Schagen
Schagen is a city and municipality in the northwestern Netherlands.
Schagen is a city and municipality in the northwestern Netherlands. It is located between Alkmaar and Den Helder, in the region of West Friesland and the province of North Holland. It received city rights in 1415. In 2013, Schagen merged with the neighbouring municipalities of Zijpe and Harenkarspel, forming a new municipality, also called Schagen. The town hall is located in the main town of Schagen.
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Worth seeing in and around Schagen
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.
8.2 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.
8.4 km · Research institute in Petten, the Netherlands · Wikipedia
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Getting to Schagen
- Airports
- Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS), 53 km · Rotterdam The Hague (RTM), 95 km · Groningen Eelde (GRQ), 125 km
- Stations
- Schagen railway station, 500 m · Anna Paulowna railway station, 9.3 km
- Amsterdam → Schagen46 km · quickest by road, 1h 30m · €6–8
- Rotterdam → Schagen99 km · quickest by road, 2h 26m · €12–17
- Groningen → Schagen128 km · quickest by road, 2h 38m · €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 Schagen
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 Schagen. 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 Schagen
Schagen is 46 km from Amsterdam, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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