Penningsveer is a town in the Dutch province of North Holland.

It is a part of the municipality of Haarlemmermeer and lies about 3 km (1.9 mi) east of Haarlem.

[1] The town is named after the ferry (Dutch:veer) that (for a penny) used to take travellers across the Liede.

Travellers over land on their way to Amsterdam would pass through Spaarnwoude before reaching Halfweg.

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