Cruquius

Worth seeing in and around Cruquius

6 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.

1. 01
   Hartekamp

   Hartekamp, or Hartecamp, is the name of a villa in Heemstede, North Holland, the Netherlands, on the Bennebroek border. It was once the buitenplaats of George Clifford, who employed Carl Linnaeus in 1737 to write his Hortus Cliffortianus, a detailed description of the gardens of Hartecamp.

   2.5 km · Dutch botanical garden near Heemstede, Netherlands · Wikipedia
2. 02
   De Cruquius Pumping Station

   The Museum De Cruquius occupies the old Cruquius steam pumping station in Cruquius, the Netherlands. It derives its name from Nicolaas Kruik, a Dutch land-surveyor and one of many promoters of a plan to pump the Haarlemmermeer dry.

   600 m · museum in Cruquius, the Netherlands · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Haarlemmerhout

   The Haarlemmerhout is the oldest public park of the Netherlands. It lies on the south side of Haarlem, on the same old sandy sea wall that is shared by the public park Haagse Bos in The Hague and the Alkmaarderhout in Alkmaar.

   3.8 km · oldest public park of the Netherlands · Wikipedia
4. 04
   De Naald

   De Naald is a monument in Heemstede, Netherlands, erected in 1817 by the city council to commemorate two battles on the Manpad road running next to the site. The site is at the corner of the Manpad, and Herenweg, on property belonging to the estate 'Huis te Manpad'.

   2.1 km · monument in Heemstede, Netherlands · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Sportpark Koninklijke HFC

   Sportpark Koninklijke HFC is a cricket ground in Haarlem, the Netherlands. The first recorded match on the ground came in 1895 when the Haarlem played English club Leicester Ivanhoe.

   3.5 km · cricket ground in Haarlem, Netherlands · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Huis te Manpad

   The Huis te Manpad is an historical villa and former summer home of Jacob van Lennep in Heemstede, the Netherlands; bordered by the Leidsevaart canal, the Manpadslaan, and the Herenweg. It neighbors the estate of Hartekamp, famed for the gardens described by Carl Linnaeus.

   2.2 km · manor building in the Netherlands · Wikipedia

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Getting to Cruquius

Airports

Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS), 9 km · Rotterdam The Hague (RTM), 44 km · Eindhoven (EIN), 111 km

Stations

Heemstede-Aerdenhout railway station, 3.4 km

• Rotterdam → Cruquius

  47 km · quickest by road, 1h 21m · €7–9
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• Eindhoven → Cruquius

  115 km · quickest by road, 2h 43m · €14–19
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• Groningen → Cruquius

  163 km · quickest by road, 3h 18m · €20–28
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