Amstelveen · December
Where to go from Amstelveen in December
159 places you can reach by train, coach or ferry within eight hours, leaving on a weekday morning, and what December is like in each: the warmth and the rain on average, the daylight, and what's on.
Good for December
Something on, mild weather, not too far: our reading of the month, not a ranking of the places.
- Amsterdam 9 min Netherlands Highs of 7°, and Museumplein.
- Utrecht 30 min Netherlands Skate parade.
- Schiedam 48 min Netherlands Winterlicht.
- Leuven 2h 40 Belgium International Short Film Festival Leuven.
- Lille 2h 49 France Highs of 7°, and Christmas Market.
- Cambridge 6h 11 United Kingdom Mill Road Winter Fair.
On in December
- Museumplein in Amsterdam 9 min
- Skate parade in Utrecht 30 min
- Winterlicht in Schiedam 48 min
- International Short Film Festival Leuven in Leuven 2h 40
- Christmas Market in Lille 2h 49
- Mill Road Winter Fair in Cambridge 6h 11
- Derby's Ethical Christmas Market in Derby 6h 30
- Christmas Markets in Strasbourg 6h 32
- York Christmas Festival in York 7h 05
- Christmas Market in Sheffield 7h 06
- Winter Wonderland in Cardiff 7h 10
- Art | Basel in Basel 7h 28
- Basler Weihnachtsmarkt in Basel 7h 28
- Cathedral Christmas Market in Lincoln 7h 37
- Medieval Christmas Market in Lincoln 7h 37
- Lincoln Christmas Market in Lincoln 7h 37
Most happen every year in December; each city's page has the dates when they're known.
Everywhere within eight hours
Nearest first. In Amstelveen, December has 7 h 44 of daylight.
- Amsterdam · Netherlands 9 min 2–7° 82 mm 7 h 43 Museumplein
- Weesp · Netherlands 22 min — 7 h 44
- Utrecht · Netherlands 30 min — 7 h 46 Skate parade
- Almere · Netherlands 33 min — 7 h 43
- Leiden · Netherlands 34 min — 7 h 45
- Zaandam · Netherlands 36 min · 1 ch — 7 h 42
- Haarlem · Netherlands 37 min · 1 ch — 7 h 43
- Bussum · Netherlands 37 min · 1 ch — 7 h 44
- Hilversum · Netherlands 38 min — 7 h 45
- Rotterdam · Netherlands 41 min 1–7° 86 mm 7 h 48
- The Hague · Netherlands 45 min 2–7° 76 mm 7 h 46
- Schiedam · Netherlands 48 min · 1 ch — 7 h 48 Winterlicht
- Amersfoort · Netherlands 50 min — 7 h 45
- Gouda · Netherlands 51 min · 1 ch — 7 h 47
- Delft · Netherlands 55 min · 1 ch — 7 h 47
- 's-Hertogenbosch · Netherlands 1h 04 · 1 ch — 7 h 50
- Alkmaar · Netherlands 1h 05 · 1 ch — 7 h 40
- Breda · Netherlands 1h 09 · 1 ch — 7 h 51
- Dordrecht · Netherlands 1h 16 · 2 ch — 7 h 49
- Zwolle · Netherlands 1h 16 — 7 h 42
- Apeldoorn · Netherlands 1h 18 · 1 ch — 7 h 45
- Tilburg · Netherlands 1h 25 · 1 ch — 7 h 52
- Eindhoven · Netherlands 1h 26 · 1 ch 1–7° 75 mm 7 h 53
- Antwerp · Belgium 1h 28 2–7° 91 mm 7 h 55
- Deventer · Netherlands 1h 29 · 1 ch — 7 h 44
- Geldrop · Netherlands 1h 54 · 1 ch — 7 h 53
- Nijmegen · Netherlands 1h 56 · 1 ch — 7 h 49
- Zutphen · Netherlands 1h 56 · 2 ch — 7 h 46
- Assen · Netherlands 1h 57 — 7 h 36
- Sint-Niklaas · Belgium 2h 03 · 1 ch — 7 h 55
- Lier · Belgium 2h 07 · 1 ch — 7 h 56
- Brussels · Belgium 2h 08 · 1 ch 2–7° 87 mm 7 h 59
- Arnhem · Netherlands 2h 11 · 1 ch — 7 h 47
- Mechelen · Belgium 2h 13 · 1 ch — 7 h 57
- Groningen · Netherlands 2h 14 1–6° 79 mm 7 h 34
- Enschede · Netherlands 2h 16 · 1 ch — 7 h 45
- Leeuwarden · Netherlands 2h 16 · 1 ch — 7 h 34
- Ghent · Belgium 2h 26 · 1 ch — 7 h 57
- Venlo · Netherlands 2h 27 — 7 h 53
- Maastricht · Netherlands 2h 32 · 1 ch — 7 h 58
Journeys from Amstelveen's stations on a Tuesday from 08:00, waiting for the train included, from published timetables as of 19 October 2026. Temperatures and rain are long-term averages from each city's Wikivoyage article (CC BY-SA); daylight is worked out for the middle of the month.
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