Westbeemster
Westbeemster is a town in the Dutch province of North Holland.
Westbeemster is a town in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the former municipality of Beemster, and lies about 9 km northwest of Purmerend. Since 2022 it has been part of the municipality of Purmerend.
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Worth seeing in and around Westbeemster
3 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.
- 01Fort benoorden Purmerend
Fort North of Purmerend is a fort in the Netherlands that is part of the Stelling van Amsterdam. It lies in the Beemster polder, near the city of Purmerend.
5.8 km · fort in the Netherlands · Wikipedia - 02Grote Kerk, De Rijp
The Grote Kerk is a Protestant church in De Rijp, Netherlands, located near the Town Hall. The church is known for its 17th-century stained-glass windows.
3.7 km · Protestant church in De Rijp, North Holland · Wikipedia - 03Museum Betje Wolff
Museum Betje Wolff is a history and decorative arts museum in Beemster, North Holland, in the Netherlands. The museum, founded in 1950, is located in a former Dutch Reformed Church.
3.2 km · museum in Middenbeemster, the Netherlands · Wikipedia
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Getting to Westbeemster
- Airports
- Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS), 31 km · Rotterdam The Hague (RTM), 76 km · Groningen Eelde (GRQ), 128 km
- Rotterdam → Westbeemster78 km · quickest by road, 2h · €10–14
- Groningen → Westbeemster133 km · quickest by road, 2h 51m · €18–25
- Eindhoven → Westbeemster132 km · quickest by road, 2h 36m · €16–22
- 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 Westbeemster
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 Westbeemster. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inYou can get to visit Alkmaar from the UK by using a ferry to Holland.
- Get inThere are a number of ferry companies based in the North East of England whose ports in Holland are a short drive away from Alkmaar, which also offer a range of mini-cruises.
- Get inThis section begins by crossing on the ferry (Buiksloterwegveer), behind Amsterdam Centraal Station.
From Wikivoyage: Alkmaar, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Westbeemster
Westbeemster is 22 km from Amsterdam, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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- Spijkerboorvillage in Wormerland, Netherlands6 km
- De Rijpvillage in Alkmaar, Netherlands4.1 km
- Schermerhornvillage in Alkmaar, Netherlands3 km
- Grootschermervillage in Alkmaar, Netherlands3.2 km