What to do around Amsterdam Airport Schiphol during evening time?
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- Aparna Patel
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- 29 Jul, 2023
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Having cycled in the general area and having used buses, I would use the evening to walk to the nearest fields and enjoy the view, combined with seeing the planes land and/or take off.
And looking on google maps, you will be close to fields, likely just a few minutes walking to the nearest ones.
There are buses in the area, you could take one for a few stops and walk back, or walk out along the bus route and take a bus back later. Ask in the hotel for the best options, as not all buses will run frequently that time of night.
Or you can plan bus (and other public transport) journeys on the planner website.
The airport itself is in the middle of nowhere, I don’t think there is any walkable attraction around but the public transport connections are very good. If you did not plan to go there during the next days and did not have to worry about a small kid, taking the train to the center of Amsterdam would be the obvious choice.
I don’t know Hoofddorp itself but note that the area was a lake until the 19th century. The city was created from scratch after the land was reclaimed so you should not expect a typical historical Dutch town (but that might be interesting in itself). The pumping stations and the countryside in the vicinity (Museum de Cruquius and the area around Buitenkaag and the De Leeghwater pumping station) are definitely worth a visit if you are interested in the history of the landscape but they are not so easily reachable and you would need more time than an evening to go there.
As far as restaurants are concerned, iens.nl is probably the most popular website in the Netherlands. Here is their list for Hoofddorp
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