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Nederlands Scheepvaartmuseum

Located in Gemeente Amsterdam, North Holland Coordinates: 52°22′17″ N 4°54′53″ E

Nederlands Scheepvaartmuseum
Fernando · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Nearest town
Amsterdam
1.7 km W
Local time
UTC+01:00
Europe/Amsterdam · UTC+01:00
Elevation
4 m
above sea level
When to go
June–August
See the climate
Airports
AMS Amsterdam Airport Schiphol12 km
RTM Rotterdam The Hague Airport57 km

About Nederlands Scheepvaartmuseum

Nederlands Scheepvaartmuseum is a museum. Location: Gemeente Amsterdam, North Holland.

From Wikipedia

The Maritime Museum (Dutch: Het Scheepvaartmuseum, pronounced [ət ˈsxeːpfaːrtmyˌzeːjʏm]) is a maritime museum in Amsterdam in the Netherlands. The museum had 419,060 visitors in 2012. It ranked as 12th most visited museum in the Netherlands in 2013. The museum had 300,000 visitors in 2015. In 2017 the museum received 350,000 visitors.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

At a glance

Built
1916
Opened
1922
Visitors per year
300,000 (2015)
Official website
hetscheepvaartmuseum.nl

Source: Wikidata

Climate of Nederlands Scheepvaartmuseum

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: June–August.

This month · November

A cold month

Day 9° · Night 4° · Rain 95 mm

Hottest month
August (day 22°)
Coldest month
February (night 0°)
Wettest month
November (95 mm)
Driest month
April (46 mm)

Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).

Show values as a table
Climate of Nederlands Scheepvaartmuseum
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)6°6°9°12°17°19°21°22°18°14°9°7°
Average low (°C)1°0°3°4°8°11°13°13°10°7°4°2°
Precipitation (mm)715266465369706387919585

Other places to visit in this season: June July August

How to get to Nederlands Scheepvaartmuseum

The nearest airport is Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS), 12 km to the southwest as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Amsterdam, 2 km to the west.

Airports

  • Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) Amsterdam 12 kmsouthwest
  • Rotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM) Rotterdam 57 kmsouthwest
  • Eindhoven Airport (EIN) Eindhoven 107 kmsouth

Nearby large cities

  • Amsterdam Population: 741.6K 2 kmwest
  • Zaanstad Population: 140.1K 11 kmnorthwest
  • Hoofddorp Population: 132.7K 17 kmsouthwest
  • Haarlem Population: 162.5K 19 kmwest
  • Almere Stad Population: 176.4K 20 kmeast

Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.

Day trips from Nederlands Scheepvaartmuseum

Within 100 km: 137 historic and cultural sites, 91 natural sites, 30 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km61 places

  • Eikenberg Mountain 22 kmE
  • Bait-ul-Afiyat Attraction 17 kmE
  • Obrechtkerk Attraction 3 kmSW
  • Noorderkerk Attraction 2 kmNW

25–60 km75 places

  • Habana Beach Beach 58 kmSW
  • Strandslag Voordijk Beach 55 kmN
  • Strandslag Sint Maartenszee Beach 51 kmN
  • Strandslag Petten Beach 48 kmN

60–100 km122 places

  • IJsselmonde Island 62 kmSW
  • Texel Island 79 kmN
  • Putjensberg Mountain 74 kmE
  • Poppelsche Leij River 96 kmS

Straight-line distances.

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