Groene Hart
The Groene Hart is a scenic agricultural zone between the four biggest cities of the country. The flat polders and canals, considered typical for the country, can be explored by hiking or cycling.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Gouda and Alphen aan den Rijn.
Gouda
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Gouda is a city in the province South-Holland in The Netherlands. It is a typical Dutch city with many old buildings, canals and pretty sights, and is a popular destination for a day trip.
Alphen aan den Rijn
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Alphen aan den Rijn is a town in the western Netherlands. The city is situated on the banks of the Old Rhine between Utrecht and Leiden. The area around Alphen aan den Rijn has been inhabited for 2000 years.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Wijkpark Molenvliet and AnnexCinema.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Woerden and Oudewater.
Woerden
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Woerden is a city and municipality in the Dutch province Utrecht. Woerden is located in the east of the Green Heart of the Netherlands, the green zone surrounded by the Randstad.
Oudewater
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Oudewater is a lovely little town of 10,000 people in the Western Netherlands. Halfway between Utrecht and Gouda and once an important industrial center of the rope industry, this small place is both easily accessible and packed with historic charm.
Linschoten
Village
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Linschoten is a village in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is a part of the municipality of Montfoort, and lies about 3 km southeast of Woerden.
Groene Hart
- Type: Nationaal Landschap
- Description: rural area in the Netherlands
- Categories: rural area and landscape
- Location: South Holland, Western Netherlands, Netherlands, Benelux, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
52.0601° or 52° 3′ 36″ northLongitude
4.8573° or 4° 51′ 26″ eastOpen location code
9F463V64+2WWikidata ID
Q599059
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Breton to Western Frisian—“Groene Hart” goes by many names.
- Breton: “Groene Hart”
- Catalan: “Groene Hart”
- Chinese: “綠心”
- Chinese: “绿心”
- Dutch: “Groene Hart”
- Esperanto: “Verda Koro”
- French: “Groene Hart”
- German: “Groene Hart”
- Hungarian: “Groene Hart”
- Italian: “Groene Hart”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Groene Hart”
- Norwegian: “Groene Hart”
- Serbian: “Груне Харт”
- Ukrainian: “Груне-Гарт”
- Western Frisian: “Griene Hert”
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Groene Hart”. Photo: WindwalkerNld, CC BY-SA 3.0.