Venhuizen
Venhuizen is a town in the north-western Netherlands, in the province of North Holland and the region of West-Frisia, in the municipality of Drechterland.
Venhuizen is a town in the north-western Netherlands, in the province of North Holland and the region of West-Frisia, in the municipality of Drechterland. Venhuizen was a separate municipality until 1 January 2006, when it was merged with the existing municipality of Drechterland. It was decided to call the new municipality Drechterland.
Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Getting to Venhuizen
- Airports
- Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS), 50 km · Rotterdam The Hague (RTM), 95 km · Groningen Eelde (GRQ), 105 km
- Stations
- Bovenkarspel-Grootebroek railway station, 3.9 km · Hoogkarspel railway station, 3.6 km
- Amsterdam → Venhuizen38 km · quickest by road, 1h 18m · €6–8
- Rotterdam → Venhuizen96 km · quickest by road, 2h 26m · €13–18
- Groningen → Venhuizen110 km · quickest by road, 2h 45m · €17–23
- 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 Venhuizen
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 Venhuizen. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inIn summer, there are two ferry services across the IJsselmeer: Rederij V&O connects Enkhuizen to Stavoren in Friesland (May-September, plus more limited services in April).
- Get inThe ferries run 2 or 3 times per day, stopping also at the Zuiderzeemuseum, and their schedules match train times.
- Get inThe ferry takes about 80 minutes one way and costs €20/28.50 for an adult's single/return ticket, children up to 12 years €13.50/20, bikes €7.50/10 (as of 2026).
- Go nextHop on a ferry and cross the water to Stavoren, and the interesting Frisian Lakes region that lies behind it, full of water sports facilities.
From Wikivoyage: Enkhuizen, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-07.
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Venhuizen is 39 km from Amsterdam, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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