Wageningen (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈʋaːɣənɪŋə(n)] ⓘ) is a municipality and a historic city in the central Netherlands, in the province of Gelderland.

Wageningen is situated on the north bank of the Nederrijn (the Dutch portion of the Lower Rhine) part of the Gelderse Valley [fy; li; nds-nl; nl; zea] and the Veluwe, of which the southwest hill is called the Wageningse Berg.

The town is also famous for its role at the end of the war: Wageningen was the site of the surrender of Oberbefehlshaber Niederlande supreme commander Generaloberst Johannes Blaskowitz, to I Canadian Corps commander Lieutenant-General Charles Foulkes, on 5 May 1945, officially ending the war in the Netherlands.

[10] This initiated the development from a small historical town into a modern technological community, a process which still continues today.

The city had its own professional football (soccer) club, FC Wageningen, which won the KNVB Cup twice.

A small ferry (for cars, bikes, and pedestrians) crosses the Nederrijn to the south of the city, at Lexkesveer; from there, drivers can connect to the A15 national highway, via the N836 provincial road.

From the Wageningen central bus terminal, lines connect to Rhenen, Tiel, Veenendaal, Utrecht, Oosterbeek, and Arnhem, and the Ede-Wageningen railway station.

Further connections via bus, including to the Hoge Veluwe National Park and the Kröller-Müller Museum, also may be made at the Ede-Wageningen station.

Bus service includes the following:[14] Composition of the Wageningen municipal council since 1982: *Participated in 1986 with the name PPCE, the abbreviation of PSP-PPR-CPN-EVP.