Wijk aan Zee
in Gemeente Beverwijk of Provincie Noord-Holland, Netherlands
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Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (15 mi) - De Kooy Airport (31 mi)
- Rotterdam Airport (38 mi)
- Lelystad Airport (39 mi)
- Eindhoven Airport (79 mi)
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Antwerp International Airport (Deurne) (90 mi) - Brussels Airport (110 mi)
- Hasselt Airport (110 mi)
- Maastricht Aachen Airport (120 mi)
- Liège Airport (133 mi)
- Droogmakerij de Beemster (Beemster Polder) (Unesco heritage, 14 mi)
- Defence Line of Amsterdam (Unesco heritage, 15 mi)
- Seventeenth-Century Canal Ring Area of Amsterdam inside the Singelgracht (Unesco heritage, 15 mi)
- Rietveld Schröderhuis (Rietveld Schröder House) (Unesco heritage, 37 mi)
- Van Nellefabriek (Unesco heritage, 40 mi)
- Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout (Unesco heritage, 42 mi)
- Schokland and Surroundings (Unesco heritage, 50 mi)
- Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station) (Unesco heritage, 52 mi)
- Plantin-Moretus House-Workshops-Museum Complex (Unesco heritage, 89 mi)
- Flemish Béguinages (Unesco heritage, 101 mi)
- Artis (zoo, (16 mi)
- Marine Seaport (marina, (3 mi)
- Linnaeushof (amusement park, (12 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 52.494 and 4.594 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 52° 29' 36" and E 4° 35' 38"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Euro - EUR
- Spoken languages:
- Dutch, Western Frisian
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- Local Time: 05:26 PM (Tuesday)
- Timezone: Europe/Amsterdam
- UTC/GMT offset: 1 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 6:24 am and 8:55 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -44.033 and -176.367 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Ouwenga - References
- This place on Wikipedia
- This place on Geonames.org
Safety Score: 3,3 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning please reconsider your need to travel to Netherlands.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning Netherlands. Last Update: 2024-04-23 08:18:23
Discover Wijk aan Zee
Wijk aan Zee in Gemeente Beverwijk (Provincie Noord-Holland) with it's 2,095 citizens is a place in Netherlands about 15 mi (or 24 km) north-west of Amsterdam, the country's capital city.
Current time in Wijk aan Zee is now 05:26 PM (Tuesday). The local timezone is named Europe / Amsterdam with an UTC offset of 2 hours. We know of 10 airports near Wijk aan Zee, of which 5 are larger airports. The closest airport in Netherlands is Amsterdam Airport Schiphol in a distance of 15 mi (or 24 km), South-East. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
There are several Unesco world heritage sites nearby. The closest heritage site in Netherlands is Droogmakerij de Beemster (Beemster Polder) in a distance of 14 mi (or 22 km), East. We encountered 3 points of interest in the vicinity of this place. If you need a hotel, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
While being here, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Heemskerk, Haarlem, Heiloo, Amsterdam and The Hague. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 8°C / 47 °F
| Morning Temperature | 3°C / 38 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 8°C / 47 °F |
| Night Temperature | 7°C / 44 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 59% |
| Air Pressure | 1020 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Fresh Breeze with 16 km/h (10 mph) from South |
| Cloud Conditions | Broken clouds, covering 77% of sky |
| General Conditions | Light rain |
Wednesday, 24th of April 2024
9°C (48 °F)
6°C (43 °F)
Light rain, strong breeze, broken clouds.
Thursday, 25th of April 2024
8°C (46 °F)
7°C (45 °F)
Light rain, fresh breeze, overcast clouds.
Friday, 26th of April 2024
10°C (50 °F)
8°C (47 °F)
Broken clouds, gentle breeze.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Fletcher Zeeduin Hotel – Restaurant
Strandhotel Het Hoge Duin
Apollo Ijmuiden Seaport Beach
Duin & Kruidberg Country Estate
NH Heemskerk Marquette
Huize Koningsbosch hotel restaurant
Hotel-Resort Spaarnwoude
De Klughte
Augusta Hotel & Restaurant
Hotel De Weyman
Videos from this area
These are videos related to the place based on their proximity to this place.
Bouw Noordersluis Velsen (1924-1930)
Vanaf 1909 werd gezocht naar een oplossingen om voor grotere schepen de vaart naar Amsterdam mogelijk te maken. In 1921 werd besloten tot de bouw van de Noordersluis, welke in 1928 gereed...
Ontmoeting met Reintje
This video is about Ontmoeting met Reintje, voorbij de cementfabriek op de Noordersluisweg van ijmuiden loopt een koppeltje vossen rond, een ontmoeting met Reintje is altijd leuk vooral omdat...
