Zwaag
Zwaag is a village in the Netherlands.
Zwaag is a village in the Netherlands. It is located in the municipality of Hoorn, the province of North Holland and the region of West Friesland.
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Worth seeing in and around Zwaag
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.
- 01Westfries Museum
The Westfries Museum, in Hoorn, Netherlands, is a history museum of 17th century Hoorn and the region.
3.4 km · museum in Hoorn, North Holland · Wikipedia - 02Steamtrain Hoorn Medemblik
The Hoorn–Medemblik heritage railway operated by the Museumstoomtram Hoorn Medemblik is a heritage railway in the Netherlands. It runs from Hoorn to Medemblik, a distance of about 20 km.
2.9 km · museum in Hoorn, the Netherlands · Wikipedia - 03Oosterkerk
Oosterkerk or St. Anthony Church is a former Dutch Reformed Church in Hoorn, North Holland in the Netherlands.
3.3 km · historic church building in Hoorn, North Holland, Netherlands · Wikipedia
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Getting to Zwaag
- Airports
- Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS), 45 km · Rotterdam The Hague (RTM), 90 km · Groningen Eelde (GRQ), 113 km
- Stations
- Hoorn railway station, 2.9 km · Hoorn Kersenboogerd railway station, 1.7 km
- Amsterdam → Zwaag35 km · quickest by road, 1h 2m · €4.5–6
- Rotterdam → Zwaag92 km · quickest by road, 2h 10m · €11–16
- Groningen → Zwaag118 km · quickest by road, 2h 36m · €16–23
- 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 Zwaag
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 Zwaag. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inIn summer, there are two ferry services across the IJsselmeer: Rederij V&O connects Enkhuizen to Stavoren in Friesland (May-September, plus more limited services in April).
- Get inThe ferries run 2 or 3 times per day, stopping also at the Zuiderzeemuseum, and their schedules match train times.
- Get inThe ferry takes about 80 minutes one way and costs €20/28.50 for an adult's single/return ticket, children up to 12 years €13.50/20, bikes €7.50/10 (as of 2026).
- Go nextHop on a ferry and cross the water to Stavoren, and the interesting Frisian Lakes region that lies behind it, full of water sports facilities.
From Wikivoyage: Enkhuizen, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-07.
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Next door to Zwaag
Zwaag is 35 km from Amsterdam, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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