Giessendam
Hardinxveld-Giessendam is a municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland.
Hardinxveld-Giessendam is a municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. It is located about 10 km east of Dordrecht, on the river Beneden-Merwede. The municipality had a population of 18,413 in 2021 and covers an area of 19.35 km2 (7.47 sq mi) of which 2.44 km2 (0.94 sq mi) is water.
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Getting to Giessendam
- Airports
- Rotterdam The Hague (RTM), 31 km · Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS), 55 km · Eindhoven (EIN), 55 km
- Stations
- Hardinxveld-Giessendam railway station, 1.5 km · Hardinxveld Blauwe Zoom railway station, 1.9 km · Boven Hardinxveld railway station, 3.5 km
- Amsterdam → Giessendam60 km · quickest by road, 1h 44m · €8–11
- Eindhoven → Giessendam62 km · quickest by road, 1h 43m · €8–12
- Maastricht → Giessendam124 km · quickest by road, 2h 57m · €18–25
- 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 Giessendam
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 Giessendam. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThere are other villages along the Biesbosch area, some with nice little harbours if you have a boat, but the visitors' centres offer all kinds of facilities, including parking, guides, hiking and biking routes and bike or canoe renting.
- Get aroundYou can either bring your own or rent a small boat or canoe.
- Get aroundThe map also has information on where you're allowed to go, which creeks are only for rowing boats and canoes, and where you can dock.
From Wikivoyage: Biesbosch National Park, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-05.
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Next door to Giessendam
Giessendam is 27 km from Rotterdam, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Hardinxveld-Giessendammunicipality in South Holland, the Netherlands2.9 km
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