Zeesluizencomplex IJmuiden
Zeesluizencomplex IJmuiden - situatie 2013.
Enduro DRZ400 IJmuiden 26 juli 2009
W0utje & RobelsinGS in de Kuil IJmuiden.
Kadopagina: Blokarting Zeilen over het strand!
Te vinden op: https://www.kadopagina.nl/cadeau/blokarting-zeilen-over-het-strand Als u van wind en snelheid houdt, dan is deze nieuwe sport uit Nieuw-Zeeland dé sport! In nog geen 5 minuten...
KITECAM Extreme !
Probably the last HDV-kitecam attempts ...for now Conditions were hard, and the kite and cam crashed enormously (watch that happen here). Luckely everything was still in working order, even...
Soaren Wijk aan Zee 1 januari 2013
Een mooi begin van het nieuwe jaar. Even lekker vliegen bij Wijk aan Zee. Wind was op het randje van de grote schermen 16 knt.
Birthwort (Aristolochia clematitis) - 2013-07-20
Aristolochia clematitis, (European) Birthwort, is a twining herbaceous plant in the Aristolochiaceae family. ---------- De pijpbloem (Aristolochia clematitis) is een kruidachtige, overblijvende...
WIJK aan ZEE 4th of July
No words..., just watch.
Van Wijk aan Zee naar De Noorderpier 8 8 2010 deel 2.mpg
Wandel mee van Wijk aan Zee, Strandslag 41, Relweg naar de Noordepier bij IJmuiden, en kijk mee wat er te zien was. Deel 2 van 3 Wijk aan Zee naar halverwege De Pier.
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
TATA Steel Stadion
TATA Steel Stadion (also known as the Schoonenberg Stadion) is the home ground of the Dutch first-division football team Telstar. It is located in Velsen-Zuid, approximately 25 kilometers west of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. It was opened in 1948, with minor renovations in 1999. The stadium, with a capacity of 3,625, consists of an all-seater east stand, a small terraced south stand, and an all-seater west stand.
Koninklijke Hoogovens
The IJmuiden Steelworks was created between 1920 and 1940 by Koninklijke Nederlandsche Hoogovens en Staalfabrieken (KNHS) that was known after 1996 as Koninklijke Hoogovens or informally as Hoogovens. ; a Dutch steel producer founded in 1918 based in IJmuiden, the Netherlands. The IJmuiden plant was expanded between 1920 and 1940, first producing iron, later steel, with hot and cold rolling producing flat products. In the 1960s the company diversified into Aluminium production.
Wijk aan Zee en Duin
Wijk aan Zee en Duin is a former municipality in the Dutch province of North Holland. It existed from 1817 to 1936, when it was merged with Beverwijk. The municipality included the village of Wijk aan Zee and the countryside surrounding Beverwijk.
IJmuiden Heliport
IJmuiden Heliport, sometimes referred to as YPAD, is a small helipad located in the harbour area of the city of IJmuiden in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is exclusively used for maritime piloting services.
IJmuider Zee- en Havenmuseum
The IJmuider Zee- en Havenmuseum is a museum located at the start of the Vissershaven in IJmuiden, the Netherlands, dedicated to promoting interest and conserving the fishing and shipping cultural heritage of IJmuiden and the North Sea Canal.
Hoogovensmuseum
The Hoogovensmuseum is a museum located on the northern side of the North Sea Canal sluice gates at IJmuiden, in the former "buizengieterij" (pipe making factory) of Hoogovens on the Buizenweg in Velsen-Noord. It overlooks the binnenkanaal where water was pumped up to use for cooling. The former cooling bath house has been converted to an exhibition space.
Mekog
Mekog (Maatschappij tot Exploitatie van Kooksovengas, English coke oven gas exploitation company) was a chemical company founded 1928 that manufactured fertilzer using hydrogen from coke oven gas as a feedstock. The company's facilities were located on the site of the Koninklijke Nederlandsche Hoogovens en Staalfabrieken steelworks near IJmuiden in the Netherlands.
These are some bigger and more relevant cities in the wider vivinity of Wijk aan Zee.
Wijk aan Zee: Velsen Noord, Wijk aan Zee (source)
Wijk aan Zee: Café IJmuiden, Wijk aan Zee (source)
IJmuiden: Settentrionale, IJmuiden (source)
Velsen-Noord: North − Aloha − °, Velsen-Noord (source)
IJmuiden › North-East: North, IJmuiden (source)
Velsen-Noord: Settentrionale − Sea You, Velsen-Noord (source)
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