Delft
Delft is a city and municipality in the province of South Holland, Netherlands.
Delft is a city and municipality in the province of South Holland, Netherlands. It is located between Rotterdam, to the southeast, and The Hague, to the northwest. Together with them, it is a part of both the Rotterdam–The Hague metropolitan area and the Randstad.
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Worth seeing in and around Delft
10 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.
- 01Mauritshuis
The Mauritshuis is an art museum in The Hague, Netherlands. The museum houses the Royal Cabinet of Paintings which consists of 854 objects, mostly Dutch Golden Age paintings.
8.2 km · art museum in The Hague, Netherlands · Wikipedia - 02Peace Palace
The Peace Palace is an international courthouse in The Hague, Netherlands. It houses the International Court of Justice, and the Permanent Court of Arbitration.
9.4 km · international law administrative building in The Hague, Netherlands · Wikipedia - 03Delft University of Technology
The Delft University of Technology is the oldest and largest Dutch public technical university, located in Delft, Netherlands. It specializes in engineering, technology, computing, design, and natural sciences.
1.4 km · Dutch university · Wikipedia - 04KB, nationale bibliotheek
The KB National Library of the Netherlands is the national library of the Netherlands, based in The Hague, founded in 1798. The KB collects everything that is published in and concerning the Netherlands, from medieval literature to today's publications.
8.1 km · national library of the Netherlands · Wikipedia - 05House of Representatives
The House of Representatives ɣeːnəˈraːl], lit. 'Second Chamber of the States General', or simply the Tweede Kamer) is the lower house of the bicameral parliament of the Netherlands, the States General, the other one being the Senate. It has 150 seats in a semicircular seating arrangement.
8.1 km · lower house of the Netherlands parliament · Wikipedia - 06Senate
The Senate ɣeːnəˈraːl], literally "First Chamber of the States General", or simply Eerste Kamer [ˈeːrstə ˈkaːmər]; sometimes Senaat [səˈnaːt] ) is the upper house of the States General, the legislature of the Netherlands. Its 75 members are elected on lists by the members of the twelve provincial councils and four electoral colleges for the Senate every four years, within three months of the provincial elections.
8.3 km · upper house of the Netherlands · Wikipedia - 07Nieuwe Kerk Delft
The Nieuwe Kerk k]; English: New Church) is a Protestant church in the city of Delft in the Netherlands. The building is located on Delft Market Square, opposite to the City Hall.
100 m · church building in Delft, Netherlands · Wikipedia - 08Huis ten Bosch
Huis ten Bosch is a royal palace in The Hague, Netherlands. It is one of three official residences of the Dutch monarch; the two others being the Noordeinde Palace in The Hague and the Royal Palace of Amsterdam.
9.1 km · palace in The Hague · Wikipedia - 09WerkTalent Stadion
The WerkTalent Stadion is a multi-use stadium in The Hague, Netherlands, designed by Zwarts & Jansma Architects. Completed in 2007, the stadium is used mostly for football and field hockey.
5.9 km · soccer stadium in The Hague, the Netherlands · Wikipedia - 10Oude Kerk
The Oude Kerk, nicknamed Oude Jan and Scheve Jan, is a Gothic Protestant church in the old city centre of Delft, the Netherlands. Its most recognisable feature is a 75-metre-high brick tower that leans about two metres from the vertical.
300 m · church in Delft, the Netherlands · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Nieuwe Kerk
Located at Markt, this church was built in 1496.
- 02Stadhuis
After a fire in 1618 after which only the tower remained, Hendrick de Keyser rebuilt the town hall.
- 03Hugo de Groot
On the market you will find the statue of Hugo Grotius (1583–1645).
- 04Drogisterij De Salamander
The gable is adorned by a traditional Gaper.
- 05De Waag
- 06Vleeshal
It is one of the only Hollands Classical buildings in Delft.
From Wikivoyage: Delft, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Things to do
Stroll through town: suggested streets: Oude Delft, Boterbrug, Wijnhaven, Hippolytusbuurt, Choorstraat, Vrouw Jutteland, Rietveld, Kerkstraat, Markt ending at the Beestenmarkt for a refreshment. Rent a bike and visit De Delftse Hout, a park/leisure area to the east of Delft.
- 01Pottery under the Mulberry Tree
- 02Vermeercentrum
It offers a view on the work and life of the famous 17th-century painter Johannes Vermeer.
From Wikivoyage: Delft, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Where to eat
Restaurants on the central marketplace can be more expensive than those in back-streets. Chocolaterie De Lelie, Voorstraat 10, 2611 JP Delft,. Great place to get ice cream. Try the dark chocolate. They also make their own chocolates. Kobus Kuch, Beestenmarkt 1. The café Kobus Kuch has a nice choice of lunch breads, but is probably best known for its home made pies, and particularly its appeltaart with whipped cream.
- 01Michel Boulanger
Oude Kerkstraat 3, 2611 HT Delft, Nederland,.
From Wikivoyage: Delft, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Getting to Delft
- Airports
- Rotterdam The Hague (RTM), 8 km · Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS), 43 km · Eindhoven (EIN), 94 km
- Stations
- Rotterdam The Hague Airport, 8.5 km · Den Haag Centraal railway station, 8.1 km · Den Haag HS railway station, 6.9 km · Delft railway station, 600 m · Den Haag Laan van NOI railway station, 7.6 km
- Amsterdam → Delft55 km · quickest by road, 1h 23m · €6–9
- Eindhoven → Delft100 km · quickest by road, 2h 32m · €13–18
- Maastricht → Delft159 km · quickest by road, 3h 23m · €22–31
- 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 Delft
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 Delft. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundby HTM Bike, Donkey Republic (The Hague) and OV-fiets (requires a personalised OV-chipkaart).
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Next door to Delft
Delft is 8 km from The Hague, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- The Haguecity and municipality in South Holland, Netherlands, seat of the Dutch government8.3 km
- Rijswijkcity and municipality in South Holland, Netherlands4.3 km
- Leidschendam-Voorburgmunicipality in South Holland, the Netherlands9 km
- Midden-Delflandmunicipality of the Netherlands6.8 km
- Pijnacker-Nootdorpmunicipality in the Netherlands4.4 km
- Voorburgtown in South Holland, the Netherlands6.5 km