North Holland, Netherlands · Europe
Huizen works well as a base: 10 minutes from Laren, 12km from Muiderslot.
Huizen is in North Holland, Netherlands, with about 41,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Laren, about 5 km away.
Huizen (pronounced [ˈɦœyzə(n)] ) is a municipality and a village in the province of North Holland, the Netherlands.
The name "Huizen" is Dutch for "houses" and this usage has been linked to the belief that the first stone houses in the region, instead of the more common sod houses of the time, appeared here. HuizenRead more
is part of the metropolitan area of Amsterdam.
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Within an hour or so of Huizen: Naarden-Vesting (5 km), Muiderslot (12 km), Marken (20 km), Amsterdam Canal Ring (24 km).
The nearest famous roads are Houtribdijk, Afsluitdijk and Brouwersdam.
Huizen is in North Holland, Netherlands, about 5 km from Laren.
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Full driving guide for Netherlands8 notable places within an hour's drive.
landmark
The best-preserved star fortification town in Europe, a double-moated six-pointed star of 17th-century ramparts enclosing a grid of gabled streets, 25 minutes from Amsterdam yet ignored by most itineraries.
5 km · about 10 min drive
castle
A moated red-brick medieval fortress at the mouth of the Vecht, one of the best-preserved castles in the Netherlands.
12 km · about 25 min drive
photogenic
Former Zuiderzee island village on a causeway north of Amsterdam, its green-and-black wooden houses raised on stilts and mounds against floods; walk out to the Paard van Marken lighthouse on the dike.
20 km · about 25 min drive
landmark
UNESCO-listed 17th-century canal system forming concentric half-circles through Amsterdam, lined with narrow merchant houses.
24 km · about 30 min drive
landmark
The oldest zoo in the Netherlands, founded in 1838, combining a zoo, aquarium, planetarium, and botanical garden.
24 km · about 25 min drive
museum
The world's largest collection of Van Gogh's works with over 200 paintings, 500 drawings, and 700 letters in Amsterdam.
25 km · about 30 min drive
landmark
Historic heart of Amsterdam flanked by the Royal Palace, the Nieuwe Kerk, and the National Monument.
25 km · about 30 min drive
landmark
Imposing 17th-century palace on Dam Square built during the Dutch Golden Age, still used for royal functions.
25 km · about 30 min drive
3 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 150km.
April to October
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