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Edam
Town in the northwest Netherlands

Edam

Edam is a city in the North Holland province of northwestern Netherlands.

Plan a trip to Edam→From Rotterdam

Combined with Volendam, Edam forms the municipality of Edam-Volendam. Approximately 7,395 people live in Edam. The entire municipality of Edam-Volendam has 37,124 inhabitants. The name Edam originates from a dam on the little river E or IJe where the first settlement was located and which was therefore called IJedam.

How locals move

Getting around Edam the local way

  • Get inIn summer, a ferry connection between Volendam and the peninsula of Marken every 30 to 45 minutes.
  • Go nextThe ferry leaves every 30 to 45 minutes from the harbour.

From Wikivoyage: Volendam, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-06.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Michielverbeek (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.