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Kinderdijk

Kinderdijk is a town in the municipality of Molenlanden, in the province of South Holland, Netherlands.

Kinderdijk
Kinderdijk · Wikimedia Commons
The place

Kinderdijk is a town in the municipality of Molenlanden, in the province of South Holland, Netherlands. It is located about 15 km east of Rotterdam.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Kinderdijk

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.

  1. 01
    Reformed Church, Nieuw-Lekkerland

    The Reformed Church in Nieuw-Lekkerland is the biggest and oldest church in Nieuw-Lekkerland, Netherlands. The church was built in 1848, but it is nearly sure that there was a church before.

    3.9 km · church in Nieuw-Lekkerland, Netherlands · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    De Gorzen

    The Gorzen is a nature park in the Dutch province of South Holland, located on the eastside of Ridderkerk, between the New Veer and the New harbor. The nature- and recreational park The Gorzen is a former dumpsite with a total area of 40 acres.

    1.9 km · park in Ridderkerk, the Netherlands · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

See

What Wikivoyage says to see

  1. 01
    Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout

    The largest concentration of old windmills in the Netherlands.

  2. 02
    Museum Mills
  3. 03
    Wisboom
  4. 04
    Nederwaard Molen
  5. 05
    Blokweer Molen

From Wikivoyage: Kinderdijk, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Do

Things to do

Bike ride. Cycling is a popular activity in Kinderdijk. You can take a ride along the windmills, or in the wider area. It is even possible to cycle all the way to here from Rotterdam! Bike rental is available at the Partycentrum de Klok (see below) or at the town of Alblasserdam (near the waterbus stop).

From Wikivoyage: Kinderdijk, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Eat

Where to eat

There are a few restaurants at the entrance of the park.

  1. 01
    Kantine De Molenhoek
  2. 02
    Buena Vista

    Molenstraat 230 (near the entrance of the park),.

  3. 03
    Partycentrum de Klok

    Molenstraat 117.

From Wikivoyage: Kinderdijk, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Go there

Getting to Kinderdijk

Airports
Rotterdam The Hague (RTM), 16 km · Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS), 48 km · Eindhoven (EIN), 70 km
  • Amsterdam → Kinderdijk
    57 km · quickest by road, 2h 5m · €8–12
  • Eindhoven → Kinderdijk
    77 km · quickest by road, 2h 5m · €10–14
  • Maastricht → Kinderdijk
    137 km · quickest by road, 3h 4m · €20–28
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Kinderdijk

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 Kinderdijk. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inA day pass is available which includes coupons for a return ride on the Driehoeksveer ferry and entrances to the Museummolen and Wisboomgemaal.
  • Get inJust cross a river via a bridge or by a ferry (take off at Papendrecht), then take a ride for about 15km.

From Wikivoyage: Kinderdijk, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    VlielandNL

    10 ways of moving, 47 sources

    156 km
  2. 02
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    434 km
  3. 03
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    648 km
  4. 04
    ZermattCH

    8 ways of moving, 26 sources

    691 km
  5. 05
    Helsingborg and the Öresund crossingSE

    6 ways of moving, 13 sources

    701 km

If you know how people move in Kinderdijk – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Kinderdijk

Kinderdijk is 11 km from Rotterdam, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Ridderkerktown and municipality in South Holland, Netherlands3.1 km
  • Alblasserdamtown and municipality in South Holland, the Netherlands3.2 km
  • Hendrik-Ido-Ambachttown and municipality in the western Netherlands4 km
  • Lekkerkerkfarm village in the Netherlands3.7 km
  • Bolnesvillage in the Netherlands3.9 km
  • Oostendamvillage in the Netherlands3.8 km