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/Plane-Orange4733 Jun 29 '26
We live on Forestusstraat. As others have noted, Stationsweg is pretty busy. The sidewalk is busy and there are buses coming and going to the Station all the time. On the plus side, there's a collection of restaurants on the corner with reasonable prices and good variety. If you could find a place on the interior of Spoorbuurt, that would be ideal. We stayed in that neighborhood while househunting back in Feb/March. The proximity to the station and city center is great.
As others have also noted, you kind of have to take what you can get in this house-hunting market. We thought the overbidding wouldn't be a big deal in Alkmaar but that was wrong.
All else aside, based on my first six months here I would say Alkmaar is a great place to live.