Noordwijk

By car

Coming from Amsterdam or Schiphol, take the A4 heading for Leiden, but turn onto the A44 after exit 4 (Nieuw-Vennep). Stay on the A44 for a while and then use exit 3 (Noordwijkerhout) to leave the A44 and join the N208. You will find yourself next to Sassenheim at this point. Keep going straight on the two roundabouts that you will come across. Confusingly, by going straight on the last one, you join the N443 instead of staying on the N208. Following the N443 brings you to Noordwijkerhout. For Noordwijk, turn onto the N206 going southwest, and leave the same road at the next exit, turning right will then bring you into Noordwijk.

By public transit

Noordwijk itself does not have a train station. The station is . From here, bus 385 runs to Noordwijk. Alternatively, you could go to instead and take bus 21 to Noordwijk or bus 57 to Noordwijkerhout from there. Leiden has the advantage of being better connected to other railway stations throughout the country.

As with all small towns in Holland, a bike is by far the best way to get around.

• Museum Engelandvaarders

  phone: +31 713 619 773
  address: Bosweg 15, Noordwijk aan Zee
  Museum about the Engelandvaarders, people fleeing the Netherlands during Nazi occupation (1940-1945) trying to cross the North Sea to reach England.

• Atlantikwall Museum

  phone: +31 713 615 785
  address: Bosweg, Noordwijk aan Zee

• Space Expo

  phone: +31 713 646 489
  address: Kemperlaan 3, Noordwijk
  Various showcases of space flight technology, also serves as an ESA visitors' center.
• There are a handful of older churches and houses in Noordwijk Binnen, particularly clustered around the Voorstraat and the two large churches.

• Go to the beach, one of the best in this part of Holland. Make sure you take time to head into one of the beach pavilions at the end of the day and grab a drink. These pavilions are every 500m and are disassembled in the winter.
• Explore the dunes by bike.
• Take a boat trip to the Kaag.

Noordwijk, especially Noordwijk aan Zee is focused very much towards tourists. Along the beach, you will find a pavilion roughly every 500 metres. Most of them get dismantled for the fall and winter.

• Binnen op Zee

  phone: +31 713615620
  address: Parallel Boulevard 4
  Think twice about getting a starterdish! Big meals for a good price.

• Vivaldi's

  address: street by the beach
  The best ice cream in town. So good that locals even c ome here after dinner at home. Buy an ice cream, sit on one of the benches outside and watch the good and great come past. Had a very large selection of flavours.

• Het Koffiehuis

  address: De Grent 32
  Nice small bar with lot's of different locals around! Be sure to try the Korenwolf draught beer.

Noordwijk has a massive amount of hotels, ten of which are listed here, but the offer is larger than what is shown below.

Budget

• Flying Pig Beach Hostel

  phone: +31 713622533
  address: Parallel Boulevard 208

Mid-range

• Hotel aan Zee

  phone: +31 713 612 919
  address: Parallel Boulevard 206

• SEA YOU Hotel

  phone: +31 713 612 139
  address: Duinweg 7

• Golden Tulip Noordwijk Beach

  phone: +31 713 616 796
  address: Koningin Wilhelmina Boulevard 8

• Prominent Inn Hotel

  phone: +31 713 612 253
  address: Koningin Wilhelmina Boulevard 4

• De Baak Seaside

  phone: +31 713 690 100
  address: Koningin Astrid Boulevard 23

• Heeren van Noortwyck

  phone: +31 713 612 723
  address: Quarles van Uffordstraat 103

Splurge

• Beach Hotel Noordwijk

  phone: +31 713 676 877
  address: Koningin Wilhelmina Boulevard 31

• Vesper Hotel

  phone: +31 718 009 988
  address: Koningin Astrid Boulevard 46

• Huis ter Duin

  phone: +31 713 619 220
  address: Koningin Astrid Boulevard 5

Noordwijk and Noordwijkerhout border several similar cities and towns, such as the seaside towns of Zandvoort and Katwijk. Other bordering places of interest are Lisse, famous for the Keukenhof tulip fields, and Oegstgeest. Larger cities nearby are The Hague and Leiden to the south and Haarlem to the north.