Tour of Heemskerk, Noorddorp and Beverwijk

  • The Netherlands
  • North Holland
  • Beverwijk
  • 24.98 km (Approximately 01:28 u)
  • Cycling route 196062
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Tour of Heemskerk, Noorddorp and Beverwijk

  • The Netherlands
  • North Holland
  • Beverwijk
  • 24.98 km (Approximately 01:28 u)
  • Cycling route 196062
The North Holland Dune Reserve offers you a unique landscape for a beautiful bike ride. Here you experience a combination of peace, views and, if you get close enough to the sea, the sound of the surf. Ideal to completely clear your head and fill up with energy.

The variety of plant and animal species makes the North Holland Dune Reserve a rare area in Europe. This nature reserve runs from Wijk aan Zee to Bergen, an elongated strip of about 20 kilometers with a width of 2.5 kilometers. This route takes you through the wooded southern part. At one of the entrances you will find a ticket machine where you can buy a day ticket (rate 2015: € 1.80 pp) with PIN or credit card. The website of operator PWN explains how you can buy a ticket using your smartphone.

The eastern part of the route takes you through the polders and parks around Beverwijk and Heemskerk. Nice to get a breath of fresh air, especially if you have the wind at your back. You pass two old estates. The first is Akerendam, a seventeenth-century estate that was founded by the Amsterdam merchant and shipbuilder Jan Bicker. It was a real country seat: like many of his wealthy fellow citizens, Bicker wanted to escape the stinking city during the summer. The country house was renovated in the French style in the mid-eighteenth century.

At Heemskerk you cycle past Assumburg Castle. The castle probably dates from the thirteenth century, the current building was built in 1546. Although the castle looks solid, the walls are thin. This so-called backstage castle was not used as a fortress, but as a living space for the nobles. After 1867 the castle stood empty, the paneling and utensils were transferred to nearby Marquette Castle. Next to the castle there is a show garden designed in French classical style that can be visited.

Directions

# Description Distance
41
41 (1947HR, Beverwijk, North Holland, The Netherlands) 0.00 km
Buitenplaats Akerendam (Velserweg, 1948LA, Beverwijk, North Holland, The Netherlands) 1.46 km
1
1 (1951KW, Velsen, North Holland, The Netherlands) 2.17 km
42
42 (1943AE, Beverwijk, North Holland, The Netherlands) 3.81 km
97
97 (1949CR, Beverwijk, North Holland, The Netherlands) 6.52 km
34
34 (1969MR, Heemskerk, North Holland, The Netherlands) 11.02 km

Sights

Buitenplaats Akerendam

Velserweg
1948LA Beverwijk
https://www.openmonumentendag.nl/monument/beverwijk-huize-akerendam/

Akerendam is an estate on the outskirts of Beverwijk. The estate was created between 1636 and 1639 when an influential Amsterdam regent bought several pieces of land and had a country house built on it. The house and the accompanying garden were laid out in Renaissance style. In the mid-18th century, the house was rebuilt in the Louis XV style. The tea dome on this estate was built at the beginning of the 19th century. For most of the 20th century, the mansion was used as a home for old ladies. Since the 1970s, that function has changed into a cultural function. After 1980, a walled vegetable garden, an orangery, a barn and a greenhouse were built at the mansion.

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Groots Genieten