Gemeentekwekerij

Gemeentekwekerij is a forest in Utrecht, Western Netherlands. Gemeentekwekerij is situated nearby to the town Houten, as well as near the neighborhood Leebrug.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Houten railway station and Houten Castellum railway station.

Houten railway station

Railway station

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Houten is a railway station located in Houten, Netherlands. The station was opened on 1 November 1868 and is located on the Utrecht–Boxtel railway and the Houten - Houten Castellum tram line which closed on 14 December 2008.

Houten Castellum railway station

Railway station

Photo: Brinkie, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Houten Castellum is a railway station located in Houten, Netherlands, which opened at 8 January 2001 and it is located on the Utrecht–Boxtel railway. Originally it was the southernmost point of the Houten - Houten Castellum tram line.

Kasteel Heemstede

Castle

Photo: Michielverbeek, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Kasteel Heemstede is a castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bunnik and Nieuwegein.

Bunnik

Photo: Ben Bender, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Bunnik is a town of 15,000 people in the southeast of Utrecht, the Netherlands. Chief interests of Bunnik are its surrounding nature, consisting mainly of forests, farmlands and the Kromme Rijn; and the fortresses of the Hollandic Water Line: Fort bij Vechten and Fort bij Rhijnauwen.

Nieuwegein

Photo: Ben Bender, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Nieuwegein is a city in Utrecht province in the Netherlands, about 5 km south of Utrecht and just north of the river Lek. Most of Nieuwegein was built as a planned city since the 1970s but it does have its pretty sides, too.