Houses for Rent in Harderwijk

A house for rent in Harderwijk is usually a family home with a garden between the Veluwe woods and the lake: 69% of listings mention a garden, against 2% that mention a balcony. Based on over 200 house listings tracked in Harderwijk by RentHunter since February 2024, the average rent is €1,289 a month for about 100 m², and 80% of these houses were listed between €797 and €1,750.

Harderwijk, a former Hanseatic town of 46,352 inhabitants in Gelderland, sits where the Veluwe meets the Veluwemeer and the Wolderwijd. Inside the old walled centre, around the Vispoort on the waterfront, houses are narrow and gardens small. The family houses with a back garden sit in the districts south and east of the centre.

The house market here is a family market: 3% of listings target students and 6% expats. Houses run about 6% cheaper than in Apeldoorn, the nearest large city, and Utrecht is about 53 minutes away by public transport.

Harderwijk's rental houses are spread over districts with very different settings, from the woods south of the railway to the farmland of Hierden. For more choice nearby, compare houses in Ermelo, the next town toward Amersfoort on the same railway line.

Stadsdennen lies south of the railway, against the woods at the edge of the Veluwe, and is one of the Harderwijk districts where rental houses with a back garden come up. Families pick it for the green setting and the short ride to the station and the centre. Expect terraced houses on quiet residential streets rather than shops.

Drielanden is one of Harderwijk's newer residential districts, on the east side of town toward Hierden. Its streets of family houses, many with a garden and parking close to the door, suit households with a car who use the A28. The ride to the station is longer than from the centre, so time the route before you commit.

Hierden is a village on the eastern edge of the municipality of Harderwijk, between farmland and the Veluwemeer shore. Rental houses there are rarer and often detached, with larger plots. It suits renters who want space and quiet and accept the bike or the car for every errand.

Harderwijk house rents average €1,289 a month, and the three-bedroom house sets the tone: 150 of the tracked listings had three bedrooms, at an average of €1,229. Two-bedroom houses averaged €1,140 over 33 listings. Dutch listings count the living room as a room, so a three-bedroom house often appears as 4 kamers.

Against Apeldoorn, where houses average €1,369, a house in Harderwijk costs about 6% less for an average of 100 m². Furnished houses make up 22% of listings, handy for a fixed-term job; the rest come empty or gestoffeerd, which means with floors and curtains but no furniture.

The average deposit is 0.61 months of rent, well under the legal cap of two months of base rent for leases signed since 1 July 2023. 72% of listings state that you can register at the address, which you need to do at the Harderwijk town hall within 5 days of moving in. On a smaller budget, compare with apartments in Harderwijk.

Harderwijk station is on the railway between Amersfoort and Zwolle, a short walk south of the old town, and the A28 motorway runs along the edge of town. Utrecht, Amersfoort and Zwolle are within daily reach; the western cities take longer, with Den Haag about 91 minutes and Rotterdam about 99 minutes away by public transport.

Utrecht is the most practical big-city commute from Harderwijk, at about 53 minutes by public transport between the two centres. Utrecht Centraal is the country's largest rail hub, so the same route also opens trains to the rest of the Netherlands.

Amsterdam is about 92 minutes from Harderwijk by public transport, a trip that works two or three days a week rather than daily. Hybrid workers accept it in exchange for around 100 m² and a garden at an average of €1,289 a month.

Groningen is about 93 minutes from Harderwijk by public transport, with a change at Zwolle on the way north. The route suits renters who work or study in Groningen a few days a week and want a family house further south.