Achterdijk, Vijfheerenlanden
Achterdijk is a hamlet in the Dutch province of Utrecht.

Achterdijk is a hamlet in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is a part of the municipality of Vijfheerenlanden, and lies about 7 km northeast of Gorinchem.
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Worth seeing in and around Achterdijk, Vijfheerenlanden
One place within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Heukelum Castle
Merckenburg Castle, also known as Castle Heukelum, is a brick castle in the town of Heukelum in the municipality of West Betuwe in The Netherlands. It dates back to the 13th century.
3.8 km · building in the Netherlands · Wikipedia
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Getting to Achterdijk, Vijfheerenlanden
- Airports
- Rotterdam The Hague (RTM), 42 km · Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS), 50 km · Eindhoven (EIN), 54 km
- Stations
- Leerdam railway station, 3.7 km · Arkel railway station, 3.9 km
- Rotterdam → Achterdijk, Vijfheerenlanden38 km · quickest by road, 1h 6m · €5–7
- Amsterdam → Achterdijk, Vijfheerenlanden56 km · quickest by road, 1h 37m · €7–10
- Eindhoven → Achterdijk, Vijfheerenlanden58 km · quickest by road, 1h 36m · €7–10
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No local-transport research exists yet for Achterdijk, Vijfheerenlanden
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Achterdijk, Vijfheerenlanden. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundThe region is easily explored by the various river ferries and 'water taxi' (Veerdienst Gorinchem).
- Get around{{listing | name | url | address 51.826315 | long | phone | fax | price 2016-07-05 | content= The company provides a local ferry services between Gorinchem, Woudrichem and the village of Sleeuwijk.
- Get aroundThey also provide water taxi services in the area.
- Go next{{go | name Loevestein castle | url | address 51.816415 | long out of the city reachable by ferry | phone | fax Oct-Apr: Sa Su 11:00–17:00; May Jun Sep: Tu-Su 11:00–17:00; Jul-Aug: daily 11:00–17:00 | price=€12.50 | lastedit=2016-06-07 | content=Medieval castle on the other shore of the Merwede.
From Wikivoyage: Gorinchem, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Achterdijk, Vijfheerenlanden
Achterdijk, Vijfheerenlanden is 23 km from Utrecht, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.