De Rijp
De Rijp is a village and former island in the Dutch province of North Holland.
De Rijp is a village and former island in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Alkmaar, and lies about 10 km northwest of Purmerend, between the Schermer and the Beemster polders. Before the poldering of the lakes surrounding it, De Rijp was famous for its herring industry. Today it is known for its characteristic rijksmonuments, which include some of the oldest wooden houses of North Holland.
Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Worth seeing in and around De Rijp
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.
- 01Grote Kerk, De Rijp
The Grote Kerk is a Protestant church in De Rijp, Netherlands, located near the Town Hall. The church is known for its 17th-century stained-glass windows.
400 m · Protestant church in De Rijp, North Holland · Wikipedia
Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Getting to De Rijp
- Airports
- Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS), 28 km · Rotterdam The Hague (RTM), 72 km · Eindhoven (EIN), 128 km
- Rotterdam → De Rijp75 km · quickest by road, 1h 57m · €10–14
- Eindhoven → De Rijp131 km · quickest by road, 2h 33m · €16–22
- Groningen → De Rijp137 km · quickest by road, 2h 55m · €18–26
- 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 De Rijp
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 De Rijp. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inSeveral tour companies also offer half-day trips to Zaanse Schans, with transportation to/from Amsterdam included.
From Wikivoyage: Zaanse Schans, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
- 0180 km
- 02472 km
- 03640 km
- 04671 km
- 05732 km
If you know how people move in De Rijp – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to De Rijp
De Rijp is 21 km from Amsterdam, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- West-Graftdijkvillage in Alkmaar, Netherlands3.3 km
- Oost-Graftdijkvillage in Alkmaar, Netherlands2.4 km
- Spijkerboorvillage in Wormerland, Netherlands2.2 km
- Driehuizenvillage in Alkmaar, Netherlands3.5 km
- Grootschermervillage in Alkmaar, Netherlands2.7 km
- Noordeindevillage in Alkmaar, the Netherlands1.8 km