All about the Braaksluis: service times, location and contact details. On the water map below do you see this lock complex in its immediate vicinity. On the right on this page you will find the locking times, additional information and the telephone numbers and VHF channels.
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For seasoned water sports enthusiasts it is a simple procedure, but if you are not yet experienced on the water, entering and exiting the lock can be an impressive experience. How does it work, where do you moor, what should you pay attention to?
Braaksluis
Roldeuren.
Width: 7 meter, length: 51.7 meter.
Lock length: 51.7 meter.
Threshold depth downstream/outside: 2.5 meter, threshold depth up/inside: 2.6 meter.
Weekdays and weekends, between 09:00h and 18:00h - On demand only
Closed on public holidays
Operating times all year round
From 01-04 until 15-04:
Weekdays and weekends, between 09:00h and 18:00h - On demand only
Closed on public holidays
From 16-04 until 20-04
Holidays, between 00:00h and 23:59h - No service
Weekdays and weekends, between 09:00h and 18:00h
Closed on public holidays
From 21-04 until 31-05
All days, between 09:00h and 18:00h
From 01-06 until 15-09
Holidays, monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, between 09:00h and 18:00h
Saturday, Sunday, between 09:00h and 19:00h
From 16-09 until 15-10
Weekdays and weekends, between 09:00h and 18:00h
Closed on public holidays
From 16-10 until 31-10:
Weekdays and weekends, between 09:00h and 18:00h - On demand only
Closed on public holidays
From 01-11 until 31-03:
Operation upon request at the Servicepunt Provincie Noord-Holland, telephone 0800 0200600 (free of charge); request for operation must be made before 4 p.m. on the preceding working day.
On December 24 and 31, operation until 4 p.m.
Weekends and holidays, between 00:00h and 23:59h - No service
Working days, between 09:00h and 17:00h - On demand only
Administrator
Provincie Noord-Holland
Postbus 3007
2001 DA Haarlem
Administrator visiting address
Houtplein 33 Haarlem
Phone: 023-5143143
Data updated: 02 April 2025, 20:46 uur, all data comes directly from Rijkswaterstaat systems.
