Arkel
Arkel is a town in the province of South Holland, Netherlands.
Arkel is a town in the province of South Holland, Netherlands. A part of the municipality of Molenlanden, it lies about 3 km north of Gorinchem. Arkel is a former municipality; in 1986 it became part of Giessenlanden.
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Worth seeing in and around Arkel
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.
- 01Loevestein Castle
Loevestein Castle is a medieval castle in the municipality of Zaltbommel, Gelderland, the Netherlands. The castle was built by the knight Dirk Loef of Horne house) between 1357 and 1397.
5.6 km · Dutch medieval castle in Zaltbommel · Wikipedia
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Getting to Arkel
- Airports
- Rotterdam The Hague (RTM), 40 km · Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS), 52 km · Eindhoven (EIN), 53 km
- Stations
- Gorinchem railway station, 3.8 km · Arkel railway station, 900 m · Gorinchem Noord railway station, 2 km
- Amsterdam → Arkel57 km · quickest by road, 1h 35m · €7–10
- Eindhoven → Arkel58 km · quickest by road, 1h 33m · €8–11
- Maastricht → Arkel123 km · quickest by road, 2h 49m · €17–24
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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 Arkel
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 Arkel. 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 Arkel
Arkel is 27 km from Utrecht, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- GorinchemDutch municipality in South Holland4 km
- Heukelumtown in West Betuwe, Netherlands5.7 km
- Noordeloosfarm village in the Netherlands5.8 km
- Hoogbloklandfarm village in the Netherlands1.8 km
- Hoornaartown in South Holland, Netherlands3.6 km
- Spijkvillage in West Betuwe, Netherlands1.3 km