Apartments, rooms and studios for rent in Wormerland

Wormerland is a municipality in Noord-Holland, made up of Wormer on the east bank of the Zaan, the old village of Jisp, the polder of Wijdewormer and the hamlets of Oostknollendam and Spijkerboor. To rent in Wormerland is to live in the Zaanstreek between Zaanstad and Purmerend, with peat meadows on one side and the river Zaan on the other, and with Amsterdam reachable by train from the stations across the water.

Picture a weekday morning: you leave a terraced house in Wormer, cycle across the Zaan to Wormerveer station and take the train towards Amsterdam, while a neighbor from Jisp drives the other way to Purmerend. The renters who land here are mostly families and couples who want a house with a garden in a village setting. RentHunter gathers the apartments and houses for rent in Wormerland from the major rental sites in one search, which matters in a small market where only a few homes come up at a time.

• Houses: €2,203 on average, 38% above Zaanstad Houses for rent in Wormerland average €2,203 a month, 38% more than the €1,599 average for houses in neighboring Zaanstad. The gap follows from what Wormerland offers: terraced and detached houses with gardens in Wormer and Jisp, and homes along the polder roads of Wijdewormer, with more space and fewer close neighbors than in the denser Zaan towns.
  Imagine a family moving out of a flat in Zaandam: in Wormer the same budget plus a bit more buys a garden, a shed for the bikes and a quiet street within cycling distance of the station. Browse the houses for rent in Wormerland and check what the rent includes, since a detached house in the polder often comes with a larger garden to maintain.
• Apartments: small blocks in Wormer village Apartments in Wormerland are found mostly in Wormer, the largest village, in low-rise blocks and in flats above the shops in the center. They suit singles, couples and older residents who leave a family house but want to stay in the village. Look at the current apartments for rent in Wormerland and compare them with Zaanstad across the Zaan, a city with far more flats and its own train stations.
  Picture a young couple who both work in Amsterdam: a flat in Wormer keeps them a short bike ride from Wormerveer station, while Jisp and Wijdewormer have almost no apartments and a longer ride to the train.

Wormerland is a commuter municipality with a village pace: many residents work in Zaanstad, Amsterdam or Purmerend and come home to quiet streets and open polder land. Wormer has the schools, supermarkets and sports clubs, while Jisp, Wijdewormer, Oostknollendam and Spijkerboor are small enough that daily shopping means a trip to Wormer or Purmerend.

Wormerland has no railway station of its own: residents of Wormer cycle across the Zaan to Wormerveer station in Zaanstad, which has direct trains to Amsterdam Centraal. Purmerend, to the east, is the other hub, with its own stations, a town center full of shops and many more rentals; compare the listings in Purmerend if you want a larger town with the same Waterland surroundings.

Imagine a rainy November evening: the train drops you at Wormerveer, and you are home in Wormer after a short ride over the bridge. From Jisp or Wijdewormer the same trip takes longer, so renters without a car usually pick Wormer itself.

Wormerland's green side is the Jisperveld, a wide peat meadow area between Jisp and Wormer, crossed by ditches and full of meadow birds in spring. Picture a Sunday morning: you walk out of Jisp onto the meadow paths, or follow the Zaan south from Wormer towards the windmills of the Zaanse Schans in Zaanstad.

For a renter this means that a house in Jisp or on the edge of Wormer often looks out over open land, and that boats and canoes are part of village life. Ask the landlord whether a jetty or a boat shed comes with the home, since many gardens here border the water.

Commuting from Wormerland by public transport starts at the stations across the Zaan, such as Wormerveer, which connect to Amsterdam and the national rail network. The times below are door-to-door public transport times from the middle of the municipality, so a home close to Wormerveer station saves time on every trip.

Utrecht is about 100 minutes from Wormerland by public transport, a trip of 66 km with a change in Amsterdam. It works for a hybrid job with two or three office days a week, less for a daily commute.

Rotterdam takes around 111 minutes over 88 km and Den Haag around 119 minutes over 80 km, both with at least one change. At close to two hours each way, these cities suit occasional office days rather than a daily trip from a home in Wormerland.

Eindhoven, 147 km to the south, takes about 159 minutes by public transport from Wormerland. That only suits a monthly visit to a head office, not a regular commute.