AtlasNetherlands4,571 on record

Netherlands

Western Europe

The Netherlands exports one of the most recognisable lagers on earth while quietly keeping two Trappist monasteries brewing under the same certification as the Belgian abbeys. The gap between those two facts is most of Dutch brewing.

Beers on record

4,571

Brewing since

1592

PlateNetherlands83 towns

Fig. 2. Circle area is beers on record for that town. Labels appear as room allows, so zooming in reveals towns rather than enlarging them. Only towns whose coordinates could be sourced are drawn, so an unmarked town means a missing coordinate rather than a town without beer. Tiles from OpenFreeMap and OpenMapTiles, data from OpenStreetMap.

Towns as a table83

Towns in Netherlands with beers on record
Town	Beers
Alkmaar	397
Breda	396
Middelburg	386
Bodegraven	380
Amsterdam	378
Haarlem	369
Eindhoven	215
Utrecht	212
The Hague	188
Groede	111
Groningen	108
Rotterdam	106
Amersfoort	82
Gulpen-Wittem	77
Enschede	76
Lieshout	48
Nijmegen	44
Weert	43
Goes	38
Honigcomplex Nijmegen	33
Oss	32
Texel	31
Haaksbergen	27
Neer	26
Wyns	25
Wijlre	24
Budel	24
Venlo	22
Almkerk	22
Veenhuizen	21
Overdinkel	20
Berkel-Enschot	19
Katwijk	19
Houten	19
Hilversum	18
Winterswijk	15
Dedemsvaart	15
Amstelveen	12
Raalte	12
Rolduc	11
Weesp	11
Limmen	10
Vriezenveen	10
's-Hertogenbosch	10
Gramsbergen	10
Arcen	9
De Rijp	9
Amsterdam Nieuw-West	9
Prinsenbeek	8
Thull	8
Almere	7
Vleuten	7
Jakarta	7
Hazerswoude-Dorp	6
Arnhem	6
Luyksgestel	5
Assen	5
Roermond	5
Steenbergen	5
Gulpen	3
Brielle	3
Penryn	3
Zaandijk	3
Purmerend	3
Voorschoten	3
Heeswijk-Dinther	2
Enkhuizen	2
Bokhoven	2
Losser	2
Maastricht	2
Borne	2
Klein-Zundert	2
Oudeschild	1
Hoogeveen	1
Groenekan	1
Hooge Zwaluwe	1
Hengelo	1
Gorinchem	1
Halfweg	1
Vijfhuizen	1
Dongen	1
Den Burg	1
Bolsward	1