Waal, South Holland
Waal is a hamlet in the Dutch province of South Holland.

Waal is a hamlet in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Molenlanden, and lies about 13 km north of Gorinchem on the southside of the Lek River.
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Worth seeing in and around Waal, South Holland
One place 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.
- 01KNMI-mast Cabauw
The KNMI-mast Cabauw is a 213-metre high guyed mast for meteorological measurements at Cabauw, the Netherlands. In 1972 at Cabauw a 213 metres high mast was specifically built for meteorological research to establish relations between the state of the atmospheric boundary layer, land surface conditions and the general weather situation for all seasons.
3.9 km · partially guyed tower in Cabauw, Netherlands · Wikipedia
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Getting to Waal, South Holland
- Airports
- Rotterdam The Hague (RTM), 32 km · Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS), 42 km · Eindhoven (EIN), 63 km
- Amsterdam → Waal, South Holland49 km · quickest by road, 1h 40m · €7–10
- Eindhoven → Waal, South Holland68 km · quickest by road, 1h 52m · €9–13
- Maastricht → Waal, South Holland133 km · quickest by road, 3h 5m · €18–26
- 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 Waal, South Holland
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 Waal, South Holland. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundThe region is easily explored by the various river ferries and 'water taxi' (Veerdienst Gorinchem).
- Get around{{listing | name | url | address 51.826315 | long | phone | fax | price 2016-07-05 | content= The company provides a local ferry services between Gorinchem, Woudrichem and the village of Sleeuwijk.
- Get aroundThey also provide water taxi services in the area.
- Go next{{go | name Loevestein castle | url | address 51.816415 | long out of the city reachable by ferry | phone | fax Oct-Apr: Sa Su 11:00–17:00; May Jun Sep: Tu-Su 11:00–17:00; Jul-Aug: daily 11:00–17:00 | price=€12.50 | lastedit=2016-06-07 | content=Medieval castle on the other shore of the Merwede.
From Wikivoyage: Gorinchem, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Waal, South Holland
Waal, South Holland is 23 km from Utrecht, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Langeraktown in South Holland, Netherlands1.8 km
- Tienhoven aan de Lekvillage in the Netherlands3.7 km
- Gelkeneshuman settlement in the Netherlands4 km
- Willige Langerakvillage in the provinces of Utrecht and South Holland, the Netherlands1.2 km
- Cabauwvillage in the Netherlands2.8 km