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Ursem

Ursem is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland.

Ursem
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The place

Ursem is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Koggenland, and lies about 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) east of Alkmaar and 30 kilometres (19 mi) north of Amsterdam and 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) west from Hoorn. A part of the village is located in the municipality of Alkmaar.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Ursem

Airports
Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS), 37 km · Rotterdam The Hague (RTM), 82 km · Groningen Eelde (GRQ), 125 km
  • Rotterdam → Ursem
    83 km · quickest by road, 2h 11m · €11–15
  • Groningen → Ursem
    130 km · quickest by road, 2h 51m · €17–24
  • Eindhoven → Ursem
    138 km · quickest by road, 2h 49m · €16–23
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Ursem

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

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inYou can get to visit Alkmaar from the UK by using a ferry to Holland.
  • Get inThere are a number of ferry companies based in the North East of England whose ports in Holland are a short drive away from Alkmaar, which also offer a range of mini-cruises.
  • Get inThis section begins by crossing on the ferry (Buiksloterwegveer), behind Amsterdam Centraal Station.

From Wikivoyage: Alkmaar, 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

    71 km
  2. 02
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    479 km
  3. 03
    Helsingborg and the Öresund crossingSE

    6 ways of moving, 13 sources

    631 km
  4. 04
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    676 km
  5. 05
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    731 km

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Around it

Next door to Ursem

Ursem is 29 km from Amsterdam, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.