List of twin towns and sister cities in the Netherlands
This is a list of municipalities in the Netherlands having standing links to local communities in other countries. In most cases, the association, especially when formalised by local government, is known as "town twinning", and while most of the places included are towns, the list also comprises villages, cities, districts, counties, etc. with similar links.
A
AlkmaarAlmelo
Almere
Alphen aan den Rijn
- Oudtshoorn, South Africa
Amstelveen
- Tempelhof-Schöneberg, Germany
- Villa El Salvador, Peru
- Burlington, Canada
- Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, Germany
- Gagny, France
- Aurich, Germany
- Coventry, England, United Kingdom
- Croydon, England, United Kingdom
- Gera, Germany
- Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
- Kimberley, South Africa
- Villa El Salvador, Peru
- Wuhan, China
- Poznań, Poland
B
Beek
- Gundelfingen an der Donau, Germany
- Oudenaarde, Belgium
- Szczecinek, Poland
Breda
- Diest, Belgium
- Dillenburg, Germany
- Orange, France
- Wrocław, Poland
- Yangzhou, China
- Havlíčkův Brod, Czech Republic
- Alsdorf, Germany
C
De Bilt
De Fryske Marren
- Drolshagen, Germany
- Mediaș, Romania
- Estelí, Nicaragua
- Freiberg, Germany
- Kfar Saba, Israel
- Shūnan, Japan
- Lüdenscheid, Germany
Doetinchem
- La Libertad, Nicaragua
- Pardubice, Czech Republic
- Raesfeld, Germany
- Bamenda, Cameroon
- Dordrecht, South Africa
- Hastings, England, United Kingdom
- Recklinghausen, Germany
- Varna, Bulgaria
- Calafat, Romania
- Gemünden am Main, Germany
E
Emmen
- Georgsmarienhütte, Germany
- Shangluo, China
Etten-Leur
- Šiauliai, Lithuania
G
- San Pedro de Lóvago, Nicaragua
- Panevėžys, Lithuania
- Krasnogorsk, Russia
- Uherský Brod, Czech Republic
- Valašské Meziříčí, Czech Republic
- Gangjin, South Korea
- Sint-Niklaas, Belgium
Groningen
- Graz, Austria
- Hamburg, Germany
- Kaliningrad, Russia
- Katowice, Poland
- Murmansk, Russia
- Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom
- Odense, Denmark
- Oldenburg, Germany
- San Carlos, Nicaragua
- Tallinn, Estonia
- Tianjin, China
- Xi'an, China
- Zlín, Czech Republic
H
Haaren
- Pobiedziska, Poland
- Bienvenida, Spain
- Bièvre, Belgium
- Bucine, Italy
- Cashel, Ireland
- Cissé, France
- Desborough, England, United Kingdom
- Hepstedt, Germany
- Ibănești, Romania
- Kandava, Latvia
- Kannus, Finland
- Kolindros, Greece
- Lassee, Austria
- Medzev, Slovakia
- Moravče, Slovenia
- Næstved, Denmark
- Nagycenk, Hungary
- Nadur, Malta
- Ockelbo, Sweden
- Pano Lefkara, Cyprus
- Põlva, Estonia
- Samuel, Portugal
- Slivo Pole, Bulgaria
- Starý Poddvorov, Czech Republic
- Strzyżów, Poland
- Tisno, Croatia
- Troisvierges, Luxembourg
- Žagarė, Lithuania
Haarlemmermeer
Hattem
- Püspökladány, Hungary
- Goyang, South Korea
- Kalisz, Poland
- Ibbenbüren, Germany
Hengelo
's-Hertogenbosch
Heumen
- Csorna, Hungary
- Keszthely, Hungary
- Martin, Slovakia
- Příbram, Czech Republic
- Michelstadt, Germany
I
- Herentals, Belgium
K
- Eilat, Israel
- Meinerzhagen, Germany
- Pápa, Hungary
- Soest, Germany
- Orry-la-Ville, France
- Siegen, Germany
Landgraaf
- Andrychów, Poland
- Übach-Palenberg, Germany
- Bergneustadt, Germany
- Châtenay-Malabry, France
- Buffalo City, South Africa
- Juigalpa, Nicaragua
- Krefeld, Germany
- Nagasaki, Japan
- Oxford, England, United Kingdom
- Toruń, Poland
- Hranice, Czech Republic
- Konstancin-Jeziorna, Poland
- Temecula, United States
- Grebenstein, Germany
- Lezoux, France
- Sarsina, Italy
M
- Berehove, Ukraine
- Hatvan, Hungary
- Târgu Secuiesc, Romania
Meerssen is a member of the Douzelage, a town twinning association of towns across the European Union, alongside with:
- Agros, Cyprus
- Altea, Spain
- Asikkala, Finland
- Bad Kötzting, Germany
- Bellagio, Italy
- Bundoran, Ireland
- Chojna, Poland
- Granville, France
- Holstebro, Denmark
- Houffalize, Belgium
- Judenburg, Austria
- Kőszeg, Hungary
- Marsaskala, Malta
- Niederanven, Luxembourg
- Oxelösund, Sweden
- Preveza, Greece
- Rokiškis, Lithuania
- Rovinj, Croatia
- Sesimbra, Portugal
- Sherborne, England, United Kingdom
- Sigulda, Latvia
- Siret, Romania
- Škofja Loka, Slovenia
- Sušice, Czech Republic
- Tryavna, Bulgaria
- Türi, Estonia
- Zvolen, Slovakia
Middelburg
- Vilvoorde, Belgium
N
Nissewaard
Noordenveld
- Litomyšl, Czech Republic
- Sögel, Germany
- Tarnowo Podgórne, Poland
O
- Rheda-Wiedenbrück, Germany
R
- Dębno, Poland
- Steinfurt, Germany
- Winterberg, Germany
- Mönchengladbach, Germany
- Nepomuk, Czech Republic
- Baltimore, United States
- Burgas, Bulgaria
- Cologne, Germany
- Constanța, Romania
- Esch-sur-Alzette
- Gdańsk, Poland
- Havana, Cuba
- Lille, France
- Liège, Belgium
- Shanghai, China
- Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Turin, Italy
S
- Esslingen am Neckar, Germany
- Neath Port Talbot, Wales, United Kingdom
- Udine, Italy
- Velenje, Slovenia
- Vienne, France
- Orăștie, Romania
Stadskanaal
- Lilienthal, Germany
T
- Iława, Poland
U
- Lippstadt, Germany
Veenendaal
Venlo
- Krefeld, Germany
- Moravská Třebová, Czech Republic
- Ambon, Indonesia
W
- Unna, Germany
- Gödöllő, Hungary
- Mörfelden-Walldorf, Germany
- Ndiza, Rwanda
- Zhangzhou, China
- Polička, Czech Republic
- Andrésy, France
- Haren, Germany
- Międzyrzecz, Poland
- Nowogród Bobrzański, Poland
- Rhede, Germany
Z
- Anderlecht, Belgium
- Boulogne-Billancourt, France
- Hammersmith and Fulham, England, United Kingdom
- Neukölln, Germany
- Zwickau, Germany
Zwijndrecht
- Norderstedt, Germany
- Lünen, Germany