Spaarnwoude is a hamlet in the Dutch

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 province of North Holland

North Holland

North Holland |West Frisian]]: Noard-Holland) is a province situated on the North Sea in the northwest part of the Netherlands. The provincial capital is Haarlem and its largest city is Amsterdam.-Geography:...

. It is a part of the municipality of Haarlemmerliede en Spaarnwoude

Haarlemmerliede en Spaarnwoude

Haarlemmerliede en Spaarnwoude is a municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland.-Population centres :The municipality of Haarlemmerliede en Spaarnwoude consists of the following cities, towns, villages and/or districts: Haarlemmerliede, Halfweg, Penningsveer, Spaarndam ,...

, and lies about 5 km northeast of Haarlem

Haarlem

Haarlem is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of North Holland, the northern half of Holland, which at one time was the most powerful of the seven provinces of the Dutch Republic...

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The statistical area "Spaarnwoude", which also can include the surrounding countryside, has a population of around 200.

North of Spaarnwoude lies the Spaarnwoude recreation area, which is located in the municipalities of Velsen

Velsen

Velsen is a municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. It is located on both sides of the North Sea Canal.On the north side of the North Sea Canal, in IJmuiden, there is a major steel plant, Corus Strip Products IJmuiden, formerly known as Koninklijke Hoogovens...

 and Haarlemmerliede en Spaarnwoude.

There is a railway station - Haarlem Spaarnwoude

Haarlem Spaarnwoude railway station

Haarlem Spaarnwoude is a small railway station, located in Spaarnwoude, near Haarlem, the Netherlands. It is located on the Haarlem branch of line 10, on the Amsterdam–Rotterdam railway . The station lies to the east of Haarlem. The N200 road runs parallel to the railway on the south side...

 (Hlms) lies southwest of the village. An IKEA

IKEA

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 shop is nearby, on the north side. To the east of IKEA is the Veerplas

Veerplas

Veerplas is an artificial lake directly east of the Dutch city of Haarlem. It was dug in 1994, mainly for recreation purposes and forms part of the Spaarnwoude recreational area....

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Spaarnwoude was a separate municipality until 1857, when it merged with Haarlemmerliede.

External links

• Map of Spaarnwoude. Map of the former municipality, around 1868.