Pernis
Pernis is a neighborhood and submunicipality of Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Pernis is a neighborhood and submunicipality of Rotterdam, Netherlands. The district has a population of 4,845 (2018) on a total area size of 1.60 km2. Pernis is thus a full submunicipality of Rotterdam, but the former independent municipality had its own district council already. Although surrounded by ports, Pernis has preserved its village-like atmosphere very well.
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Worth seeing in and around Pernis
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.
- 01Vlaardingervaart
The Vlaardingervaart or Vlaardingse Vaart is a canal in the municipality of Midden-Delfland in the Dutch province of South Holland, between the Gaag in Schipluiden and Vlaardingen, where through the Oude Haven the water is connected to the Nieuwe Maas. The Vlaardingervaart is an old drainage canal and also an old inland shipping route, created by connecting parts of different creeks through dug canals.
3.1 km · canal in South Holland, Netherlands · Wikipedia - 02Floating Farm
Floating Farm is a floating dairy farm, described by its founders as the world's first, located in the harbour of Rotterdam. The farm produces fresh dairy products from 40 cows who live on the facility.
3.9 km · floating building in Rotterdam, the Netherlands · Wikipedia
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Getting to Pernis
- Airports
- Rotterdam The Hague (RTM), 9 km · Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS), 54 km · Eindhoven (EIN), 84 km
- Stations
- Tussenwater, 2.3 km · Pernis metro station, 200 m · Zalmplaat, 3.4 km · Vijfsluizen, 2.9 km · Troelstralaan, 3.6 km
- Amsterdam → Pernis64 km · quickest by road, 1h 42m · €8–11
- Eindhoven → Pernis90 km · quickest by road, 2h 17m · €12–16
- Maastricht → Pernis147 km · quickest by road, 3h 9m · €21–29
- 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 Pernis
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 Pernis. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Go nextSpijkenisse is close enough to where the Delta Works are easy to explore in a day trip, taking a ride along the N57, which shows the feat of Dutch engineering from the closest you'll ever get to it.
From Wikivoyage: Spijkenisse, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Pernis
Pernis is 8 km from Rotterdam, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Schiedamcity and municipality in the Netherlands3.9 km
- Albrandswaardmunicipality of the Netherlands (since 1985)3.3 km
- Poortugaalfarm village in the Netherlands3.2 km
- Hoogvlietdistrict of Rotterdam, Netherlands2.9 km
- Rhoonvillage that borders the municipality of the city of Rotterdam, Netherlands3.9 km
- Stadsregio Rotterdamconurbation surrounding the city of Rotterdam in the Netherlands1.3 km