Tour of Petten and Schagen

By Broersen is your starting point for today. A little further on you cycle along the Abtskolk, in the nature reserve Abtskolk and the Putten, a unique open area behind the Hondsbossche sea wall. In this Natura 2000 area live the lesser white-fronted goose, barnacle goose, grey goose and wigeon. In front of the Hondsbossche sea wall the coast between Petten and Camperduin is reinforced with a lot of sand: about 35 million cubic meters! You also pass through Petten itself, this village was rebuilt for the fourth time after the Second World War. The first two destructions (in 1421 and 1625) were caused by the sea. The third by the Germans: Petten had to make way for the Atlantic Wall in 1943. In Schagen you can see the Christoforus church from 1883. The towers of Schagen Castle date from the Middle Ages.