Hengelo
This article is about the city in Overijssel, Netherlands. For the town in Gelderland, Netherlands, see Hengelo, Gelderland.Hengelo (population: 80,899) is a town in the eastern Netherlands, in the province of Overijssel. The municipality covers an area of 61.75 km² (of which 0.69 km² water).
The municipality of Hengelo also includes the following towns, villages and townships: Beckum.
Businessman G.A. Wiggers has a plan for a "Love City" in Beckum: with indoor "alleys" with window prostitution, a sex cinema and sex shop, like on De Wallen. The municipality has rejected the plan; Wiggers is going to appeal.