Welcome in the 'Groene Hart'
The Groene Hart (Green Heart) is a variegated polder landscape surrounded by the large cities of Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague and Utrecht. It had its origin through peat excavation and is now a valuable piece of nature with old peat meadow areas and characteristic old-Dutch towns and villages, traversed by ditches and rivers.
The diversity of the Groene Hart Historical towns for culture lovers, numerous pools, lakes and rivers for water sports enthusiasts, great attraction parks for children and sufficient possibilities for active cyclists and walkers. Accommodation in the Groene Hart is also ideal when you wish to visit the cities of Amsterdam, The Hague, Rotterdam and Utrecht – you are there in only half an hour. And after the bustle and excitement of the city back into nature! This VVV site is meant to be a handy aid when you wish to spend your holiday in the Groene Hart or when you are looking for ideas for a weekend or a day out.
You will find an answer to all these questions further on in this site. If you still have any questions, we would like to invite you to go to one of the VVV tourist information offices in our region. The employees will be pleased to advise you and willing to answer all your questions.
We wish you a fantastic stay in the Groene Hart and hope to welcome you again!
Contact
Are you looking for information about a certain place or a part of the Green Heart? Our local Tourist Information Offices (VVV's) can help you. ...
Water & Sport
Nature reserves the Langeraarse, Nieuwkoopse and Reeuwijkse Plassen, rivers such as the Hollandse IJssel, the Rijn, the Lek, the Vlist and the Loet...
Cultural-historical
The Groene Hart does not only consist of landscape and green space. The area also has a rich diversity of cultural monuments and other objects of interest. The places in the area offer multi-facetted ...
Licking your lips in the Groene Hart
The Groene Hart has a varied offer of cafés, pleasant restaurants and culinary institutes. Surrounded by green spaces with a view of the polder, lakes or rivers, let yourself be surprised by th...
Larking about in the Groene Hart
The Goudse Schouwburg, the Alphense Parktheater, Theater De Wildeman in Linschoten, the Kloostertuin in Woerden, the Artotheater in Schoonhoven – all of them theatres with professional shows or ...
Shop till you drop in the Groene Hart
The Groene Hart is renowned for its beautiful nature and excellent possibilities for cycling, walking or canoeing. But the Groene Hart offers much more. For the real shopping enthusiast there are also...
A day out
