American diner the crazy chicken

The oldest ice cream parlor in the Netherlands – a household name since 1920

The Stedelijk Muziekkorps has been transformed from a marching music corps into a concert band with a broad repertoire. From solid march to sensitive classical, the varied program is always a challenge for the members.

Stage in the green: from school performance to summer concert evening

De Donkere Duinen is een aangeplant dennenbos. Landschap Noord-Holland zorgt door middel van beheers-ingrepen dat het wordt omgevormd naar een afwisselend, natuurlijker bos.

Music association Winnubst, founded in 1900, offers musical relaxation to around 100 enthusiastic singers. With a good training of their own through the Klein Harmonieorkest, Winnubst ensures that the Harmonie orchestra can continue to operate at the highest level. In addition, Winnubst has the Bigband Frankie Goes To ... and the multi-bladed chapel the Knorhanen, now a household name in Den Helder and the like.

Since 1996, the museum lightship Texel No. 10 has been an absolute eye-catcher in Museum Harbor Willemsoord on the Oude Rijkswerf Willemsoord in Den Helder. What is special is that the now beautifully restored ship is moored a stone's throw from the slipway where she was launched in 1951. After this, the lightship would be a reliable beacon in the sea off the Dutch coast for forty years. It now forms a shining centerpiece of a special museum ships collection. Lightship Texel is open to the public, check the website for current opening times.

Fort Westoever was built around 1825 to defend the newly constructed North Holland Canal against attacks on the harbor of...

Photograph mudflats and waterbirds up close from a quiet hide near Den Helder.

Monumental church on the village square of historic Huisduinen