Wassenaar

Worth seeing in and around Wassenaar

6 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.

1. 01
   Duivenvoorde Castle

   Duivenvoorde Castle is a castle in the town of Voorschoten, South Holland, in the Netherlands. It was first mentioned in 1226, making it one of the oldest castles in South Holland.

   4 km · castle in Voorschoten, Netherlands · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Duinrell

   Duinrell is an amusement park situated in the town of Wassenaar, Netherlands on the estate of the counts Van Zuylen van Nijevelt. In addition to the main amusement park sporting about 40 different attractions, Duinrell has been critically acclaimed for its water park with swimming pool, which boasts 21 waterslides and a kids' water park.

   1.5 km · amusement park in Wassenaar, Netherlands · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Stoomtrein Valkenburgse Meer

   Stoomtrein Katwijk Leiden, is a 700 mm narrow gauge heritage railway line around the Valkenburgse Meer in the south of Katwijk, Netherlands. Although the name translates as Steam Train Valkenburg Lake, technically actually trams are used for the tourist attraction.

   3.1 km · Heritage railway in the Netherlands · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Rosenburgh Castle

   Rosenburgh Castle or Rosenburg was a castle located in today's Voorschoten, the Netherlands. In the early 1700s, it was replaced by a manor which was demolished only a few years after its construction.

   3.5 km · castle in Voorschoten, Netherlands · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Villa Maarheeze

   Villa Maarheeze was home of the Dutch foreign intelligence service Inlichtingendienst Buitenland, a service that existed from the end of World War II to 1994. The villa is located in the city of Wassenaar, at Rijksstraatweg 675, but is no longer in use by the Dutch government.

   3.8 km · national Monument in the Netherlands · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Huize Ivicke

   Huize Ivicke is a monumental building in Wassenaar, the Netherlands. Constructed in 1913 for A. F. J. van Hattum, it is a replica of the Eremitageslottet hunting lodge in the Jaegersborg Dyrehave in Denmark.

   2.6 km · Monumental building in Wassenaar · Wikipedia

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Getting to Wassenaar

Airports

Rotterdam The Hague (RTM), 21 km · Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS), 31 km · Eindhoven (EIN), 102 km

Stations

Valkenburg Naval Air Base, 2.5 km · De Vink railway station, 3.7 km · Voorschoten railway station, 3 km

• Eindhoven → Wassenaar

  108 km · quickest by road, 2h 43m · €14–19
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• Maastricht → Wassenaar

  170 km · quickest by road, 3h 43m · €24–33
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• Groningen → Wassenaar

  188 km · quickest by road, 3h 37m · €23–32
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