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Aalsmeer
Municipality in North Holland, Netherlands

Aalsmeer

Aalsmeer is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland.

Plan a trip to Aalsmeer→From Rotterdam

Its name is derived from the Dutch for eel (aal) and lake (meer). Aalsmeer is bordered by the Westeinderplassen lake, the largest open water of the Randstad, and the Ringvaart Canal. The town is located 13 km (8 mi) southwest of Amsterdam.

Get in

Getting to Aalsmeer

Schiphol Airport is not far north of this place. Direct buses from the airport to Aalsmeer were suspended in 2021. Now you have to take buses 181/180 ("Cirkellijn") to Schiphol Knooppunt Zuid, then transfer to bus 340 towards Uithoorn Busstation. Aalsmeer can be reached by car by taking the exit Hoofddorp-Aalsmeer on the A4 and driving south-east on the N201. After a few kilometers Aalsmeer is reached.

See

Worth seeing

  1. 01
    Aalsmeer Flower Auction
  2. 02
    Petting zoo Boerenvreugd

    Beethovenlaan 118,.

  3. 03
    Funzone Aalsmeer - Avontura

    Indoor playground, glow-in-the-dark minigolf and a trampoline park.

  4. 04
    Floriworld

    Sierteeltstraat 1, info@floriworld.nl.

Do

Things to do

Hop on your bicycle. While Aalsmeer itself isn't quite special, the surrounding areas are beautiful, especially Braassemermeer and Langeraarseplassen and the surrounding villages. Aalsmeer is a good hub for bicycling around the Groene Hart.

Eat

Where to eat

Nagoya, Dorpstraat 6-10, info@nagoya-aalsmeer.nl. 16:00-22:00.

How locals move

Getting around Aalsmeer the local way

  • Get inDFDS operate an overnight ferry from Newcastle, UK to IJmuiden, which is only about 30 minutes from Haarlem by local bus.
  • Get inFrom the ferry terminal, it is a walk to Planetenweg (bus stop Zwaanstraat).

From Wikivoyage: Haarlem, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

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