Asperen
Asperen is a small city in the Dutch province of Gelderland.
Asperen is a small city in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is a part of the municipality of West Betuwe, and lies about 10 km east of Gorinchem on the river Linge. It received city rights in 1313.
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Worth seeing in and around Asperen
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.
- 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.
9.3 km · Dutch medieval castle in Zaltbommel · Wikipedia - 02Heukelum 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.
1.2 km · building in the Netherlands · Wikipedia
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Getting to Asperen
- Airports
- Rotterdam The Hague (RTM), 47 km · Eindhoven (EIN), 51 km · Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS), 53 km
- Stations
- Leerdam railway station, 1.8 km · Arkel railway station, 7.9 km · Beesd railway station, 6.4 km · Gorinchem Noord railway station, 9.5 km
- Rotterdam → Asperen44 km · quickest by road, 1h 8m · €6–8
- Eindhoven → Asperen55 km · quickest by road, 1h 26m · €7–9
- Amsterdam → Asperen57 km · quickest by road, 1h 33m · €7–9
- 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 Asperen
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 Asperen. 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 Asperen
Asperen is 23 km from Utrecht, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.