The Schoorlse Dunes and Dutch polders

You will find plenty of variety around Alkmaar. You cycle through dunes and forests, through vast polders and special villages, such as Schoorl and Bergen.

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From Egmond aan den Hoef you first drive through a vast polder landscape of meadows and ditches. A little later you cycle a bit through the Bergerbos with its beautiful old deciduous trees and avenues. In the artists' village of Bergen you will see some stately old buildings. In Schoorl you can take a look at the high dune top in the village, before driving along the dunes to Restaurant De Bokkesprong at Hans and Stacey for a refreshing stopover.

Schoorl Dunes
You can enjoy the characteristic landscape in the North Holland polders. Here you will see monumental polder mills, such as the Groetermolen and the Molen Zijpe LQ. In Burgervlotbrug you see one of the five remaining raft bridges in the Netherlands. Then you drive into the Pettemerduinen: a relatively unknown, therefore wonderfully quiet nature reserve. Further on you drive a bit along the Hondsbossche Zeewering. Get some fresh air by the sea! You drive back to the starting point through the beautiful Schoorlse Dunes.