Global City Intelligence — air-quality dataset

    Verified data unavailable
    Publisher
    Global City Intelligence
    Last verified
    2026-05-16

    The air-quality dataset begins empty by design. Verified city-level measurements appear here only after they are sourced from accepted publishers (WHO, EEA, US EPA, OpenAQ, OECD, or official national/city environmental agencies).

Explore Ede modules

City pages link to module and ranking pages so crawlers can move through the topic cluster naturally.

Cost of Living in Ede

Ede's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies.

Air Quality in Ede

Ede's air-quality profile is a directional indicator framed against WHO and regional benchmarks; verified city-level measurements appear in the dedicated air-quality dataset section once integrated.

Energy in Ede

Ede's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context.

Safety in Ede

Ede's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available.

Internet Speed in Ede

Ede's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references.

Climate Risk in Ede

Ede's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity.

City rankings

Compare this city against other indexed cities in crawlable ranking tables.

Cost of living in Ede

Cost of living estimates for Ede — monthly budgets, rent, food, and transport in the local currency, plus an affordability score for comparison. Planning estimates derived from country baselines, not live prices.

Visual guide to Ede

Source-attributed visual context for Ede using verified Wikimedia imagery from the existing media catalog, alongside structured city intelligence and planning links. Not a tourism guide or attractions ranking.

Weekend trip planning guide for Ede

Weekend trip planning checklist for Ede — links into arrival planning, Summer 2026 travel context, visual orientation, budget tools, transport, public safety, and healthcare context. Not an itinerary, events calendar, hotel-price guide, restaurant guide, or tourism ranking.

Nearby weekend places from Ede

Source-backed nearby place records for local-first weekend planning, with verification status, official source links, Wikidata identity, and visual context.

Estimate a monthly budget for Ede

Estimate a monthly budget for Ede using your own housing, food, transport, healthcare, and lifestyle inputs. Planning estimator only — not an official cost-of-living measurement.

Plan a trip budget for Ede

Plan a trip budget for Ede using your own accommodation, food, local transport, activities, travel, healthcare buffer, and emergency buffer inputs. Planning estimator only — not an official travel cost estimate.

Nearby cities from Ede

Where else nearby you could spend a day or a weekend from Ede. Links are derived from geographic proximity, shared region, shared natural-recreation areas, transport corridors, and country borders — not popularity or tourism rankings.

Arnhem, Netherlands

Nearby city · about 19 km from Ede. Explore Arnhem's city intelligence profile.

Utrecht, Netherlands

Same region · about 38 km from Ede. Explore Utrecht's city intelligence profile.

Almere, Netherlands

Same region · about 47 km from Ede. Explore Almere's city intelligence profile.

Zwolle, Netherlands

Nearby city · about 60 km from Ede. Explore Zwolle's city intelligence profile.

Related collections

Regional discovery collections that include Ede — named natural regions grouping nearby nature, parks, lakes, coasts, and mountains for local-first day and weekend planning.

Interpretation

Use the Ede profile to compare affordability, air quality, and transport access alongside regional peers such as Arnhem, Apeldoorn, and Amersfoort. Its standout dimensions are air quality (71/100) and climate risk (71/100). The area most worth watching is cost of living (54/100), where the model registers practical gaps. Data year 2025; last updated 2026-05-16. Drawn from 4 institutional references.

Country context is available on the Netherlands country page. Related rankings include Overall Intelligence, Quality of Life, Remote Work. See where Ede appears in global rankings or read the scoring methodology.

Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation. Verified datasets are being integrated; official sources should be used for critical decisions.

Sources

4 institutional references inform this view, listed below with reliability notes. Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation; verified datasets are being integrated and official sources should be used for critical decisions.