IJmuiden
IJmuiden is a port town in the Dutch province of North Holland.
IJmuiden is a port town in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is the main town in the municipality of Velsen which lies mainly to the south-east. Including its large sea locks, it straddles the mouth of the North Sea Canal to Amsterdam. To the south it abuts a large reserve of plant-covered dunes, the Zuid-Kennemerland National Park. The town is on the south bank; the north bank is otherwise a steel plant and Velsen-Noord.
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Worth seeing in and around IJmuiden
9 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.
- 01BUKO Stadion
Sportpark Schoonenberg k ˈsxoːnəbɛrx]), branded as BUKO Stadion for sponsorship reasons, is the home of Eredivisie club Telstar and Eredivisie Vrouwen club Telstar. It is located in Velsen-Zuid, Netherlands.
1.1 km · football stadium in Velsen-Zuid, the Netherlands · Wikipedia - 02Castle Brederode
Brederode Castle, also called the Ruins of Brederode, is located near Santpoort-Zuid. The castle was founded in the second half of the 13th century by William I van Brederode.
3.7 km · castle ruins near Haarlem, NL · Wikipedia - 03Haarlem Stadion
Haarlem Stadion is a stadium in Haarlem, Netherlands, and the home stadium of the Dutch amateur football club Haarlem Kennemerland. Formerly home of the defunct professional football club HFC Haarlem, the stadium is located in the north of Haarlem.
5.7 km · stadium in Haarlem, Netherlands · Wikipedia - 04Flevum
Flevum was a castrum and port of the Romans in Frisia, built when emperor Augustus wanted to conquer the German populated territories between the Rhine river and the Elbe river.
3.5 km · Roman fort in the Netherlands · Wikipedia - 05Hoge vuurtoren van IJmuiden
The hoge vuurtoren van IJmuiden is a round, cast-iron lighthouse in IJmuiden, Netherlands, designed by Quirinus Harder. It was built in 1878 by D.A. Schretlen & Co, a company in Leiden.
2.5 km · lighthouse in the Netherlands · Wikipedia - 06IJmuiden lower Lighthouse
The Lage vuurtoren van IJmuiden is a round, cast-iron lighthouse in IJmuiden, Netherlands, designed by Quirinus Harder. It was built in 1878 by D.A. Schretlen & Co, a company in Leiden and activated the following year.
3.1 km · lighthouse in IJmuiden, the Netherlands · Wikipedia - 07Landhuis Duin en Kruidberg
Duin en Kruidberg is a stately home in Santpoort, near Haarlem, the Netherlands. Kruidberg started as a summer house for rich merchants from Amsterdam, then it became a hunting lodge of the prince of Orange, the future king-stadholder, William III.
2.7 km · building in Velsen, Netherlands · Wikipedia - 08IJmuider Zee- en Havenmuseum
The IJmuider Zee- en Havenmuseum is a museum located at the start of the Vissershaven in IJmuiden, the Netherlands, dedicated to promoting interest and conserving the fishing and shipping cultural heritage of IJmuiden and the North Sea Canal.
1.4 km · museum in IJmuiden, the Netherlands · Wikipedia - 09IJmuiden sea lock
The IJmuiden sea lock serving Port of Amsterdam via the North Sea Canal is the largest lock in the world when considering dimensions. The lock, situated in IJmuiden in the municipality of Velsen, was opened on 26 January 2022 in the presence of King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands.
1.1 km · lock in the North Sea Canal in Velsen, the Netherlands · Wikipedia
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Getting to IJmuiden
- Airports
- Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS), 19 km · Rotterdam The Hague (RTM), 57 km · Eindhoven (EIN), 124 km
- Stations
- Driehuis railway station, 2.2 km · Santpoort Noord railway station, 2.9 km · Santpoort Zuid railway station, 4.4 km · Beverwijk railway station, 3.3 km · IJmuiden Heliport, 2.1 km
- Rotterdam → IJmuiden60 km · quickest by road, 1h 38m · €8–11
- Eindhoven → IJmuiden128 km · quickest by road, 2h 50m · €14–20
- Groningen → IJmuiden156 km · quickest by road, 3h 19m · €20–28
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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 IJmuiden
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 IJmuiden. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inIf coming from Amsterdam a fun way to get to Heemskerk might be by taking the Fast Flying Ferry from behind Centraal Station in Amsterdam to Pontplein in Velsen-Zuid.
- Get inIf coming from England you could take the ferry from Newcastle to IJmuiden.
- Get inIf coming from below the North Sea Canal you could also cycle and take the free ferry from Velsen-Zuid to Velsen-Noord which goes every 20 minutes (24/7).
From Wikivoyage: Heemskerk, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2018-11.
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Next door to IJmuiden
IJmuiden is 21 km from Amsterdam, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Beverwijkmunicipality in the Netherlands4 km
- Velsenmunicipality in the Netherlands900 m
- Wijk aan Zeevillage in Beverwijk, Netherlands4.3 km
- Driehuisvillage in Velsen, Netherlands1.7 km
- Santpoortvillage in Velsen, Netherlands4 km
- Velsen-Noordvillage in Velsen, Netherlands2.3 km