Welcome to the Land of Leeghwater
The Land van Leeghwater is the exceptionally beautiful area on the northwest side of the National Landscape Low Holland and is located directly to the east of the city of Alkmaar. In this traditional Dutch landscape are the famous windmills and polders from the Golden Age.
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Tourist Office De Rijp (VVV)
Information on the Land of Leeghwater is available in our shop: VVV guide books, museum leaflets, brochures of amusement parks and zoos, walking, cycling and boating maps, lists of accommodation addresses. A limited range of souvenirs and postcards are also on sale. Tourist Office De Rijp is situated in the weighing house (1630) in the centre of De Rijp.
Metropoleregion Amsterdam
De Rijp is an easy around 48-minute trip from Amsterdam. (With effect from 22-07-2018:) Busline 305 travels to the village twice an hour. Look out for the bus on the river side of Amsterdam Central Station. From the busstop Wollandje in De Rijp you walk towards the parking lot and cross the small bridge at the end to reach the center of the village.
Take advantage of the Amsterdam & Region Travel Ticket which offers unlimited travel on buses, trams, trains and metros in the Amsterdam Area for 24 hours for just € 13.50.
The tourist office is situated in the weighing house:
De Waag
Kleine Dam 1
1483 BJ De Rijp
Telephone: +31 (02)99-671979
E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
During the winter you can only reach us by e-mail.
OPENING HOURS 2018
From March 30th 2018:
April, May, June, July, September:
Monday till Thursday: 12.00-15.00 hours
Friday till Sunday: 11.00-17.00 hours
July and August:
Monday till Sunday: 11.00-17.00 uur
October:
Sunday 7 oktober: 12.00-15.00 uur
During autumnholidays from:
Region south: Saturday October 13th till Sunday October 21st: 12.00-15.00 hours
Region north and middle: Saturday October 20th till Sunday October 28th: 12.00-15.00 hours
Attention: Closed from september 10th through september 17th (Fair in de Rijp).
