Environment
From a walk in nature to a culture-filled day, get out and explore the park's surroundings.
19 trips found for this park
19 trips found for this park
Get a breath of fresh air on the sandy beach of Egmond aan Zee. After a day of building sand castles, sunbathing or walking, you can go for a snack and a drink in one of the many beach bars. The beach has the international Blue Flag environmental award. The water is of good swimming quality and the beach is well kept clean.
Egmond aan Zee beach
One of the best tourist locations in the Netherlands!
Spend a fun and educational day at the Zaanse Schans. The Zaanse Schans gives a good impression of what this area looked like in the 18th and 19th centuries. There is plenty to see and do in this unique residential and commercial area with various museums, windmills, traditional crafts, restaurants, a visitor’s centre and the possibility for a cruise!
The Zaanse Schans
Visit the pride of the village
The Egmond lighthouse. A landmark, a national monument and the pride of the village. The lighthouse was built in 1833 and shines its light over the village and sea every evening since its renovation in 2019. The lighthouse is also a memorial to Jan Carel Josephus van Speijk. He exploded his ship, with the legendary words ''rather take to the air!''. He stuck a burning cigar in a powder keg and blew up his ship with crew and all.
The Egmond aan Zee lighthouse
Organic beer tasting
The beer Sancti Adalberti is brewed at Egmond Brewery. The beers are brewed the traditional way, with organically cultivated grains. This combination of abbey beer and organic brewing is unique and found nowhere else in the world. During the tour with tasting, you will be accompanied by an expert employee or volunteer. You will be enjoying a tasting with local organic snacks in the tasting room.
Egmond Brewery
Discover the underwater world!
Come rain or shine, the Zee Aquarium offers an educational and exciting day. You will come face to face with the underwater world and you can admire up close over 300 different fish species, from all corners of the world.
Sea-aquarium ''Bergen aan Zee''
Play Park de Batavierstraat
Cheese City Alkmaar
Alkmaar is also known as the Cheese City. A visit to the Hollands Kaasmuseum allows you to play games and take an interactive look into the preparation of dairy products throughout the centuries. There is even a treasure hunt for the children, ensuring a lovely day out!
Dutch Cheese Museum
Visit the cheese city
Alkmaar has a beautiful old centre full of monuments, special shops and nice terraces. Are you going off to Alkmaar? Then be sure not to skip the courtyards. The courtyards are oases of peace, hidden behind gates and impressive facades. Alkmaar is best admired from the water. Join a canal cruise or rent a boat yourself. You can paddle through the canals too.
Day trip to Alkmaar
Water fun
At SKEEF, you can water ski, go wakeboarding, supping or enjoy the beach. Water skiing and wake boarding is suitable for young and old. You can already take lessons from the age of 8. Wakeboarding is similar to snowboarding and offers a bit more dynamics on the water. Supping stands for Stand Up Paddling. You can navigate on the water in a wonderful, relaxed way.
SKEEF Heerhugowaard
Speelpark de Swaan
Pick your own fruit and flowers in the self-picking garden
You can pick different types of fruit in the garden. Red, white, black, blueberries and gooseberries, jostaberries, loganberries, blackberries, grapes, strawberries and many types of cut flowers. There is a scavenger hunt in the picking garden too. In various places in the garden, there are poems about the animals and plants that grow there. This way, children come into contact with nature in an educational and playful way. During the scavenger hunt, questions can be answered and the children are introduced to the fruits of the season! Tired of picking? Then relax on the terrace while enjoying a cup of coffee or tea and a strawberry treat.
Byboersen self-picking garden
The history of the Dutch polders
At the Museummolen one can see how, in the past, water was pumped four metres upwards, from the polder into the outlet. Inside the mill various information is given about the history of the Dutch polder landscape and the role mills played in it. The glass floor inside the mill offers visitors a clear view of the pump installation underneath. In the attic there is an extensive collection of mill-builder’s tools.