The best neighbourhoods for quiet living
Away from the crowds. This list puts nature, space and safety first and accepts that the supermarket may be a few kilometres by bike. The result: the neighbourhoods where the Netherlands is at its quietest.
What counts
The overall grade weighs the five pillars in this ratio — adjust the mix to reorder the list to your priorities.
- 110.0
Verspreide huizen Someren-Heide
Someren · 760 residents
- 210.0
Korteraar
Nieuwkoop · 680 residents
- 39.9
Verspreide huizen Zuidhorn
Westerkwartier · 1,150 residents
- 49.9
Opeinde, boven de Vaart
Smallingerland · 655 residents
- 59.6
Warder
Edam-Volendam · 765 residents
- 69.4
Welsum
Olst-Wijhe · 625 residents
- 79.9
Verspreide huizen Uilecoten
Maasdriel · 720 residents
- 810.0
Zevenhoven Recreatiegebied
Nieuwkoop · 575 residents
- 99.9
Woerdense Verlaat
Nieuwkoop · 635 residents
- 109.7
Verspreide huizen Wapenveld-Noord
Heerde · 560 residents
- 119.8
De Zeilen
Groningen · 610 residents
- 1210.0
Loënga
Súdwest-Fryslân · 760 residents
- 139.3
Watergang
Waterland · 555 residents
- 149.9
Verspreide woningen bij Liessel
Deurne · 990 residents
- 159.7
Oudega
Smallingerland · 1,665 residents
- 169.9
De Heide
Heerenveen · 1,390 residents
- 1710.0
Wolvega-Lindewijk
Weststellingwerf · 1,060 residents
- 1810.0
Verspreide huizen Malden
Heumen · 1,490 residents
- 199.4
Verspreide huizen Zoelen
Buren · 585 residents
- 209.5
Buitengebied
Landsmeer · 660 residents
- 219.6
Nes
Heerenveen · 975 residents
- 229.4
Buitengebied Doornenburg
Lingewaard · 750 residents
- 239.4
Verspreide huizen Milheeze
Gemert-Bakel · 580 residents
- 249.9
Villapark
Hattem · 790 residents
- 259.5
Verspreide huizen Beilen
Midden-Drenthe · 1,890 residents