Ede (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈeːdə] ⓘ) is a town and municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of Gelderland.

The environment is clean and green because Ede is partly built in a forest and partly on the central Dutch plains in the national park called Nationaal Park "De Hoge Veluwe".

Economically, the town of Ede is doing fairly well thanks to the proximity of major highways and railways which offer fast connections to the port of Rotterdam, Schiphol airport and the Ruhr Area in Germany.

The main sources of employment used to be a factory belonging to the Dutch Enka company and the three military bases situated in the east of the town.

The factory, however, has been closed and the military bases are largely underused since conscription was abolished.