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).
A
Alkmaar
Almelo
Almere
Alphen aan den Rijn
Ameland
Amersfoort terminated all its twinnings.
Amstelveen
Apeldoorn
Appingedam
Arnhem
Assen
B
Baarn terminated all its twinnings.
Barendrecht
Beek
Beemster
Bergen op Zoom
Beuningen
Beverwijk
Borne
Breda
Brielle
Brunssum
Buren
C
Coevorden
D
De Bilt
De Fryske Marren
Delft
Delfzijl
Den Helder
Deventer
Doetinchem
Dordrecht
Duiven
E
Eijsden-Margraten
Eindhoven
Emmen
Enschede
Etten-Leur
G
Gennep
Goirle
Gooise Meren
Gorinchem
Gouda
Groningen
- Graz, Austria
- 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
- ZlÃÂn, Czech Republic
H
Haaksbergen
Haaren
Haaren â Esch is a member of the Charter of European Rural Communities, a town twinning association across the European Union, along with:
- Bienvenida, Spain
- Bièvre, Belgium
- Bucine, Italy
- Cashel, Ireland
- Cissé, France
- Desborough, England, United Kingdom
- Hepstedt, Germany
- IbÃÂneÃÂti, Romania
- Kandava (Tukums), Latvia
- Kannus, Finland
- Kolindros, Greece
- Lassee, Austria
- Medzev, Slovakia
- MoravÃÂe, Slovenia
- Næstved, Denmark
- Nagycenk, Hungary
- Nadur, Malta
- Ockelbo, Sweden
- Pano Lefkara, Cyprus
- Põlva, Estonia
- Samuel (Soure), Portugal
- Slivo Pole, Bulgaria
- Starý Poddvorov, Czech Republic
- StrzyÃ
¼Ã³w, Poland
- Tisno, Croatia
- Troisvierges, Luxembourg
- Ã
½agarà(JoniÃ
¡kis), Lithuania
Haarlem
Haarlemmermeer
Hattem
Heemstede
Heerhugowaard
Hellendoorn
Helmond
Hengelo
's-Hertogenbosch
Hof van Twente
Hoogeveen
Hoorn
Hulst
I
IJsselstein
K
Kampen
Kapelle
Katwijk
Koggenland
Krimpen aan den IJssel
L
Landgraaf
Landsmeer
Leiden
Leidschendam-Voorburg
Leusden terminated all its twinnings.
Lisse
Lopik
M
Maassluis
Maastricht
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
- KÃ
Âszeg, Hungary
- Marsaskala, Malta
- Niederanven, Luxembourg
- Oxelösund, Sweden
- Preveza, Greece
- RokiÃ
¡kis, Lithuania
- Rovinj, Croatia
- Sesimbra, Portugal
- Sherborne, England, United Kingdom
- Sigulda, Latvia
- Siret, Romania
- Ã
 kofja Loka, Slovenia
- SuÃ
¡ice, Czech Republic
- Tryavna, Bulgaria
- Türi, Estonia
- Zvolen, Slovakia
Meppel
Middelburg
Mook en Middelaar
N
Nieuwegein
Nijkerk
Nijmegen
Nissewaard
Noordenveld
O
Oirschot
Oldenzaal
Opsterland
R
Renkum
Rijssen-Holten
Roermond
Rotterdam
- Baltimore, United States
- Burgas, Bulgaria
- Cologne, Germany
- ConstanÃÂa, Romania
- Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
- GdaÃ
Âsk, Poland
- Havana, Cuba
- Lille, France
- Liège, Belgium
- Shanghai, China
- Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Turin, Italy
S
Schiedam
Sliedrecht
Sittard-Geleen
Smallingerland
Soest
Stadskanaal
T
Tholen
Tilburg
U
Uden
Utrecht terminated all its twinnings.
V
Veenendaal
Venlo
Vijfheerenlanden
Vlaardingen
Vlissingen
W
Waalwijk
Wageningen
Westerveld
Westerwolde
Wijchen
Woerden
Z
Zaanstad
Zeist
Zevenaar
Zundert
Zutphen terminated all its twinnings.
Zwijndrecht
Zwolle
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