Hitzum
Hitzum is a village in Waadhoeke municipality in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands.
Hitzum is a village in Waadhoeke municipality in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 225 in January 2014. Before 2018, the village was part of the Franekeradeel municipality.
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Worth seeing in and around Hitzum
5 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.
- 01Eise Eisinga Planetarium
The Royal Eise Eisinga Planetarium is an 18th-century orrery in Franeker, Friesland, Netherlands. It is currently a museum and open to the public.
3 km · museum in Franeker · Wikipedia - 02Franeker City Hall
Franeker City Hall is the city hall of the municipality of Franeker, Netherlands, one of the eleven historical cities of Friesland. The building dates from 1591–1594 and was built in Frisian renaissance style.
2.9 km · City hall of Franeker, Netherlands · Wikipedia - 03Sjaerdemaslot
The Sjaerdemaslot was a Frisian castle, a so-called "state", in Franeker, the Netherlands. In 1446 the construction of the castle was started and the state was demolished in 1727.
2.7 km · Castle · Wikipedia - 04Johanneskerk, Tzum
The St. John's Church is a Protestant church in the Dutch village of Tzum, Friesland.
3.1 km · church building in Franekeradeel, Netherlands · Wikipedia - 05Martenahuis
The Martenahuis or Martenastins is a stins in the centre of the Dutch city of Franeker, Friesland. The building is located on the Voorstraat.
2.8 km · building in Franeker, Friesland, the Netherlands · Wikipedia
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Getting to Hitzum
- Airports
- Groningen Eelde (GRQ), 71 km · Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS), 108 km · Rotterdam The Hague (RTM), 153 km
- Stations
- Franeker railway station, 2.8 km
- Groningen → Hitzum70 km · quickest by road, 1h 43m · €9–12
- Amsterdam → Hitzum98 km · quickest by road, 2h 21m · €12–17
- Rotterdam → Hitzum155 km · quickest by road, 3h 1m · €19–26
- 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 Hitzum
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 Hitzum. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThere is a ferry running from Enkhuizen in Noord Holland to Stavoren.
- Get inIn the summer the ferry runs up to three times daily, but in April and October not as frequent.
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