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Leidschendam-Voorburg

Leidschendam-Voorburg is a municipality in the Western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland, just northeast of The Hague.

Leidschendam-Voorburg
Leidschendam-Voorburg · Michielverbeek
The place

Leidschendam-Voorburg is a municipality in the Western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland, just northeast of The Hague. It had a population of 76,433 in 2021, and covers an area of 35.62 km2 (13.75 sq mi) of which 3.07 km2 (1.19 sq mi) is water.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Leidschendam-Voorburg

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.

  1. 01
    Huis ten Bosch

    Huis ten Bosch is a royal palace in The Hague, Netherlands. It is one of three official residences of the Dutch monarch; the two others being the Noordeinde Palace in The Hague and the Royal Palace of Amsterdam.

    4 km · palace in The Hague · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    WerkTalent Stadion

    The WerkTalent Stadion is a multi-use stadium in The Hague, Netherlands, designed by Zwarts & Jansma Architects. Completed in 2007, the stadium is used mostly for football and field hockey.

    2.6 km · soccer stadium in The Hague, the Netherlands · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Fossa Corbulonis

    The Fossa Corbulonis was a Roman canal that was dug around 50 AD under the direction of Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo. The project was mentioned by the historians Tacitus and Cassius Dio, who reported its length as 23 Roman miles and accounted for its purpose as "in order to keep the soldiers busy and to avoid the dangers of the Ocean".

    1.8 km · canal · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Vliet

    The Vliet is a canal in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. It starts at the Oude Rijn at Leiden and joins the Delfshavense Schie canal at Delft.

    1.1 km · canal in South Holland, the Netherlands · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Duivenvoorde Castle

    Duivenvoorde Castle is a castle in the town of Voorschoten, South Holland, in the Netherlands. It was first mentioned in 1226, making it one of the oldest castles in South Holland.

    3.3 km · castle in Voorschoten, Netherlands · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Q1456512

    The Louwman Museum is a museum for historic cars, coaches, and motorcycles in The Hague, Netherlands. It has been situated on the Leidsestraatweg near the A44 motorway since 2010.

    3.8 km · Dutch automotive museum · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Hofwijck

    Hofwijck is a mansion built for 17th-century politician Constantijn Huygens. It is located in Voorburg on the Vliet canal from The Hague to Leiden.

    3.3 km · museum in Voorburg, the Netherlands · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Villa Maarheeze

    Villa Maarheeze was home of the Dutch foreign intelligence service Inlichtingendienst Buitenland, a service that existed from the end of World War II to 1994. The villa is located in the city of Wassenaar, at Rijksstraatweg 675, but is no longer in use by the Dutch government.

    4 km · national Monument in the Netherlands · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    2024 Hague explosion

    In the early morning of December 7, 2024, a major explosion occurred in the Mariahoeve en Marlot neighborhood of The Hague, Netherlands, resulting in at least six fatalities, injuries, and significant damage to several residential buildings. The explosion prompted a large scale emergency response and investigation.

    3.2 km · apartment house explosion · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Westfield Mall of the Netherlands

    Westfield Mall of the Netherlands is a shopping mall located in Leidschendam in the Netherlands. With a total retail floor area of 117,000 m2 it is the largest shopping mall in the Netherlands.

    1.3 km · shopping mall in Leidschendam, 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.

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Getting to Leidschendam-Voorburg

Airports
Rotterdam The Hague (RTM), 14 km · Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS), 35 km · Eindhoven (EIN), 97 km
Stations
Den Haag Laan van NOI railway station, 3.9 km · Den Haag Mariahoeve railway station, 2.2 km · Voorburg 't Loo, 2.3 km · Den Haag Ypenburg railway station, 3.1 km · Voorburg railway station, 3.4 km
  • Eindhoven → Leidschendam-Voorburg
    102 km · quickest by road, 2h 37m · €14–19
  • Maastricht → Leidschendam-Voorburg
    163 km · quickest by road, 3h 27m · €23–32
  • Groningen → Leidschendam-Voorburg
    191 km · quickest by road, 3h 40m · €23–32
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Leidschendam-Voorburg

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

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get aroundby HTM Bike, Donkey Republic (The Hague) and OV-fiets (requires a personalised OV-chipkaart).

From Wikivoyage: The Hague, 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

    138 km
  2. 02
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    425 km
  3. 03
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    634 km
  4. 04
    Helsingborg and the Öresund crossingSE

    6 ways of moving, 13 sources

    697 km
  5. 05
    ZermattCH

    8 ways of moving, 26 sources

    717 km

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Around it

Next door to Leidschendam-Voorburg

Leidschendam-Voorburg is 7 km from The Hague, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.