Alblasserdam
Alblasserdam is a town and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland.
Alblasserdam is a town and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. It covers an area of 10.06 km2 (3.88 sq mi), of which 1.28 km2 (0.49 sq mi) is water, and has a population of 20,136 as of 2021. Alblasserdam is officially a part of the Drechtsteden region. A portion of the small village of Kinderdijk, which boasts the largest and most famous concentration of windmills in the Netherlands, is part of Alblasserdam.
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Worth seeing in and around Alblasserdam
2 places 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.
- 01De Gorzen
The Gorzen is a nature park in the Dutch province of South Holland, located on the eastside of Ridderkerk, between the New Veer and the New harbor. The nature- and recreational park The Gorzen is a former dumpsite with a total area of 40 acres.
2.9 km · park in Ridderkerk, the Netherlands · Wikipedia - 02Reformed Church, Nieuw-Lekkerland
The Reformed Church in Nieuw-Lekkerland is the biggest and oldest church in Nieuw-Lekkerland, Netherlands. The church was built in 1848, but it is nearly sure that there was a church before.
2.8 km · church in Nieuw-Lekkerland, Netherlands · Wikipedia
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Getting to Alblasserdam
- Airports
- Rotterdam The Hague (RTM), 18 km · Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS), 49 km · Eindhoven (EIN), 68 km
- Amsterdam → Alblasserdam59 km · quickest by road, 1h 58m · €9–13
- Eindhoven → Alblasserdam74 km · quickest by road, 1h 57m · €10–14
- Maastricht → Alblasserdam134 km · quickest by road, 2h 59m · €19–27
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Alblasserdam
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 Alblasserdam. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inA day pass is available which includes coupons for a return ride on the Driehoeksveer ferry and entrances to the Museummolen and Wisboomgemaal.
- Get inJust cross a river via a bridge or by a ferry (take off at Papendrecht), then take a ride for about 15km.
From Wikivoyage: Kinderdijk, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Alblasserdam
Alblasserdam is 14 km from Rotterdam, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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