GIETHOORN ADVENTURE

Giethoorn  the most beautiful and fairytale village in the Netherlands. 

The Dutch village where the inhabitants can only sail around, walk or cycle to transport themselves. Every year, 1 million people visit Giethoorn. What can you do in Giethoorn?  Camping Giethoorn offers boat rental, bike rental, canoe rental, kayak rental, B&B, Hiking Cabin, Pods,  you can visit our village for more than just one day..

small introduction
We would like to introduce our village to you as locals. Our small village, is located in the Northeastern part of the Netherlands, approx. 85 mins drive from Amsterdam, our capital city. Yearly around 1 million people from all over the world come to visit our town of ''no roads'', this puts Giethoorn in the top 10 attractions in the Netherlands. Our village is of course well known in the Netherlands but also far beyond. This means it would be difficult to name a country, where nobody from that country, has not visited the Dutch ''Venice of the Netherlands''.

Giethoorn
Our village contains hand-dug canals and all small islands which are inter connected by 176 bridges to the mainland. In fact, on all these islands, there are houses (farmhouses) which are built in the 18th and 19th centuries. A walking/cycling path named: 'Binnenpad' runs right trough this area. Tourist shops and restaurants (which are well represented) are interspersed with typical Dutch houses with thatched roofs.

Thatched roof house in Giethoorn

Dutch village without roads
Giethoorn village has no roads in the center. So of course, no roads means also no cars. Visitors and residents of Giethoorn village need to park their car outside the village at special car parks. This car-free area is the commercial heart of our village. You can rent whisper boats, board a guided cruise or visit a museum here, along with lots of choices of restaurants and cafes.  This cycling/foot path known as the 'Binnenpad' is like walking on to a film set. 80% of our visitors only come in this part of our village.

What do most people do in Giethoorn?

You can do: 

• Boat or canoe rental in Giethoorn starting price 15 Euro per day.
• Cycling rent a bike and discover the surroundings , The Netherland is famous for its bike streets and guided bike tours 
• Stay with your mobile home at Camping Giethoorn
• Rent a Hiking Cabin or Pod for only 60 Euro per night you can stay and get the most out of your stay in Giethoorn
• Walking tour with Scavenger Hunt in the evening when  bridges, gardens  and houses are decorated with lights
• Miniture Golf at the indoor golf course
• Escaperoom
• Lasertag in the Lasergaming Arena with ATT Walker

To really discover our village, you need a boat to sail around and to feel like a local. tal boats via giethoorn.live. The cheapest boats are the Canoe These are suitable for 3 people and the costs start at €19 Euro per day. For a little more comfort, there are open E-boats for rent. It is also possible to rent a sup board.

Private boat tourPrivate boat tour in Giethoorn
This is private guided boat tour in an open sloop boat for groups up to 12 persons. Costs per hour starts at €89 for a small (6pax) group. You will sail through the Venice of Netherlands in an pontoon boat. Your private skipper will guide you through our village. During the boat tour your captain will tell you all special things about the Dutch Venice.

National park Weerribben-Wieden
Giethoorn is located in Weerribben-Wieden National Park. Miles of cycle paths are available here. Check out our cycling in Giethoorn page for details. Bikes can be hired in our village.

Supping
Supping in Giethoorn
Sup board action
sup in Giethoorn
It is allowed to sup on the waters in Giethoorn. The village moat is 4 km long. It's great to paddle through here with a sup board. Do bend down by the bridges. Ever get cheered on, during a sup trip? Well in Giethoorn the other tourists just stand to cheer you on when you come along with your sup board. Moreover, the nature around our village also gives enough sup possibilities. From the village moat you have a nice view of the houses that stand next to the village canal. Look here for an extended sup adventure in Giethoorn. It is possible to rent a sup board with paddle in our village.

Iceskating
Iceskating in Giethoorn
Iceskating in giethoorn
In the winter of 2018
Iceskating in Giethoorn, that's been a while. The last time you could skate in our village was in the winter of 2018. Of course we know the village of Giethoorn from all that water, those cute houses with thatched roofs and all those bridges. You probably know the pictures on social media, with all those boats sailing through our village. But what is it like in the winter in Giethoorn? When can you even skate in our village? Well, in February 2021 we could skate again in our village.

How to get to Giethoorn Netherlands?
By car
Parking 
Giethoorn Centrum parking
Google, the location of one of our 18 parkings for your exact location to park your car. Remember that, parking inside this Dutch village is not possible. From the parkings it is approx 5 minutes to walk to the village. Most of the parkings in our village are free of charge.

By public transport
Netherlands by train and bus
Giethoorn by train
By train to NS trainstation Zwolle
Travel to NS train station Zwolle. There you can take bus nr 70 from Zwolle to Giethoorn.

By train to NS trainstation Steenwijk
Travel to NS train station Steenwijk. There you can take the bus nr 70 or bus nr 270 from Steenwijk to Giethoorn.