Oude Rijn
The Oude Rijn is a branch of the Rhine delta in the Dutch provinces of Utrecht and South Holland, starting west of Utrecht, at Harmelen, and running by a mechanical pumping station into the North Sea at Katwijk.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in the provinces of Utrecht and South Holland, the Netherlands
- Also known as: “Oegstgeesterkanaal”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Villa Allegonda and Katwijks Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Strandafrit 17 and Katwijk aan Zee.
Katwijk aan Zee
Town
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Katwijk aan Zee is a seaside resort located on the North Sea at the mouth of the Oude Rijn. It is situated in the municipality of Katwijk and the province of South Holland.
Katwijk
Suburb
Katwijk aan den Rijn is a town in the municipality of Katwijk in the province of South Holland, in The Netherlands, with approximately 6020 inhabitants. Katwijk is situated 2½ km southeast of Oude Rijn.
Oude Rijn
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: South Holland, Western Netherlands, Netherlands, Benelux, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Oude Rijn” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “راين القديم”
- Asturian: “Ríu Oude Rijn”
- Belarusian: “Аўдэ-Райн”
- Belarusian: “Аўдэ-Рэйн”
- Belarusian: “Рака Аўдэ-Рэйн”
- Belarusian: “Стары Райн”
- Belarusian: “Стары Рэйн”
- Catalan: “Oude Rijn”
- Chuvash: “Ауде-Рейн”
- Danish: “Oude Rijn”
- Dutch: “Oude Rijn (Harmelen-Noordzee)”
- Dutch: “Oude Rijn”
- Egyptian Arabic: “راين القديم”
- Estonian: “Oude Rijn”
- French: “Oude Rijn”
- French: “Uitwateringkanaal”
- French: “Vieux Rhin”
- Georgian: “აუდე-რაინი”
- German: “Oude Rijn”
- Hebrew: “אודה ריין”
- Italian: “Oude Rijn”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Oude Rijn”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gamle Rhinen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Oude Rijn i Utrecht og Zuid-Holland”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Oude Rijn”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Uitwateringkanaal”
- Norwegian: “Oude Rijn”
- Polish: “Stary Ren”
- Russian: “Ауде-Рейн”
- Russian: “Старый Рейн”
- Slovenian: “Stari Ren (Utrecht in Južna Holandija)”
- Slovenian: “Stari Ren”
- Ukrainian: “Ауде-Рейн”
- Welsh: “Oude Rijn”
- Western Frisian: “Alde Ryn”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Nieuwe Kerk and Vuurbaak van Katwijk aan Zee.
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