Proximity to facilities; distances by car, sub-municipal data 2021

Proximity to facilities; distances by car, sub-municipal data 2021

Districts and neighbourhoods Leisure and culture Museum Distance to museum (km) Leisure and culture Museum Number of museums Within 5 km (number) Leisure and culture Museum Number of museums Within 10 km (number) Leisure and culture Museum Number of museums Within 20 km (number)
Museumkwartier 0.5 41.4 50.0 67.8
Museumplein . . . .
Bijlmermuseum Noord 5.0 0.5 40.7 56.0
Bijlmermuseum Zuid 5.9 0.0 30.1 57.0
Piccardthof 4.9 1.3 8.0 15.2
Cardanuslaan 3.1 3.0 9.0 19.9
Source: CBS.
Explanation of symbols

Dataset is not available.


This table contains information about the average distances for residents of the Netherlands from their home address to the nearest facilities (e.g. school, GP or library). The table also includes information about the number of facilities located within a certain distance from the residential address. These data are calculated as an average over all persons in the area.
The data is available per municipality at district and neighbourhood level, as of 1 January.

Data available for 2021

Changes as of April 2023
Data on the following themes were added:

Health and wellbeing
GP posts

Traffic and transport
Train stations (all types)
Important transfer stations


Status of the figures:
The figures in this table are final.

When will new numbers be released?
No new figures are expected for this table for the time being.

Description topics

Leisure and culture
Museum
A museum is a permanent institution at the service of society and its development, open to the public, not aimed at making a profit, which acquires, preserves, scientifically researches, presents and informs about the material testimonies of man and his environment for purposes of study, education and pleasure.

From 2015 onwards, new (stricter) criteria are applied to museums. These criteria are:
- The museum has a permanent location, is open permanently and is freely accessible at least 28 weeks a year and three days a week.
- The museum is not for profit, or is an institution or foundation for public benefit (ANBI).
- The museum has its own collection and conducts research into the collection in order to disseminate knowledge about it.
- The museum has a website or can be accessed via referral on a larger platform.

Please take this trend break into account when interpreting the data, especially when comparing various years before and after 2015.

The locations of the museums in 2006 are not available at Statistics Netherlands. That’s why the museums from 2005 have been used as the best approximation for the distances to museums in 2006.

As of the reporting year 2013, all museums in a partnership have been included (provided they meet the above criteria). In the years prior to 2013, only one museum per partnership was included in the population. As a result, the populations from 2013 onwards have increased by a few dozen more museums.
Distance to museum
The average distance of all residents in an area to the nearest museum, calculated by road.
Number of museums
The average number of museums within a fixed distance by road for all inhabitants of an area.
Within 5 km
Within 10 km
Within 20 km