[4] Vijfhuizen is located on the northwest side of the Haarlemmermeer on the ring canal opposite Haarlem.

The characteristic Vijfhuizen bridge connects the village with Haarlem and was completely renewed a few years ago.

The Floriade site is also located on the south side, where the world horticultural exhibition of the same name was held in 2002.

The Waterwolf and the Tweemaster fused together into one larger school of approximately 500 students and goes by the name "de Vijfsprong" The N205 (Drie Merenweg (Three Lakes Road)) runs past Vijfhuizen and there is an R-net stop in the Stellinghof district on the route between Haarlem and Hoofddorp.

The land bridge between the lakes was swept away in 1508 by further flooding and bank erosion and what remained was a headland with a polder behind it.

The village was cut in two by the ring canal and Vijfhuizen came to lie as a piece of old land within the new polder.

The street Kromme Spieringweg runs over the dike that has protected Vijfhuizen until the reclamation on the south side.