Beverwijk
Beverwijk is an industrial port city in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland.

Beverwijk is an industrial port city in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. The town is located about 20 kilometres (12 mi) northwest of Amsterdam in the Randstad metropolitan area, north of the North Sea Canal very close to the North Sea coast. A railway tunnel and two motorway tunnels cross the canal between Beverwijk and the nearby city of Haarlem on the south side of the canal.
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Worth seeing in and around Beverwijk
5 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.
- 01BUKO Stadion
Sportpark Schoonenberg k ˈsxoːnəbɛrx]), branded as BUKO Stadion for sponsorship reasons, is the home of Eredivisie club Telstar and Eredivisie Vrouwen club Telstar. It is located in Velsen-Zuid, Netherlands.
3.3 km · football stadium in Velsen-Zuid, the Netherlands · Wikipedia - 02Assumburg
Slot Assumburg is a castle in the east of Heemskerk in the province of North Holland in the Netherlands.
3.4 km · castle in Heemskerk · Wikipedia - 03Flevum
Flevum was a castrum and port of the Romans in Frisia, built when emperor Augustus wanted to conquer the German populated territories between the Rhine river and the Elbe river.
3.7 km · Roman fort in the Netherlands · Wikipedia - 04IJmuiden sea lock
The IJmuiden sea lock serving Port of Amsterdam via the North Sea Canal is the largest lock in the world when considering dimensions. The lock, situated in IJmuiden in the municipality of Velsen, was opened on 26 January 2022 in the presence of King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands.
3.3 km · lock in the North Sea Canal in Velsen, the Netherlands · Wikipedia - 05Dorpskerk
The Dorpskerk is a Protestant church building at Kerkplein 1 in the centre of the Dutch village of Heemskerk. Its tower is 13th-15th century whilst the rest of the building dates to 1628-1629.
3.3 km · church building in Heemskerk · Wikipedia
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Getting to Beverwijk
- Airports
- Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS), 21 km · Rotterdam The Hague (RTM), 60 km · Eindhoven (EIN), 125 km
- Stations
- Heemskerk railway station, 2.8 km · Beverwijk railway station, 700 m
- Rotterdam → Beverwijk64 km · quickest by road, 1h 36m · €8–11
- Eindhoven → Beverwijk129 km · quickest by road, 2h 48m · €14–20
- Groningen → Beverwijk152 km · quickest by road, 3h 11m · €19–27
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No local-transport research exists yet for Beverwijk
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 Beverwijk. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inIf coming from Amsterdam a fun way to get to Heemskerk might be by taking the Fast Flying Ferry from behind Centraal Station in Amsterdam to Pontplein in Velsen-Zuid.
- Get inIf coming from England you could take the ferry from Newcastle to IJmuiden.
- Get inIf coming from below the North Sea Canal you could also cycle and take the free ferry from Velsen-Zuid to Velsen-Noord which goes every 20 minutes (24/7).
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Next door to Beverwijk
Beverwijk is 20 km from Amsterdam, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Velsenmunicipality in the Netherlands2.9 km
- Heemskerktown and municipality in North Holland, the Netherlands3.4 km
- IJmuidentown in Velsen, Netherlands3.4 km
- Wijk aan Zeevillage in Beverwijk, Netherlands4 km
- Velsen-Noordvillage in Velsen, Netherlands1.3 km
- Velsen-Zuidvillage in Velsen, Netherlands2.6 km