8 Sights in Katwijk, Netherlands (with Map and Images)
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Welcome to your journey through the most beautiful sights in Katwijk, Netherlands! Whether you want to discover the city's historical treasures or experience its modern highlights, you'll find everything your heart desires here. Be inspired by our selection and plan your unforgettable adventure in Katwijk. Dive into the diversity of this fascinating city and discover everything it has to offer.
Sightseeing Tours in Katwijk1. Andreaskerk
The Andreas Church in Katwijk aan Zee, in the Dutch province of South Holland, is located right on the Boulevard. The church is named after the apostle Andrew, patron saint of the fishermen. The coat of arms of the municipality of Katwijk is an azure blue Andreas cross on a silver background. Locally, the church is also known as the Oude Kerk, and to a greater extent as Witte Kerk. The organ is a Van den Heuvel organ. The church has 1400 seats and is now owned by the Protestant Church in the Netherlands.
2. De Bomschuit - KW 88
A bomschuit is a simple open, flat-bottomed vessel that can easily run aground. In (Dutch) fishing circles, this type of vessel was mainly called a 'barge'. The barge was mainly used by the coastal fishermen "of the Silk".
3. Johan de Doperkerk
The Church of St. John the Baptist is a Roman Catholic church in Katwijk aan den Rijn, in the Dutch province of South Holland. The church, dating from 1911, was built in neo-Gothic style and was designed by Jean van Groenendael. The church is dedicated to John the Baptist and is located on the Kerkstraat. Next to the church is a cemetery.
4. TOP Katwijk - Zuidduinen
A Tourist Transfer Point (TOP) is a 'natural junction', where various cycling, sailing, skating and walking routes start. Each TOP is recognizable by its landmark, a kind of obelisk is used in the east of the country, a blade of grass in the Green Heart and a remarkably large information column in the Gooi & Vecht region and the Rivierenland region. At TOPs there are often also some seats, a bicycle rack and a signpost. TOPs in the Gooi & Vecht region are also always equipped with bicycle rental, catering, (free) toilets, an ANWB Bicycle Service Box and a VVV information point.
5. Molen van Linden
The Linden mill is an actually nameless windmill between Katwijk and Linden, which is sometimes popularly called "the Lange Linden". The mill was rebuilt in 1869 by Jos van der Steijn. After only a few years, mulder Antoon Jetten took over the mill. His descendants would keep the mill in possession to this day. Antoon's son Piet took over the mill from his father in 1920. His son-in-law J. van Kempen became the owner in 1951. In 1954 the mill was thoroughly restored.
6. Katwijks museum
The Katwijks Museum is a museum in the center of the former fishing village of Katwijk in the Dutch province of South Holland. The museum highlights, among other things, the artists' colony of Katwijk and local history. It is located at Voorstraat 46 and is carried entirely by volunteers.
7. Vuurbaak
The Vuurbaak van Katwijk aan Zee is a Dutch lighthouse in Katwijk aan Zee, in South Holland, on the North Sea. It is the second oldest lighthouse in the country; only the Brandaris (1594) is older. The lighthouse was essentially just a 12-metre-tall (39 ft) tower on top of which a fire was lit whenever Katwijker fishers were out at sea. The fire was replaced with an oil lamp in the mid-19th century; by the early 1900s there were no fishing vessels from Katwijk and the lighthouse became inactive.
8. Freedom Forward
The monument to the Engelandvaarders in Katwijk in the Dutch province of South Holland, is a memorial site dedicated to Engelandvaarders, people who tried to come to England from the Netherlands by sea during the Second World War (1940-'45).
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