Heemstede
Heemstede is a town and a municipality in the Western Netherlands, in the province of North Holland.
Heemstede is a town and a municipality in the Western Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. In 2021, it had a population of 27,545. Located just south of the city of Haarlem on the border with South Holland, it is one of the richest municipalities of the Netherlands.
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Worth seeing in and around Heemstede
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.
- 01Frans Hals Museum
The Frans Hals Museum is a museum in the North Holland city of Haarlem, the Netherlands, founded in 1862, known as the Art Museum of Haarlem. Its collection is based on the city's own rich collection, built up from the 16th century onwards.
3.2 km · joint museum with a modern and a 17th century painting collection in Haarlem, The Netherlands · Wikipedia - 02Teylers Museum
Teylers Museum is an art, natural history, and science museum in Haarlem, Netherlands. Established in 1778, Teylers Museum was founded as a centre for contemporary art and science.
3.8 km · art, natural history, and science museum in Haarlem, Netherlands · Wikipedia - 03Roman Catholic Diocese of Haarlem-Amsterdam
The Diocese of Haarlem–Amsterdam is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in the Netherlands. As one of the seven suffragans in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan archbishop of Utrecht, the diocesan territory comprises the north west of the Netherlands, including the cities of Haarlem and Amsterdam.
3 km · diocese of the Catholic Church in the Netherlands · Wikipedia - 04Grote Kerk
The Grote Kerk or St.-Bavokerk is a Reformed Protestant church located on the central market square in the Dutch city of Haarlem. The church was built in 1307.
3.7 km · church in Haarlem, North Holland, Netherlands · Wikipedia - 05Cathedral of Saint Bavo
The Cathedral of Saint Bavo is a cathedral in Haarlem, the Netherlands, built by Joseph Cuypers from 1895 to 1930 to replace the former waterstaatskerk in the Jansstraat called the St. Joseph.
3 km · church in Haarlem, the Netherlands · Wikipedia - 06Hoofdwacht
The Hoofdwacht is a historically important rijksmonument. It was built in the 13th century and it is considered the oldest building in Haarlem, Netherlands.
3.8 km · building in Haarlem, Netherlands · Wikipedia - 07Hartekamp
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.
2.7 km · Dutch botanical garden near Heemstede, Netherlands · Wikipedia - 08De 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.
2 km · museum in Cruquius, the Netherlands · Wikipedia - 09Villa Welgelegen
Villa Welgelegen is a historical building in Haarlem, the Netherlands, which currently houses the offices of the provincial executives of North Holland. Located at the north end of a public park in the city, it is an example of neoclassical architecture, designed by Abraham van der Hart and unusual for its style in the Netherlands.
2.6 km · neo-classical building and administrative centre of the province of North Holland in Haarlem, the Netherlands · Wikipedia - 10Oval Room
The Oval Room in the Teylers Museum was the first part of the museum that was opened in 1784. It could be entered through the garden of the fundatiehuis, the former home of Pieter Teyler van der Hulst.
3.8 km · room in the Teylers Museum in the Netherlands · Wikipedia
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Getting to Heemstede
- Airports
- Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS), 11 km · Rotterdam The Hague (RTM), 45 km · Eindhoven (EIN), 113 km
- Stations
- Heemstede-Aerdenhout railway station, 1.3 km
- Rotterdam → Heemstede49 km · quickest by road, 1h 23m · €7–9
- Eindhoven → Heemstede117 km · quickest by road, 2h 45m · €14–19
- Groningen → Heemstede163 km · quickest by road, 3h 20m · €20–29
- 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 Heemstede
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 Heemstede. 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 Heemstede
Heemstede is 19 km from Amsterdam, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Haarlemmunicipality in the Netherlands and capital city of North Holland3.7 km
- Cruquiusvillage in Haarlemmermeer, Netherlands2.2 km
- Aerdenhouttown in the municipality of Bloemendaal, the Netherlands2.1 km
- Bentveldvillage in Zandvoort and Bloemendaal, Netherlands3.5 km
- Amsterdamse Poortonly remaining city gate of Haarlem, Netherlands4 km