Krimpen aan den IJssel
Krimpen aan den IJssel is a town and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland.
Krimpen aan den IJssel is a town and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality had a population of 29,410 in 2021, and covers an area of 8.95 km2 (3.46 sq mi) of which 1.26 km2 (0.49 sq mi) is water.
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Worth seeing in and around Krimpen aan den IJssel
10 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.
- 01De Kuip
Stadion Feijenoord, more commonly known by its nickname De Kuip, is a stadium in Rotterdam, Netherlands. It was completed in 1937.
4.8 km · stadium in Rotterdam, Netherlands · Wikipedia - 02Erasmus University Rotterdam
Erasmus University Rotterdam is a public research university located in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The university is named after Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus, a 15th-century Christian humanist and theologian.
3.9 km · public research university in the Netherlands · Wikipedia - 03Stadion Woudestein
The Stadion Woudestein, is a multi-use stadium in Rotterdam, Netherlands. It is currently used mainly for football matches and is the home stadium of the Excelsior men's and women's teams.
4.3 km · football stadium in Rotterdam, the Netherlands · Wikipedia - 04Van Brienenoordbrug
The Van Brienenoord Bridge is a large twin tied-arch motorway bridge in the Netherlands. Located at the east side of Rotterdam, it crosses the New Meuse, a major distributary of the river Rhine.
3.1 km · bridge in Rotterdam, Netherlands · Wikipedia - 05Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies
The Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies is an international institute on urban management and housing at Erasmus University Rotterdam, based in the Netherlands. IHS was founded in 1958.
3.9 km · international institute · Wikipedia - 06De Hef
De Hef, officially Koningshaven Bridge, is a vertical-lift bridge over the Koningshaven channel at the port of Rotterdam, Netherlands. Built in 1927, the bridge was part of the Breda–Rotterdam railway line until it was decommissioned in 1993.
5.8 km · bridge in Rotterdam, Netherlands · Wikipedia - 07Arboretum Trompenburg
Arboretum Trompenburg is a botanical garden in Rotterdam, Netherlands, which hosts a large collection of woody as well as herbaceous plants. It occupies an area of 7 ha and is situated 4 m below sea level, so a system of canals is used to drain the land.
4.5 km · botanical garden in Rotterdam, the Netherlands · Wikipedia - 08Kralingen Lake
The Kralingse Plas is a lake located in the suburb of Kralingen in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The water is mainly used for watersport, fishing and recreational activities.
5.1 km · lake in the Netherlands · Wikipedia - 09Afrikaanderplein
Afrikaanderplein was a football ground in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. It was the first home of the professional football club Feyenoord – then known as Wilhelmina, HFC, Celeritas and eventually Feijenoord – from its foundation in 1908 until 1917, when the club moved to a new ground at the Kromme Zandweg.
5.9 km · square in Rotterdam, the Netherlands · Wikipedia - 10De 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.
6 km · park in Ridderkerk, the Netherlands · Wikipedia
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Getting to Krimpen aan den IJssel
- Airports
- Rotterdam The Hague (RTM), 11 km · Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS), 45 km · Eindhoven (EIN), 75 km
- Stations
- Rotterdam Alexander railway station, 4.4 km · Rotterdam Zuid railway station, 5.2 km · Capelsebrug, 1.8 km · Rotterdam Lombardijen railway station, 5.5 km · Oosterflank, 3.8 km
- Amsterdam → Krimpen aan den IJssel54 km · quickest by road, 1h 53m · €9–12
- Eindhoven → Krimpen aan den IJssel80 km · quickest by road, 2h 14m · €11–16
- Maastricht → Krimpen aan den IJssel141 km · quickest by road, 3h 8m · €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 Krimpen aan den IJssel
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 Krimpen aan den IJssel. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inFurthermore, the water ferries 20 and 21 call at Rivium, a business park in the far west of Capelle.
- Get inThis water ferry port is connected to the metro through a self-driving bus, though you will have to walk half a kilometre from the ferry port to the end of the bus line.
From Wikivoyage: Rotterdam/Capelle en Noordoost, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Krimpen aan den IJssel
Krimpen aan den IJssel is 7 km from Rotterdam, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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- Ridderkerktown and municipality in South Holland, Netherlands5.7 km
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