Find a pharmacy in Apeldoorn
Apeldoorn anchors the Veluwe region of Gelderland with roughly 165,000 residents, and PillsCard lists 14 verified pharmacies serving the city and its surrounding villages of Beekbergen, Ugchelen, and Hoenderloo. The network supports a mixed population: long-settled Dutch families, a sizeable retiree cohort drawn by the woodland setting, employees of Achmea and the Royal Netherlands Mint, and a growing Eritrean, Syrian, and Polish community concentrated around Zevenhuizen and Zuid. Pharmacies cluster along the Hoofdstraat spine and near Gelre Ziekenhuis on Albert Schweitzerlaan, with satellite branches in residential pockets like Orden, De Maten, and Osseveld. Cross-border demand is minimal here, but the city's role as a regional referral point for the Veluwe means rural patients from Vaassen and Loenen frequently collect prescriptions in town.
The market is fragmented across national chains and independent operators rather than dominated by any single brand. Benu operates several branches across the city, including outlets serving De Maten and the centre, while Boots maintains a high-street presence on the Hoofdstraat alongside health-and-beauty retail. AGA-apotheek serves the western neighbourhoods, and Alphega Apotheek Ooster-Welgelegen anchors the south-eastern Welgelegen district near the Kanaal Noord corridor. Independents remain meaningful: Apotheek Orden serves its eponymous neighbourhood, Apotheek Romijn handles long-standing chronic-care patients, and Service Apotheek Beekpark sits near the park and hospital catchment. Most pharmacies coordinate directly with the Gelre Ziekenhuizen discharge desk for post-admission medication reconciliation.
Pricing & coverage
Under the Zorgverzekeringswet, the basisverzekering reimburses most prescription medicines listed on the Geneesmiddelenvergoedingssysteem (GVS), subject to the annual € eigen risico (deductible for –). Typical out-of-pocket costs in Apeldoorn include a dispensing fee of around €–€ per first issue and €–€ per repeat, a medication-review consult at €–€, and compounding charges between € and € depending on preparation. Over-the-counter items such as paracetamol mg (€–€) and ibuprofen mg (€–€) sit outside reimbursement. Authorisation status for any specific product can be verified through the