Shopping ‘at the neighbours’: within 5 hours you can reach the following cities by train

Even though Zoetermeer is of course the most beautiful and nicest city in Europe, sometimes you just want to ‘check on the neighbours’. Then board the train at Zoetermeer, Zoetermeer East or Lansingerland-Zoetermeer stations and go on a journey.

Don’t feel like going by car? We found out how far you can get by train from Zoetermeer station in five hours.

Out this funny tool of the Deutsche Bahn shows that you can travel quite a distance! An optimal travel time has been assumed, whereby transfers take a maximum of 20 minutes. In reality, these times may therefore differ due to delays or longer transfer times. But suppose the train were to connect perfectly, with a maximum transfer time of 20 minutes, where would you be in five hours? We’ve listed some stations for you!

Five hours by train

Get ready for an international trip! From Zoetermeer station, you can get off within five hours in Oberhausen, for example, and order Coffee and Kuchen or visit the largest shopping center in Europe.

You go to London for one high tea in a cozy tearoom. Bring your wallet too, because you can easily spend your money in the world famous department store Harrods. Or would you rather go shopping in Oxford Street? Whatever your style, you’ll find something for everyone in London! From Zoetermeer it takes about five hours to reach the English capital. You take the train or tram to The Hague Central Station, where the train to London leaves. Super handy!

Within a few hours in a completely different place

Traveling from Zoetermeer to Antwerp? Then you drink within two hours a bubble on a cozy terrace. In the shops on and around the Meir, the famous Antwerp shopping street, you can keep shopping endlessly! If you choose to travel a little further by train, you will get off in the city of Brussels within half an hour. Also nice!

Shorter travel

Don’t feel like traveling that far? You can also enjoy an afternoon of shopping closer to home. If you get on the train at Zoetermeer station and get off again no more than two hours later, where will you end up? For example in Den Bosch, Arnhem, Haarlem or Eindhoven. Where is your next shopping trip going? Or will it be old-fashioned fun shopping in the shopping streets of Zoetermeer? You can just go there by bike.