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Municipality in the Netherlands
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Heemskerk is a town in North Holland in the Netherlands.
By train
Heemskerk has a train station served by local trains between Uitgeest and Haarlem.
By car
Heemskerk is easily accessible by car. It has an exit on the A9 motorway. It takes approximately 30 minutes to Amsterdam, 20 to Haarlem and Alkmaar.
By bus
Line 167 runs from Castricum to Beverwijk via the centre of Heemskerk. Line 74 starts in the north of Heemskerk and runs through all of Heemskerk to end op in IJmuiden via Beverwijk.
By boat
If coming from Amsterdam a fun way to get to Heemskerk might be by taking the Fast Flying Ferry from behind Centraal Station in Amsterdam to Pontplein in Velsen-Zuid.
Heemskerk is not very large. The city centre is very easily accessible by foot. The bike, however, is the best mode of transport. For the unfit the bus is the alternative.
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