Halfweg
Halfweg is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland.
Halfweg is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. Previously a part of the municipality of Haarlemmerliede en Spaarnwoude, it is currently a part of the municipality of Haarlemmermeer and lies about 8 km (5.0 mi) east of Haarlem. Its name, which translates as "halfway," comes from its location approximately halfway between Haarlem and Amsterdam.
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Worth seeing in and around Halfweg
3 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.
- 01NRCA Stadium
The National Rugby Centre Amsterdam, also known as NRCA Stadium, is a rugby stadium in Amsterdam. The complex is situated within the Sportpark de Eendracht in the district of Geuzenveld-Slotermeer.
2.5 km · national Dutch rugby stadium in Amsterdam · Wikipedia - 02Haarlemmertrekvaart
The Haarlemmertrekvaart [ˌhaːrlɛmərˈtrɛkfaːrt] is a canal between Amsterdam and Haarlem in the province of North Holland, the Netherlands. It was dug in 1631, making it the oldest tow-canal in Holland.
1.2 km · tow canal built in 1631 from Amsterdam to Halfweg and from Halfweg to Haarlem, Netherlands (Halfweg was an 'overtoom' where passengers needed to crossover to another 'ferry' or trekschuit) · Wikipedia - 03Dijkgraafplein
The Dijkgraafplein is a square in Amsterdam-Osdorp in the Netherlands, lying at the end of Tussen Meer. The square is named after the office of dijkgraaf in 1962.
3.9 km · square in Amsterdam, Netherlands · Wikipedia
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Getting to Halfweg
- Airports
- Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS), 8 km · Rotterdam The Hague (RTM), 52 km · Eindhoven (EIN), 112 km
- Stations
- Halfweg-Zwanenburg railway station, 300 m
- Rotterdam → Halfweg54 km · quickest by road, 1h 24m · €7–10
- Eindhoven → Halfweg116 km · quickest by road, 2h 36m · €13–19
- Groningen → Halfweg134 km · quickest by road, 2h 54m · €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 Halfweg
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 Halfweg. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inDFDS operate an overnight ferry from Newcastle, UK to IJmuiden, which is only about 30 minutes from Haarlem by local bus.
- Get inFrom the ferry terminal, it is a walk to Planetenweg (bus stop Zwaanstraat).
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Next door to Halfweg
Halfweg is 10 km from Amsterdam, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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