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Rijswijk Municipality

Located in South Holland, The Netherlands Coordinates: 52°02′06″ N 4°19′40″ E

Rijswijk Municipality
Rijswijk · Vincent van Zeijst · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Population
55,220
55.2K
Elevation
-1 m
above sea level
Local time
UTC+01:00
Europe/Amsterdam · UTC+01:00
Places inside
4
listed under Rijswijk Municipality
When to go
June–August
See the climate
Airports
RTM Rotterdam The Hague Airport11 km
AMS Amsterdam Airport Schiphol43 km

About Rijswijk Municipality

Rijswijk Municipality is a district. Location: South Holland, The Netherlands. Population: 55,220.

From Wikipedia

Rijswijk (Dutch: [ˈrɛisʋɛik] ), formerly known as Ryswick ( RIZ-wik) in English, is a town and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. Its population was 59,642 in 2024, and it has an area of 14.49 km2 (5.59 sq mi), 0.53 km2 (0.20 sq mi) of which is water. The municipality also includes the former hamlets of 't Haantje and Sion, currently also known as Rijswijk Buiten.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

At a glance

Built
1812
Area
14.5 km²
Official website
rijswijk.nl

Source: Wikidata

Travel notes for Rijswijk Municipality

From Wikivoyage

Rijswijk is a city in the province South Holland in the Netherlands. It is a small city, which evolved around a tiny city core. The name is derived of 'rijshout', a type of wood which grew in the area and the word 'wijc', which was used for settlement in medieval times.

Understand+

Rijswijk has a population of about 46.000 and has few touristic attractions, but is one of the older townships in the country. It is a suburb of The Hague and is attached to it, but it has kept its independence in many ways. The inhabitants will remind everybody of the fact that it is not The Hague.

Rijswijk was built in the Dutch coastal area, which used to be classified with the river delta. The coastal line was situated through Rijswijk at 3700BC, but gradually moved west over time. The oldest traces of inhabitants date back to 3500BC; in the new stone age. The 'Oude Kerk' (translated as 'Old Church') has played a part in the coming to be of the current village centre. Around 1200AD the Oude Kerk was built on a Roman predecessor. Around 1500AD the current church, which is still present, came to be. The village pump was built in 1831. Until then a bucket was used to get water from the old city well.

1 VVV Rijswijk (tourist information office), Herenstraat 67 (Rijswijk Museum). Tue-Sun 11.00-17.00. (updated Jun 2016)

Get in+

By plane:

Closest airports are Rotterdam or Amsterdam. Then follow-up with train/tram/car as shown below.

By train:

A "Sprinter" train goes twice every hour between Rotterdam (Central) and The Hague (Central), stopping at Rijswijk (among others). However the train station is a 35-minute walk from the Rijswijk old town, with not much in between for tourists. Tram or bus are more direct. Bus line 23 provides a direct connection from the station to the old town, as well as coming from Voorburg station.

By bus:

Regional buses from Delft, Rotterdam, The Hague and municipality Westland stop in Rijswijk.

City buses from The Hague, Delft and Leidschendam-Voorburg stop in Rijswijk (lines 22 and 23).

By tram:

Trams from The Hague, Delft and Leidschendam-Voorburg stop in Rijswijk (lines 1, 15 and 17).

By car:

The township Rijswijk is reachable from highways:

A4 (Amsterdam and Leiden (direction South) en Delft (direction North))

A13 (Delft and Rotterdam (direction north)). The highway A13 changes just before the Hoornbrug into a normal road, leading into Rijswijk.

From Leidschendam Voorburg, a traveller can choose almost any road leading south-west to get to Rijswijk, because they are adjecent to each other.

From the central part of neighbouring The Hague, between the Rijswijkseweg and the Loevesteijnlaan, one travels south-east to get to Rijswijk.

By boat:

The 'Haagse Salonboot' offers the possibility to travel from and to Rijswijk from The Hague or Delft with an antique salonboat.

Source: Wikivoyage · CC BY-SA 4.0 · abridged

Places bordering Rijswijk Municipality

Population of Rijswijk Municipality over time

Population of Rijswijk Municipality over time
1947 23,017
1960 39,005
1971 51,237
1980 52,069
1990 47,705
2000 53,167
2010 46,671
2016 49,322
2017 51,742
2018 52,208
2019 53,467
2021 55,220

Censuses and official estimates; source: Wikidata.

Climate of Rijswijk Municipality

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: June–August.

This month · November

A cold month

Day 9° · Night 4° · Rain 98 mm

Hottest month
August (day 21°)
Coldest month
February (night 0°)
Wettest month
November (98 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 Rijswijk Municipality
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)5°6°9°12°16°18°20°21°18°14°9°7°
Average low (°C)1°0°3°4°8°11°13°13°11°8°4°2°
Precipitation (mm)695064464967676390949880

Other places to visit in this season: June July August

How to get to Rijswijk Municipality

The nearest airport is Rotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM), 11 km to the southeast as the crow flies. The nearest large city is The Hague, 5 km to the northwest.

Airports

  • Rotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM) Rotterdam 11 kmsoutheast
  • Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) Amsterdam 43 kmnortheast
  • Antwerp International Airport (Deurne) (ANR) Antwerp 94 kmsouth

Nearby large cities

  • The Hague Population: 474.3K 5 kmnorthwest
  • Zoetermeer Population: 115.8K 12 kmeast
  • Rotterdam Population: 868.1K 16 kmsoutheast
  • Leiden Population: 119.7K 18 kmnortheast
  • Dordrecht Population: 119.3K 35 kmsoutheast

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

Day trips from Rijswijk Municipality

Within 100 km: 178 historic and cultural sites, 74 natural sites, 123 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km24 places

  • IJsselmonde Island 23 kmSE
  • Habana Beach Beach 8 kmNW
  • Eiland van Brienenoord Island 21 kmSE
  • Hoek van Holland Natural site 16 kmW

25–60 km83 places

  • Zoom River 60 kmS
  • Ouddorp Beach Beach 38 kmSW
  • Badstrand Rockanje Beach 27 kmSW
  • Hoorneboeg Mountain 60 kmE

60–100 km268 places

  • Het Eiland Island 95 kmS
  • Putse Moer Lake 73 kmS
  • Stappensven Lake 70 kmS
  • Kleine Weel Lake 84 kmS

Straight-line distances.

Places in Rijswijk Municipality

4 places
  1. 1 Rijswijk 47.3K
  2. 2 Strijp 4K
  3. 3 Sion 805
  4. 4 Plaspoelpolder 600

Bar: population relative to the most populous place in this list.

Nearby attractions & nature

Everything nearby

Sources & licences

Data last updated: · 2 independent sources