Leidsche Rijn
Leidsche Rijn is a new construction site and neighborhood in Utrecht, the capital of the Dutch province of Utrecht.
Leidsche Rijn is a new construction site and neighborhood in Utrecht, the capital of the Dutch province of Utrecht. The area is located west of the Amsterdam–Rhine Canal and its name is derived from the Leidse Rijn canal, which runs through it. At the time of its inception in the 1990s and in the decades that followed, Leidsche Rijn was the largest Vinex location in the Netherlands. Most of this location was on the territory of the former municipality of Vleuten-De Meern, located west of the city of Utrecht. A smaller part of this location, namely the area of Hoge and Lage Weide, was located in the municipality of Utrecht.
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Worth seeing in and around Leidsche Rijn
5 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.
- 01Leidse Rijn
The Leidse Rijn is a canal in the province of Utrecht, Netherlands. It was dug since the Middle Ages when the meandering old Rhine course silted up.
2.8 km · canal in Netherlands · Wikipedia - 02Zuylen Castle
Zuylen Castle ]) is a Dutch castle at the village of Oud-Zuilen just north of the city of Utrecht. It is located along the river Vecht at the southern end of the Vechtstreek.
3.7 km · château and museum in Oud-Zuilen, the Netherlands · Wikipedia - 03Ulu Mosque
The Ulu Mosque in Utrecht is located at the Mosque square; the first square or street in the Netherlands named after an Islamic religious building. Besides the Islamic prayer hall, the building also host a room for contemplation for people from any other denomination.
3.6 km · mosque in Utrecht, Netherlands · Wikipedia - 04Rabobank Bestuurscentrum
The Rabobank Bestuurscentrum or Rabotoren is a skyscraper in the Dutch city of Utrecht, built between 2007 and 2011 and designed by the architectural firm Kraaijvanger Urbis. At 105 metres, it is the tallest office building in the city, and the second tallest building overall in Utrecht after the Dom Tower.
4 km · building in Utrecht, Netherlands · Wikipedia - 05water tower
The Amsterdamsestraatweg Water Tower is located in Utrecht, the Netherlands. The water tower was built at Amsterdamsestraatweg 380 in 1916, in the style of the Amsterdam School.
3 km · water tower at Amsterdamsestraatweg, Utrecht, the Netherlands · Wikipedia
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Getting to Leidsche Rijn
- Airports
- Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS), 31 km · Rotterdam The Hague (RTM), 45 km · Eindhoven (EIN), 75 km
- Stations
- Utrecht Zuilen railway station, 2.6 km · Utrecht Leidsche Rijn railway station, 1.1 km · Utrecht Terwijde railway station, 800 m · Vleuten railway station, 2.8 km
- Rotterdam → Leidsche Rijn43 km · quickest by road, 1h 4m · €5–7
- Eindhoven → Leidsche Rijn79 km · quickest by road, 1h 48m · €9–12
- Maastricht → Leidsche Rijn146 km · quickest by road, 3h 2m · €18–25
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No local-transport research exists yet for Leidsche Rijn
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 Leidsche Rijn. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThere is also a small ferry (pedestrians/cyclists €1.25/€1.75) across the river Lek to Vianen.
- Go nextUtrecht IJsselstein Vianen is a short ferry ride away across the river (or a short bicycle, car or bus ride across the motorway bridge)
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Next door to Leidsche Rijn
Leidsche Rijn is 5 km from Utrecht, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Oud-Zuilenfarm village in the Netherlands3.6 km
- Vleutenvillage in the municipality of Utrecht, Netherlands2.9 km
- De Meernvillage in the municipality of Utrecht The Netherlands2.2 km
- Oudenrijnfarm village in the Netherlands1.7 km
- Kanaleneilandneighborhood in Utrecht, The Netherlands3.9 km
- Themaathamlet in Utrecht, Netherlands3.6 km