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Zandwerven

Zandwerven is a hamlet in the Dutch province of North Holland.

Zandwerven
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The place

Zandwerven is a hamlet in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Opmeer, and lies about 8 km east of Heerhugowaard.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Zandwerven

Airports
Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS), 44 km · Rotterdam The Hague (RTM), 88 km · Groningen Eelde (GRQ), 119 km
Stations
Obdam railway station, 2.9 km
  • Amsterdam → Zandwerven
    35 km · quickest by road, 1h 9m · €5–7
  • Rotterdam → Zandwerven
    90 km · quickest by road, 2h 18m · €12–16
  • Groningen → Zandwerven
    124 km · quickest by road, 2h 42m · €16–23
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.

Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Zandwerven

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 Zandwerven. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • 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.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    VlielandNL

    10 ways of moving, 47 sources

    66 km
  2. 02
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    485 km
  3. 03
    Helsingborg and the Öresund crossingSE

    6 ways of moving, 13 sources

    625 km
  4. 04
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    680 km
  5. 05
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    731 km

If you know how people move in Zandwerven – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Zandwerven

Zandwerven is 35 km from Amsterdam, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Opmeermunicipality in the Netherlands2.3 km
  • Obdamvillage in Koggenland, Netherlands3.3 km
  • Zuidermeervillage in Koggenland, Netherlands2.6 km
  • Spanbroekvillage in Opmeer, Netherlands1.8 km
  • Hoogwoudvillage in Opmeer, Netherlands3.7 km
  • Wadwayvillage in Opmeer en Medemblik, Netherlands2.2 km