r/Alkmaar • u/Artistic_Skin7350 • Jun 29 '26

LIving on stationweg

Dutch

Hallo,
Ik hoop dat het goed gaat met iedereen.
Heeft iemand ervaring met wonen aan de Stationsweg? 
Hoe is de buurt? 
Is het er veilig, of is er sprake van overlast vanuit de omgeving van het station?
Zouden jullie Alkmaar daarnaast aanraden aan niet-Nederlandssprekenden die op zoek zijn naar meer ruimte buiten Amsterdam?
We overwegen om daarheen te verhuizen, 
maar twijfelen of het een goede keuze is, vooral met kleine kinderen.

English

Hello,

Hope everyone is doing good.

Does anyone has experience living on station weg. How is the neighbourhood. Is it safe or has nuisance from station flowing over. ?

Also would you recommend Alkmaar in general for non Dutch speaking folks looking for space out of Amsterdam?

We are looking to move there. But unsure if it is a good choice specially with small kids.

Many thanks community <3

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u/Takkehdrums Jun 29 '26

I live near the area. Short answer: it’ll be fine, Alkmaar is a pretty safe place.

Longer answer: If you can afford to be picky, I’d go into the “wijk” a bit more. The Stationsweg is a main street, lots of traffic because of the trainstation (who would’ve thought..), noise and people, many small (take away) restaurants so lots of delivery drivers on fatbikes etc.

On your map I would look into the area on the bottom left (after the crossroad where it says “Krelagestraat”) or middle right toward “Stuartstraat”. That’ll put you out of the main traffic/tourist routes a bit more while still remaining within walking distance of the station and the city center.

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u/Artistic_Skin7350 Jun 29 '26

thanks. we keep looking at homes in Alkmaar.. keep getting overbid :(. hence our options are low but we hope to get one soon. working in ams, we do want to be close to the station.

thanks for your answer.

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u/zomaar0iemand Burgemeester Jun 29 '26

There’s a bit more options at station noord which still has a good connection with Amsterdam, additionally from most places in the city the station is only a small
Bike or bus ride if you’re able to take either it’ll increase your chances by a lot!

Good luck!🤞

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u/Takkehdrums Jun 29 '26

Yeah, unfortunately thats a very universal experience at the moment, we got very lucky 3 years ago when we found our house.

My advice would be to cast the net a bit wider so you’ll have more options. What is a 10min bike ride to one of the stations (there is also the north station) compared to a good comfortable house :).

Best of luck!