Vijfhuizen
Fort Vijfhuizen is one of forty-two forts in the Defense Line of Amsterdam, a World Heritage Site.
Fort Vijfhuizen is one of forty-two forts in the Defense Line of Amsterdam, a World Heritage Site. It is located in the town of Vijfhuizen on the ringvaart which surrounds the Haarlemmermeer polder. The main fort is currently maintained by a charitable foundation called Kunstfort Vijfhuizen which leases space for twelve artist studios and a restaurant.
The fort is now a center for artistic experiment and a development site for scenarios for peaceful futures, focusing on the intersection of military heritage and ecology.
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Worth seeing in and around Vijfhuizen
4 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.
- 01De Cruquius Pumping Station
The Museum De Cruquius occupies the old Cruquius steam pumping station in Cruquius, the Netherlands. It derives its name from Nicolaas Kruik, a Dutch land-surveyor and one of many promoters of a plan to pump the Haarlemmermeer dry.
2.4 km · museum in Cruquius, the Netherlands · Wikipedia - 02Villa Welgelegen
Villa Welgelegen is a historical building in Haarlem, the Netherlands, which currently houses the offices of the provincial executives of North Holland. Located at the north end of a public park in the city, it is an example of neoclassical architecture, designed by Abraham van der Hart and unusual for its style in the Netherlands.
3.8 km · neo-classical building and administrative centre of the province of North Holland in Haarlem, the Netherlands · Wikipedia - 03Haarlemmerhout
The Haarlemmerhout is the oldest public park of the Netherlands. It lies on the south side of Haarlem, on the same old sandy sea wall that is shared by the public park Haagse Bos in The Hague and the Alkmaarderhout in Alkmaar.
3.8 km · oldest public park of the Netherlands · Wikipedia - 04Sportpark Koninklijke HFC
Sportpark Koninklijke HFC is a cricket ground in Haarlem, the Netherlands. The first recorded match on the ground came in 1895 when the Haarlem played English club Leicester Ivanhoe.
3.9 km · cricket ground in Haarlem, Netherlands · Wikipedia
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Getting to Vijfhuizen
- Airports
- Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS), 8 km · Rotterdam The Hague (RTM), 46 km · Eindhoven (EIN), 111 km
- Stations
- Haarlem Spaarnwoude railway station, 3.9 km
- Rotterdam → Vijfhuizen50 km · quickest by road, 1h 23m · €7–9
- Eindhoven → Vijfhuizen115 km · quickest by road, 2h 38m · €13–18
- Groningen → Vijfhuizen160 km · quickest by road, 3h 14m · €20–28
- 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 Vijfhuizen
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 Vijfhuizen. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inDFDS operate an overnight ferry from Newcastle, UK to IJmuiden, which is only about 30 minutes from Haarlem by local bus.
- Get inFrom the ferry terminal, it is a walk to Planetenweg (bus stop Zwaanstraat).
From Wikivoyage: Haarlem, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Vijfhuizen
Vijfhuizen is 15 km from Amsterdam, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Heemstedetown and municipality in North Holland, the Netherlands3.5 km
- Cruquiusvillage in Haarlemmermeer, Netherlands3 km
- Nieuwebrug, North Hollandhamlet in Haarlemmermeer, Netherlands2.8 km
- Schalkwijkneighbourhood in Haarlem, Netherlands1.6 km
- Zuidschalkwijkhuman settlement2 km