Houtrijk en Polanen
Houtrijk en Polanen is a former municipality in the Dutch province of North Holland.
Houtrijk en Polanen is a former municipality in the Dutch province of North Holland. It existed from 1817 to 1863, when it was merged with Haarlemmerliede en Spaarnwoude.
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Worth seeing in and around Houtrijk en Polanen
3 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.
- 01NRCA Stadium
The National Rugby Centre Amsterdam, also known as NRCA Stadium, is a rugby stadium in Amsterdam. The complex is situated within the Sportpark de Eendracht in the district of Geuzenveld-Slotermeer.
2.3 km · national Dutch rugby stadium in Amsterdam · Wikipedia - 02Haarlemmertrekvaart
The Haarlemmertrekvaart [ˌhaːrlɛmərˈtrɛkfaːrt] is a canal between Amsterdam and Haarlem in the province of North Holland, the Netherlands. It was dug in 1631, making it the oldest tow-canal in Holland.
1 km · tow canal built in 1631 from Amsterdam to Halfweg and from Halfweg to Haarlem, Netherlands (Halfweg was an 'overtoom' where passengers needed to crossover to another 'ferry' or trekschuit) · Wikipedia - 03Dijkgraafplein
The Dijkgraafplein is a square in Amsterdam-Osdorp in the Netherlands, lying at the end of Tussen Meer. The square is named after the office of dijkgraaf in 1962.
3.9 km · square in Amsterdam, Netherlands · Wikipedia
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Getting to Houtrijk en Polanen
- Airports
- Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS), 8 km · Rotterdam The Hague (RTM), 52 km · Eindhoven (EIN), 112 km
- Stations
- Halfweg-Zwanenburg railway station, 500 m
- Rotterdam → Houtrijk en Polanen54 km · quickest by road, 1h 26m · €7–10
- Eindhoven → Houtrijk en Polanen116 km · quickest by road, 2h 35m · €13–18
- Groningen → Houtrijk en Polanen154 km · quickest by road, 3h 11m · €20–28
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No local-transport research exists yet for Houtrijk en Polanen
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 Houtrijk en Polanen. 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).
From Wikivoyage: Haarlem, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Houtrijk en Polanen
Houtrijk en Polanen is 9 km from Amsterdam, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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