Doelen "It's More Than Just Transportation"shines through presencehas been active for 95 yearsis ISO 9001 certified
We are Ad, Eef and Angela van Wijk and we would like to invite you to take a look at our company Doelen. For almost 100 years we have been working with passenger transport on wheels, so there is a lot to tell about that. So you can watch our company movie and we will introduce ourselves to you with our long history in bird's-eye view further on this page. Thank you very much for your interest and we hope to be of service to you.
Ad, Angela and Eef van Wijk
We know nothing else than that our father Eef van Wijk Sr. actually always did business what had to do with cars. We can certainly mention a few examples of that. He started with a car rental company which grew to about 1200 cars and then was taken over by Hertz. He had a number of petrol stations spread across North Holland, rented motorhomes, coaches and limousines; with or without a driver and had a number of taxi licenses. Bought and sold premises and land to accommodate the services and make them available. You could say he was a great businessman.
A good example of this is that Dad went to New York in the '60s to import 20 'Americans' for rent to emigrated Dutch people. Of course, you also needed American tour operators for that. He got them from the Yellow Pages, which were still in the public telephones. He also had a whole fleet of VW motorhomes (Van Wijk - how do you think of it) for renting out, so he promoted these possibilities by telex when he got home. We had a location in New York and even at Schiphol Airport. Without internet a very intensive and time-consuming business. Nothing was too crazy.
For Eef and Ad it was a nice extra income to check the cars in the weekend after handing them in and get them ready. A good addition to their training in engine technology. This is how Ad and Eef slowly but surely entered the company. Together first as mechanics in their own garage. Later on, Ad specialised in invoicing and organising special projects and Eef was the man behind the wheel and in the garage. Through tourism with SEPR training and a number of years of experience in the financial world as a project leader, Angela was still exploring the market a bit for herself. But in 2000, father Eef had managed it. Nice three of his kids in the company and the feminine touch to keep things in check.
Just as Eef Sr. did, we have always responded to the changing market and with our current location, fleet and staff, we have a mighty fine company of which we are proud.
Unfortunately we had to say goodbye to Eef Sr. in 2017, but together we create a future that he can look down on approvingly from above. Whatever happens!
Community involvement
Director Angela van Wijk is proud that with Doelen she has the opportunity to give social issues a helping hand.
Doelen has a warm heart for these five organisations.
Ice skating club Nut & Vermaak
Doelen has been sponsoring for more than 15 years, and for the last 4 years we have been one of the main sponsors of cycling and skating clothing.
We think it is important that especially the young people keep moving well in order to have a healthy life later on. Of course I am very proud of the Olympic champions Esmee Visser and Bob de Jong, who put the first strokes on the ice in their youth.
Adamas walk-in house
The Adamas Inloophuis offers people who have come into contact with cancer a listening ear and you will be helped if you have this terrible disease yourself. Or, for example, if you have had a partner who died from it. Everyone has to deal with this in their environment and we try to make a small contribution by sponsoring transport on a day trip.
www.adamas-inloophuis.nl
Swimming group De Spetters
At this organization people with disabilities swim. From the daytime activities on Saturday we bring them to the swimming pool in Hoofddorp every week for an adjusted fee.
Poeloversteek
This is a Triathlon organization that I am very fond of. Not only because I want to stimulate as many people as possible to keep moving, but also because I trained myself for 10 years. Every year we provide transport for the annual outing. But only for a cake from Koolhaas!
AM Match
There are people in society who, in one way or another, have not really had it and have therefore, often through no fault of their own, fallen behind in the labour market. Fortunately, Doelen is a company that has the opportunity to support this. For example, we have an excellent garage in which we can offer that support. That's what we like to do!
Doelen trainings
Our History
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1965 - 1993
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Also the covenant which was signed in 2010 will be extended for another 5 years. A nice proof that high quality has been our standard for years.
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We think it is precisely these people who deserve new opportunities to find a suitable job. https://ammatch.nl/
Unfortunately, Mr. Eef van Wijk passed away. His children Angela, Ad and Eef Jr. continued the business Eef Sr. had built up.
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2020
Doelen Coach Service has signed an exclusive transport deal with FloriWorld in Aalsmeer. Within this transaction Doelen will take care of all group transport of the new FloriWorld. A large coach has been completely transformed into the house style of the new attraction. FloriWorld will officially open its doors on July 1st.