Boekelo is a Dutch village in the Enschede district in the south of the Netherlands with a population of about 3,000 people and is located just west of the village of Usselo. The village is best known for the international equestrian military event, Boekelo Enschede, but also for the salt industry that later moved to Hengelo and the Grolsch brewery, which moved here leaving the factories in Groenlo and Enschede. The old site of the Texoprint factory, the former Boekelosche Stoomblekerij in 1888, has been transformed into a new residential area, "De Bleekerij". The industrial buildings and the chimney from the construction site have received a destination within the urban development plan and, therefore, will be preserved for the future.

The village and its surroundings attract many tourists, there are beautiful cycling and walking routes, including the water mill in Oele, Buurserzand, Haaksbergen and Twekkelo. Information about this can be found at the tourist information point on Windmolenweg, right next to the De Buren restaurant. In Usselo, a few kilometers from Boekelo, there is the flour mill at Wissink's Möl, a post mill from 1802.
The Twente coulisse landscape of Boekelo is home to historic estates, including Hof te Boekelo (an original possession of 1570), De Weele, Zonnebeek and 't Stroot.
"Museum Buurtspoorweg" regularly runs a historic museum railway with restored steam locomotives and wagons from Boekelo to Haaksbergen. Halfway, the "Zoutindustrie" station is next to "Bad Boekelo Hotel".
Boekelo has an annual international equestrian sport event, "The Military". Just outside the village there is an 18 hole golf course and a driving range.
Boekelo's history is determined by farms, land and markets, sales, inheritance and adjustments. Due to the opening of the Winterswijk-Boekelo-Enschede-Hengelo railway line in 1885, the industry settled in Boekelo.