Weeze

Weeze is in Lower Rhine. It's a town of 12,000 inhabitants (2021) whose main claim to fame is the airport which is sometimes marketed by associating it with Düsseldorf some 80 km east.

Understand
The town of Weeze is one of handful in Europe that was "put on the map" by low cost airlines serving the local airport. In the case of Weeze the local airport originated as a Royal Air Force base of the British occupying power and was put to civilian use as part of the hoped-for "peace dividend" at the end of the cold war. The main reason Ryanair and others fly to such airports is the lower fees. Ryanair in particular uses the dominant position they have at this airport to extract concessions and they threaten to - and sometimes do - cancel routes or an entire base on short notice if their demands aren't met.

By bus
Due to the airport, more intercity bus lines serve Weeze than comparably sized small towns. The bus routes usually only serve the airport and not downtown, but you can easily hop on an airport shuttle bus to get downtown if that's where you're headed.

By car

 * Coming from the Rhineland/Ruhr area: Via the DE|A|57 Direction Nijmegen until exit Uedem|4, then follow the airport symbol.
 * Approach from the Netherlands: Via the NL|A|77 to the German border and continue on the DE|A|57 to exit Goch|3, then follow the airport symbol.
 * If you are going to the airport, you can input 47652 Weeze, Flughafen-Ring 1 into your GPS program.

Get around
Mandatory travel area for cabs is the entire district of Kleve. In the compulsory travel area, a basic price of €3.90 and per-kilometre rate of €2.10 during the day and €2.20 at night and all day on Sundays and holidays (as of 2019).

Events
Two notable music festivals are held on the grounds of the airport every year