Oosterbeek

…name from the hotel at Oosterbeek, Netherlands, where the first conference was held in 1954. An international steering committee generally selects different delegates each year.

…and comprises the villages of Oosterbeek (the local government centre), Renkum, Doorwerth, Heelsum, Heveadorp, and Wolfheze. The locality was especially associated with the Battle of Arnhem in World War II; on the Oosterbeek village green is a memorial erected by the Dutch in memory of the British airborne forces. The…