Hoogkarspel
Hoogkarspel is a village in the municipality Drechterland, located in the north west of the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland and the region of West-Frisia.
Hoogkarspel is a village in the municipality Drechterland, located in the north west of the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland and the region of West-Frisia. The name derives from the words hoog and kerspel, a Middle Dutch word for parish.
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Worth seeing in and around Hoogkarspel
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.
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Getting to Hoogkarspel
- Airports
- Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS), 51 km · Rotterdam The Hague (RTM), 96 km · Groningen Eelde (GRQ), 105 km
- Stations
- Hoogkarspel railway station, 600 m · Bovenkarspel-Grootebroek railway station, 3.8 km
- Amsterdam → Hoogkarspel40 km · quickest by road, 1h 13m · €6–8
- Rotterdam → Hoogkarspel98 km · quickest by road, 2h 22m · €12–17
- Groningen → Hoogkarspel110 km · quickest by road, 2h 44m · €16–23
- 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 Hoogkarspel
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 Hoogkarspel. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inIn summer, there are two ferry services across the IJsselmeer: Rederij V&O connects Enkhuizen to Stavoren in Friesland (May-September, plus more limited services in April).
- Get inThe ferries run 2 or 3 times per day, stopping also at the Zuiderzeemuseum, and their schedules match train times.
- Get inThe ferry takes about 80 minutes one way and costs €20/28.50 for an adult's single/return ticket, children up to 12 years €13.50/20, bikes €7.50/10 (as of 2026).
- Go nextHop on a ferry and cross the water to Stavoren, and the interesting Frisian Lakes region that lies behind it, full of water sports facilities.
From Wikivoyage: Enkhuizen, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-07.
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Next door to Hoogkarspel
Hoogkarspel is 41 km from Amsterdam, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Stede Broecmunicipality in North Holland, the Netherlands3.3 km
- Drechterlandmunicipality in the Netherlands3.2 km
- Westwoudvillage in Drechterland, Netherlands3.1 km
- Lutjebroekvillage in Stede Broec, Netherlands2 km
- Grootebroekvillage in Stede Broec, Netherlands2.8 km
- Hemvillage in Drechterland, Netherlands3.8 km