List of twin towns and sister cities in the Netherlands

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This is a list of municipalities in the Netherlands which have standing links to local communities in other countries. In most cases, the association, especially when formalised by local government, is known as "town twinning" (usually in Europe) or "sister cities" (usually in the rest of the world).

Contents

A

Alkmaar [1]

Almelo [2]

Almere [3] [4] [5]

Alphen aan den Rijn [6]

Ameland [7]

Amersfoort terminated all its twinnings. [8]

Amstelveen [9]

Apeldoorn [10]

Appingedam [11]

Arnhem [12]

Assen [13]

B

Baarn terminated all its twinnings. [8]

Barendrecht [14]

Beek [15]

Beemster [16]

Bergen op Zoom [17]

Beuningen [18]

Beverwijk [19]

Borne [20]

Breda [21] [22] [23]

Brielle [24]

Brunssum [25]

Buren [26]

C

Coevorden [27]

D

De Bilt [28]

De Fryske Marren [29]

Delft [30] [31] [32]

Delfzijl [33]

Den Helder [34]

Deventer [35] [36] [37]

Doetinchem [38]

Dordrecht [39]

Duiven [40]

E

Eindhoven

Emmen [47]

Enschede [48]

Etten-Leur [50]

G

Gennep [51]

Goirle [52]

Gooise Meren [53]

Gorinchem [54]

Gouda [55]

Groningen [56]

H

Haaksbergen [57]

Haaren [58]

Haaren – Esch is a member of the Charter of European Rural Communities, a town twinning association across the European Union, along with: [59]

Haarlem [60]

Haarlemmermeer [61]

Hattem [62]

Heemstede [63]

Heerhugowaard [64] [65]

Hellendoorn [66]

Helmond [67] [68]

Hengelo [69]

's-Hertogenbosch [70]

Hof van Twente [71]

Hoogeveen [72]

Hoorn [73] [74]

Hulst [75]

I

IJsselstein [76]

K

Kampen [77]

Kapelle [78]

Katwijk [79]

Koggenland [80]

Krimpen aan den IJssel [81] [82]

L

Landgraaf [83]

Landsmeer [84]

Leiden [85]

Leidschendam-Voorburg [86]

Leusden terminated all its twinnings. [8]

Lisse [87]

Lopik [88]

M

Maassluis [89]

Maastricht [90]

Meerssen is a member of the Douzelage, a town twinning association of towns across the European Union, alongside with: [91]

Meppel [92]

Middelburg [93]

Mook en Middelaar [94]

N

Nieuwegein [8]

Nijkerk [95]

Nijmegen [96]

Nissewaard [99]

Noordenveld [100]

O

Oirschot [101]

Oldenzaal [102]

Opsterland [103]

R

Renkum [104]

Rijssen-Holten [105] [106]

Roermond [107] [108]

Rotterdam [109]

S

Schiedam [110]

Sliedrecht [111]

Sittard-Geleen [112]

Smallingerland [113]

Soest [8]

Stadskanaal [114]

T

Tholen [115]

Tilburg

U

Uden [121]

Utrecht terminated all its twinnings. [8]

V

Veenendaal [122]

Venlo [123]

Vijfheerenlanden [8]

Vlaardingen [124]

Vlissingen [125]

W

Waalwijk [126]

Wageningen [127]

Westerveld [128]

Westerwolde [129]

Wijchen [130]

Woerden [8]

Z

Zaanstad [131] [132] [133]

Zeist [134]

Zevenaar [135]

Zundert [136]

Zutphen terminated all its twinnings. [137]

Zwijndrecht [138]

Zwolle [139]

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