Katwijk, a family seaside resort

A perfect stay at the Dutch coast

Katwijk is the proud owner of the most beautiful boulevard in the Netherlands. It is the ideal place for hiking, cycling, or shopping in the characteristic shops. A variety of restaurants and beach pavilions is ready to pamper you with coffee and delicious meals after a day spent at the beach or in the shopping centre.

Vitamin sea!

Surfing, stand up paddling or swimming, have your pick.

Vitamin sea!
Kids adventures

It's easy to spend the entire day at the beach. Building sand castles and eating ice cream.

Kids adventures
Culinary hotspots

Fish is the local speciality, but there's more.

Culinary hotspots
Enjoy the dunes

Cycle or walk through the dunes

Enjoy the dunes
Stay the night

One day in Katwijk is not sufficient. Stay a little longer to explore Katwijk and its region.

Stay the night

Beachhouses

The most outstanding holiday experience! Just imagine: sleeping on the beach in a stylish beach house. You wake up in the morning with a plunge into the sea, followed by a nice breakfast with a sea view. Book one of the many beachhouses and look forward to the summer of 2023!

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Katwijk aan Zee

Katwijk is a seaside village with its own distinct character. Its lovely atmosphere ensures that Katwijk attracts many visitors who return year after year. And for good reason too. In Katwijk, visitors won’t just find traditions, but also the biggest shopping centre right by the sea. Katwijk combines good old-fashioned hospitality with surprising events. Katwijk is a village with all the facilities of a town. What’s more, it is the ideal base from which you can explore the rest of the Bollenstreek, the bulb region of Holland.

Fishing history

Tourist Information Centre VVV Katwijk
Tourist Information Centre VVV Katwijk

The friendly and enthusiastic advisers of VVV Katwijk will be happy to inspire you with information about Katwijk and will have an answer to all your questions.

VVV Katwijk
Walking
Walking

Undertake a guided tour or discover Katwijk on your own!

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Four villages
Four villages

The villages Katwijk aan Zee, Katwijk aan den Rijn, Rijnsburg and Valkenburg together form the municipality of Katwijk.

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Artists' colony
Artists' colony

Since the 17th century artists have visited Katwijk to study and paint the local light, the beach and the sea.

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