Get a breath of fresh air on the North Sea

Get ready for a lovely walk. This route leads you through the Schoorlse Duinen, one of the most beautiful dune areas in Europe. But you also cross the Hondsbossche Zeewering where you can enjoy beautiful views of land and sea.

The Puts
From the Hondsbossche Zeewering you have a wide view over the vast Harger and Pettemerpolder. The pattern of meadows and ditches that you see here has been there since the Middle Ages. In the summer, blooming flowers provide a beautiful color palette. Especially on the water of De Putten you can spot birds such as avocet and redshank, in the autumn you can see spoonbills on their way to Africa.

Schoorl Dunes
The Schoorlse Duinen is the widest dune area in the Netherlands. A century ago there was still one large sandpit here. Now you walk through open sand dunes, wet plains, dense forests and heaths. In June and July, the many thousands of pine orchids are in bloom and form a white carpet. In autumn you will find more than 800 types of mushrooms here. Back at Strandpaviljoen Struin you can enjoy the sound of the surf with a drink and a snack.

Hondsbossche Zeewering
On the Hondsbossche Zeewering you can get a breath of fresh air and gaze over land and sea with the sound of the surf in the background. In the Middle Ages, the dunes here were almost a kilometer further west than the current sea wall. The Elisabeth flood in 1421 washed away that dune strip, after which a centuries-long battle against the sea began. Finally, in 1880, the seawall, which has been in its current position since the end of the eighteenth century, was significantly reinforced. The marram grass vegetation on the seaward slope was replaced by a deck of basalt blocks. This intervention finally made the Hondsbossche Zeewering resistant to heavy storms. Between 2013 and 2015, the seawall was further strengthened, partly by enlarging the beach and dune area on the seaward side. This new area has been named the Hondsbossche Duinen. Do you want to see more of this beautiful area? Then also cycle route 134445.

Explanation route
o Start from Struin and walk south towards the lagoon.
oAfter the lagoon you can get off the beach at Hargen beach and walk towards the large parking lot.
o Diagonally at the back of the parking lot you can go back into the dune. When entering the dune, take the first path to the left. On your right you will see an open stretch of sand dune.
o At the end of this path turn left.
o As soon as you get back to the Hargerzeeweg, turn right. Then walk straight into the forest.
oWhen you reach the Groeterkuil, go up to the right. You then continue to the viewpoint.
oFrom the viewpoint you can go down the stairs. When you reach the bottom, turn left, after which you turn right again at the T-junction on the Hargerzeeweg towards the Heereweg.
oOnce you have arrived at the Heereweg, you can turn right at the Bokkesprong towards the polder.
oYou enter the polder at the Jaagkade. After the farm, turn left onto the Kleiweg.
oAfter that you turn right on the Houtendijk.
oKeep walking until you come across the mustard road. Then turn left towards the Hondsbossche dijk. You then walk across the Kamperkade.
oCross the road and the dike and walk over the dunes back to the south, in the direction of Struin.