Editing Alphen aan den Rijn (section)

==Events==
* '''20 van Alphen''' – International 20 kilometres run. Held every year (since 1952) on the second Sunday of March. The 2006 event was marked by a world record when [[Haile Gebrselassie]] posted a time of 1 hour 11 minutes 37 seconds for 25&nbsp;km.  This was his 22nd world record breaking performance.
* '''Year market''' – third Wednesday in September. Regional products.
* '''Lakeside Festival''' – end of August. Music festival near ''Zegersloot''.
* '''Old timer day''' – second Saturday of September. Old cars, tractors, steam engines.
* '''LAURA''' – four-day bicycle event '''L'''eiden, '''A'''msterdam, '''U'''trecht, '''R'''otterdam and '''A'''lphen aan den Rijn which is the start and finish place, is held the first week of July.
* '''Tean International''' – Challenger level [[ATP Tour]] tennis tournament, played at the [[Alphense Tennis Club]], from 30 August to 8 September 2008.
* '''Midwinter Fair''' and '''Midzomer Fair'''<ref>{{in lang|nl}} [http://www.redcathedral.be/aztek-tv/gallery/larp/2010/midsummerfair/midsummer.htm Midsummer Fair], Aztek-TV, 19 June 2010 ([https://web.archive.org/web/20100711104323/http://www.redcathedral.be/aztek-tv/gallery/larp/2010/midsummerfair/midsummer.htm archive])</ref> – [[Fantasy]] festivals at the Archeon.
* '''Vakantiespel''' – One of the largest events for children between 6 and 12-year-old in the Netherlands. Held every year in August.