Velsen-Zuid
Velsen-Zuid is a town in the Dutch province of North Holland.
Velsen-Zuid is a town in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Velsen, and lies about 9 km north of Haarlem.
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Worth seeing in and around Velsen-Zuid
10 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.
- 01BUKO Stadion
Sportpark Schoonenberg k ˈsxoːnəbɛrx]), branded as BUKO Stadion for sponsorship reasons, is the home of Eredivisie club Telstar and Eredivisie Vrouwen club Telstar. It is located in Velsen-Zuid, Netherlands.
1.2 km · football stadium in Velsen-Zuid, the Netherlands · Wikipedia - 02Castle Brederode
Brederode Castle, also called the Ruins of Brederode, is located near Santpoort-Zuid. The castle was founded in the second half of the 13th century by William I van Brederode.
4.3 km · castle ruins near Haarlem, NL · Wikipedia - 03Haarlem Stadion
Haarlem Stadion is a stadium in Haarlem, Netherlands, and the home stadium of the Dutch amateur football club Haarlem Kennemerland. Formerly home of the defunct professional football club HFC Haarlem, the stadium is located in the north of Haarlem.
5.5 km · stadium in Haarlem, Netherlands · Wikipedia - 04Hoge vuurtoren van IJmuiden
The hoge vuurtoren van IJmuiden is a round, cast-iron lighthouse in IJmuiden, Netherlands, designed by Quirinus Harder. It was built in 1878 by D.A. Schretlen & Co, a company in Leiden.
4.6 km · lighthouse in the Netherlands · Wikipedia - 05Flevum
Flevum was a castrum and port of the Romans in Frisia, built when emperor Augustus wanted to conquer the German populated territories between the Rhine river and the Elbe river.
1.6 km · Roman fort in the Netherlands · Wikipedia - 06Assumburg
Slot Assumburg is a castle in the east of Heemskerk in the province of North Holland in the Netherlands.
5.5 km · castle in Heemskerk · Wikipedia - 07IJmuiden lower Lighthouse
The Lage vuurtoren van IJmuiden is a round, cast-iron lighthouse in IJmuiden, Netherlands, designed by Quirinus Harder. It was built in 1878 by D.A. Schretlen & Co, a company in Leiden and activated the following year.
5.1 km · lighthouse in IJmuiden, the Netherlands · Wikipedia - 08Landhuis Duin en Kruidberg
Duin en Kruidberg is a stately home in Santpoort, near Haarlem, the Netherlands. Kruidberg started as a summer house for rich merchants from Amsterdam, then it became a hunting lodge of the prince of Orange, the future king-stadholder, William III.
3.3 km · building in Velsen, Netherlands · Wikipedia - 09IJmuider Zee- en Havenmuseum
The IJmuider Zee- en Havenmuseum is a museum located at the start of the Vissershaven in IJmuiden, the Netherlands, dedicated to promoting interest and conserving the fishing and shipping cultural heritage of IJmuiden and the North Sea Canal.
3.5 km · museum in IJmuiden, the Netherlands · Wikipedia - 10IJmuiden sea lock
The IJmuiden sea lock serving Port of Amsterdam via the North Sea Canal is the largest lock in the world when considering dimensions. The lock, situated in IJmuiden in the municipality of Velsen, was opened on 26 January 2022 in the presence of King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands.
2.8 km · lock in the North Sea Canal in Velsen, the Netherlands · Wikipedia
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Getting to Velsen-Zuid
- Airports
- Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS), 19 km · Rotterdam The Hague (RTM), 58 km · Eindhoven (EIN), 123 km
- Stations
- Driehuis railway station, 2.1 km · Beverwijk railway station, 2.1 km · Santpoort Noord railway station, 3.1 km · Santpoort Zuid railway station, 4.7 km · Heemskerk railway station, 4.6 km
- Rotterdam → Velsen-Zuid61 km · quickest by road, 1h 31m · €8–11
- Eindhoven → Velsen-Zuid127 km · quickest by road, 2h 43m · €14–20
- Groningen → Velsen-Zuid154 km · quickest by road, 3h 13m · €20–28
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No local-transport research exists yet for Velsen-Zuid
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 Velsen-Zuid. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inIf coming from Amsterdam a fun way to get to Heemskerk might be by taking the Fast Flying Ferry from behind Centraal Station in Amsterdam to Pontplein in Velsen-Zuid.
- Get inIf coming from England you could take the ferry from Newcastle to IJmuiden.
- Get inIf coming from below the North Sea Canal you could also cycle and take the free ferry from Velsen-Zuid to Velsen-Noord which goes every 20 minutes (24/7).
From Wikivoyage: Heemskerk, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2018-11.
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Next door to Velsen-Zuid
Velsen-Zuid is 19 km from Amsterdam, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.