Heukelum
Heukelum is a city in the Dutch province of Gelderland.
Heukelum is a city in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is a part of the municipality of West Betuwe, and lies about 8 km northeast of Gorinchem. It received city rights in 1391.
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Worth seeing in and around Heukelum
2 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.
- 01Loevestein Castle
Loevestein Castle is a medieval castle in the municipality of Zaltbommel, Gelderland, the Netherlands. The castle was built by the knight Dirk Loef of Horne house) between 1357 and 1397.
7.4 km · Dutch medieval castle in Zaltbommel · Wikipedia - 02Heukelum Castle
Merckenburg Castle, also known as Castle Heukelum, is a brick castle in the town of Heukelum in the municipality of West Betuwe in The Netherlands. It dates back to the 13th century.
1.1 km · building in the Netherlands · Wikipedia
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Getting to Heukelum
- Airports
- Rotterdam The Hague (RTM), 45 km · Eindhoven (EIN), 51 km · Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS), 53 km
- Stations
- Gorinchem railway station, 8.6 km · Leerdam railway station, 2.6 km · Arkel railway station, 5.8 km · Beesd railway station, 8.6 km · Gorinchem Noord railway station, 7.2 km
- Rotterdam → Heukelum41 km · quickest by road, 1h 8m · €5–8
- Eindhoven → Heukelum55 km · quickest by road, 1h 27m · €7–10
- Amsterdam → Heukelum57 km · quickest by road, 1h 34m · €7–9
- 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 Heukelum
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 Heukelum. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundThe region is easily explored by the various river ferries and 'water taxi' (Veerdienst Gorinchem).
- Get around{{listing | name | url | address 51.826315 | long | phone | fax | price 2016-07-05 | content= The company provides a local ferry services between Gorinchem, Woudrichem and the village of Sleeuwijk.
- Get aroundThey also provide water taxi services in the area.
- Go next{{go | name Loevestein castle | url | address 51.816415 | long out of the city reachable by ferry | phone | fax Oct-Apr: Sa Su 11:00–17:00; May Jun Sep: Tu-Su 11:00–17:00; Jul-Aug: daily 11:00–17:00 | price=€12.50 | lastedit=2016-06-07 | content=Medieval castle on the other shore of the Merwede.
From Wikivoyage: Gorinchem, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Heukelum
Heukelum is 24 km from Utrecht, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.