Oostwoud
Oostwoud is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland.
Oostwoud is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Medemblik, and lies about 8 km north of Hoorn.
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Worth seeing in and around Oostwoud
One place 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.
- 01Stoomgemaal Vier Noorder Koggen
The Dutch Steam Museum is a historical and science museum and former pumping station located on the IJsselmeer at Medemblik in the Netherlands. Constructed in 1869, the steam engines operated until the completion of an electric pumping station at Wervershoof in 1975.
3.8 km · museum in Medemblik, the Netherlands · Wikipedia
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Getting to Oostwoud
- Airports
- Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS), 52 km · Rotterdam The Hague (RTM), 97 km · Groningen Eelde (GRQ), 109 km
- Amsterdam → Oostwoud41 km · quickest by road, 1h 12m · €5–7
- Rotterdam → Oostwoud98 km · quickest by road, 2h 21m · €12–17
- Groningen → Oostwoud113 km · quickest by road, 2h 35m · €16–22
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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 Oostwoud
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 Oostwoud. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inIn summer, there are two ferry services across the IJsselmeer: Rederij V&O connects Enkhuizen to Stavoren in Friesland (May-September, plus more limited services in April).
- Get inThe ferries run 2 or 3 times per day, stopping also at the Zuiderzeemuseum, and their schedules match train times.
- Get inThe ferry takes about 80 minutes one way and costs €20/28.50 for an adult's single/return ticket, children up to 12 years €13.50/20, bikes €7.50/10 (as of 2026).
- Go nextHop on a ferry and cross the water to Stavoren, and the interesting Frisian Lakes region that lies behind it, full of water sports facilities.
From Wikivoyage: Enkhuizen, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-07.
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Next door to Oostwoud
Oostwoud is 42 km from Amsterdam, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.