Food destinations within easy reach of Amsterdam. worth the train, the rental car or the early start.

Worth the trip

Haarlem ★ 4.5

15 min by trainDirect trains from Amsterdam Centraal every 10 minutes

Famous for: Saturday Grote Markt, Jopen brewery in the old church

Haarlem is a 15-minute train ride from Amsterdam, a smaller, quieter Dutch food day-trip: Grote Markt on Saturdays, Jopenkerk brewery in the converted church.

Haarlem

Zaanse Schans (Windmills) ★ 4.2

20 min by trainDirect from Amsterdam Centraal to Zaandijk-Zaanse Schans

Famous for: Cheese and clog demonstrations, working windmill cocoa and mustard production

Zaanse Schans is the working Amsterdam day-trip windmill village 20 minutes by train, the mills still grinding cocoa and mustard, cheese and clog.

Zaanse Schans (Windmills)

Utrecht ★ 4.5

30 min by trainDirect intercity from Amsterdam Centraal every 10 minutes

Famous for: Canal-side wharf restaurants on Oudegracht, Sunday market

Utrecht is the Amsterdam day-trip Dutch second city, the Oudegracht wharf restaurants set below the canal's level, the Sunday market on Twijnstraat.

Utrecht

Gouda (Cheese Town) ★ 4.3

50 min by trainDirect intercity from Amsterdam Centraal

Famous for: Thursday morning cheese market April to August, stroopwafels from the bakery on Markt

Gouda is the Amsterdam day-trip cheese-trade town an hour by intercity, the Thursday morning cheese market on Markt square running April through August.

Gouda (Cheese Town)

Amstelveen (Aan de Poel) ★ 4.6

25 min by metro 51Metro line 51 from Amsterdam Zuid to Amstelveen Centrum, then 10-minute walk

Famous for: Two-Michelin-star lakeside dining at Aan de Poel, chef Stefan van Sprang

Amstelveen is the Amsterdam south-side day-trip municipality, the destination plate being Aan de Poel, Stefan van Sprang's two-Michelin-star room on De Poel.

Amstelveen (Aan de Poel)
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