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Spaarndam
Village in North Holland, Netherlands

Spaarndam

Spaarndam is a village in the province of North Holland, the Netherlands, on the Spaarne river and the IJ lake.

Plan a trip to Spaarndam→From Rotterdam

The oldest part of the village, on the western side of the Spaarne, belongs to the municipality of Haarlem; the newer part on the eastern side is a part of the municipality of Haarlemmermeer. The village is built around a dam in the river, which is also the division line of the two municipalities.

How locals move

Getting around Spaarndam 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.

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