Zaltbommel
Zaltbommel, also known, historically and colloquially, as Bommel, is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands.

Zaltbommel, also known, historically and colloquially, as Bommel, is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands.
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Worth seeing in and around Zaltbommel
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.
- 01Waardenburg Castle
Waardenburg Castle, sometimes also called Weerdenburg, is a medieval castle located in Waardenburg in the municipality of West Betuwe, in the Dutch province of Gelderland.
3.7 km · Dutch castle · Wikipedia
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Getting to Zaltbommel
- Airports
- Eindhoven (EIN), 40 km · Rotterdam The Hague (RTM), 58 km · Weeze (Niederrhein) (NRN), 65 km
- Stations
- Zaltbommel railway station, 1.3 km
- Rotterdam → Zaltbommel54 km · quickest by road, 1h 23m · €7–10
- Amsterdam → Zaltbommel67 km · quickest by road, 1h 40m · €8–11
- Maastricht → Zaltbommel111 km · quickest by road, 2h 48m · €14–20
- 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 Zaltbommel
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 Zaltbommel. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundThe area also has plenty of ferries which will get you across the Waal river, like the ones connecting Tiel and Wamel, or Varik and Heerewaarden.
- Get aroundWhen cycling or walking, plenty of ferries will get you across the Waal and Maas rivers.
- Get aroundThose connections are found in the following places: Tiel — Wamel Ferry, Veerweg 2, Tiel.
- Get aroundThis ferry leaves from Tiel every -:00, -:20, and -:40, while leaving from Wamel on -:10, -:30, and -:50.
- Get aroundVarik — Heerewaarden Ferry, Waalbandijk 8, Varik.
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Next door to Zaltbommel
Zaltbommel is 34 km from Utrecht, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.