Het Nieuwe Water

Het Nieuwe Water, between the towns of Naaldwijk and ’s-Gravenzande in the Netherlands, is a unique area development project that combines living by and on the water with recreation and leisure in an unprecedented way. On some 80 hectares of reclaimed land in a region formerly devoted to greenhouse horticulture, Europe's first neighborhood on the water will take form between 2010 and 2019, offering a variety of apartments, stilt homes, mound homes, townhomes, semi-detached homes, floating private islands and private lots.

Location and accessibility

Easy to reach by land and by sea

Het Nieuwe Water lies between the Naaldwijkseweg and the Plas van Alle Winden, southeast of the city of ’s-Gravenzande. It covers an impressive 80-hectare area bordered by the Nieuwe Vaart and Poelwatering canals east and west and the Naaldwijkseweg road to the south.

Het Nieuwe Water is easily accessible, both by water - over the scenic Westland waterways - and by car, bicycle and public transportation. You can enter the development from the 's-Gravenzande side (via the Rijnvaartweg road or Edison and Braillestraat streets) and from the Naaldwijk side (via the Hoge Geest road or the Boomgaardspad road). Two future access roads are currently being designed. Public transportation to points in Westland County, Hoek van Holland on the coast, and metropolitan The Hague is within walking distance.

The new neighborhood has an island structure, with road bridges, bicycle bridges and culverts at several locations, giving Het Nieuwe Water its charming, small-town feel. A wealth of walking and cycling routes throughout the neighborhood contribute to optimum accesibility.