Petten
Petten is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland.
Petten is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Schagen, and lies about 15 km northwest of Alkmaar, on the North Sea. The population is ca. 1900.
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Worth seeing in and around Petten
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.
- 01Netherlands Energy Research Foundation
The Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands is one of the largest energy research institute in Europe and holds a strong international position. With and for the market, ECN develops knowledge and technology that enable a transition to a sustainable energy system.
2.3 km · research institute · Wikipedia - 02Institute for Energy
The Institute for Energy and Transport is one of the seven scientific Institutes of the Joint Research Centre, a Directorate General of the European Commission. It is based both in Petten, the Netherlands and Ispra, Italy, and has a multidisciplinary team of around 300 academic, technical, and support staff.
2.1 km · Research institute in Petten, the Netherlands · Wikipedia
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Getting to Petten
- Airports
- Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS), 51 km · Rotterdam The Hague (RTM), 91 km · Groningen Eelde (GRQ), 134 km
- Amsterdam → Petten46 km · quickest by road, 1h 29m · €6–8
- Rotterdam → Petten95 km · quickest by road, 2h 23m · €12–16
- Groningen → Petten137 km · quickest by road, 2h 48m · €16–23
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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No local-transport research exists yet for Petten
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 Petten. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Go nextBergen is normally visited as a day trip from Alkmaar - the bus from Alkmaar station takes just 10 minutes.
From Wikivoyage: Bergen (North Holland), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2025-08.
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Next door to Petten
Petten is 46 km from Amsterdam, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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