Hindeloopen
Hindeloopen is an old city on the North of the Netherlands on the IJsselmeer.

Hindeloopen is an old city on the North of the Netherlands on the IJsselmeer. It lies within the municipality of Súdwest Fryslân. It is famous because of the Hindeloopen art and hindeloopen costume.
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Worth seeing in and around Hindeloopen
One place 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.
- 01Stavoren Lighthouse
The Stavoren Lighthouse is a lighthouse near Stavoren on the IJsselmeer, in the Netherlands. On two nearby piers are a red and a green light beacon for the Stavoren harbor.
7.5 km · lighthouse in Friesland, the Netherlands · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
The Westertoren. A tower built in 1593.
- 01The Grote Kerk
The Protestant church of Hindeloopen, built in 1632 The former city hall, which now functions as a museum.
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Things to do
- 01Museum Hindeloopen
Dijkweg 1, 8713 KD, info@museumhindeloopen.nl.
- 02Eerste Friese Schaatsmuseum
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Where to eat
- 01Argentijns Mexicaans Restaurant "El Paso"
Tuinen 32, 8713 KM,.
- 02Ame Gijs
Het Oost 8, 8713 JP,.
- 03Cafe Restaurant De Hinde
Het Oost 4, 8713 JP,.
- 04Restaurant De Drie Harinkjes
Buren 39, 8713 KC, info@de3harinkjes.nl.
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Getting to Hindeloopen
- Airports
- Groningen Eelde (GRQ), 81 km · Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS), 83 km · Rotterdam The Hague (RTM), 128 km
- Stations
- Hindeloopen railway station, 1.6 km · Koudum-Molkwerum railway station, 5.3 km · Stavoren railway station, 7.5 km · Workum railway station, 4.4 km
- Groningen → Hindeloopen84 km · quickest by road, 2h 8m · €11–15
- Amsterdam → Hindeloopen72 km · quickest by road, 2h 33m · €13–18
- Rotterdam → Hindeloopen129 km · quickest by road, 3h 11m · €20–28
- 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 Hindeloopen
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 Hindeloopen. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Go nextThe old harbour town of Harlingen is 30 minutes away, and is also the ferry terminal for services to the Wadden islands of Vlieland and Terschelling.
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Next door to Hindeloopen
- Workumtown in Súdwest-Fryslân, Netherlands4.3 km
- Staverentown in Súdwest-Fryslân, Netherlands7.9 km
- Molkwerumvillage in Súdwest-Fryslân, Netherlands5.5 km
- Aldegeavillage in De Fryske Marren, Netherlands9.7 km
- Koudumvillage in Súdwest-Fryslân, Netherlands5.2 km
- Bakhuizenvillage in De Fryske Marren, Netherlands9.9 km