Noordwijk
Noordwijk is a town and municipality in the west of the Netherlands, in the province of South Holland.
Noordwijk is a town and municipality in the west of the Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality covers an area of 74.94 km2 (28.93 sq mi) of which 16.57 km2 (6.40 sq mi) is water and had a population of 44,062 in 2021.
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Worth seeing in and around Noordwijk
One place within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Noordwijk Lighthouse
Noordwijk Lighthouse is a lighthouse located in Noordwijk, South Holland, Netherlands.
2 km · lighthouse of Noordwijk aan Zee, Netherlands · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Museum Engelandvaarders
Bosweg 15, Noordwijk aan Zee, info@museumengelandvaarders.nl.
- 02Atlantikwall Museum
Bosweg, Noordwijk aan Zee (Groot Hoogwaak 20 ), info@atlantikwall.nl.
- 03Space Expo
Various showcases of space flight technology, also serves as an ESA visitors' center.
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Things to do
Go to the beach, one of the best in this part of Holland. Make sure you take time to head into one of the beach pavilions at the end of the day and grab a drink. These pavilions are every 500m and are disassembled in the winter. Explore the dunes by bike. Take a boat trip to the Kaag.
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Where to eat
Noordwijk, especially Noordwijk aan Zee is focused very much towards tourists. Along the beach, you will find a pavilion roughly every 500 metres. Most of them get dismantled for the fall and winter. Binnen op Zee, Parallel Boulevard 4,. Think twice about getting a starter dish! Big meals for a good price. Vivaldi's, street by the beach. The best ice cream in town.
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Getting to Noordwijk
- Airports
- Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS), 23 km · Rotterdam The Hague (RTM), 31 km · Eindhoven (EIN), 108 km
- Stations
- Voorhout railway station, 2.6 km
- Eindhoven → Noordwijk113 km · quickest by road, 2h 53m · €15–20
- Maastricht → Noordwijk176 km · quickest by road, 3h 53m · €25–35
- Groningen → Noordwijk180 km · quickest by road, 3h 33m · €22–31
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Next door to Noordwijk
Noordwijk is 20 km from The Hague, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.