Aalten (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈaːltə(n)] ⓘ) is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands.

Notable inhabitants of Aalten include Angus Young, guitarist of the Australian rock band AC/DC, and Robert Gesink, a professional road bicycle racer.

There is a half-hourly service between Arnhem and Winterswijk, which stops at this station.

Arnhem railway station has services to Amsterdam, Amsterdam Airport, Utrecht, Nijmegen, 's-Hertogenbosch, Breda, Tilburg and to cities in Germany.

Aalten also has an hourly bus service to Ruurlo and to Zelhem.