AMSTERDAM or BRUGGE area, good place to visit with nearby beach?

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We live in Germany, not far from the Dutch border, and would like to have a day out at the beach tomorrow.

We have been to Alkmaar before.

Our DCs are 6yo and almost 4yo so would love a beach. We would love a nice town for having a wander and a cuppa.

Any ideas?

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We are not too bothered about the shops being open, just wandering around the town is enough. With our 2 DCs we don't have the time/energy to take them shopping.

Noordwijk looks lovely, thanks. Think we will go there, if the weather is ok.

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I used to live in Noordwijk aan Zee about 13 years ago and at that time a restaurant called 'iets anders' was superb. It is opposite Huis Ter Duin (you wont miss it, it's a 5 star hotel overlooking the sea).

Hope you'll have a lovely day!

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Did you mean to link to your photos? I just looked at the lekkere wolken

lekkere wolken just sounds soo funny to my British/German ears.

Could not get the map link to work either, my computer said something about intranet einstellung. Never mind, I found it in the end.

We will set off early as our DCs are up at the crack of dawn anyway.

Thanks for the fantastic help. And the lekkere wolken

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Ah, ok. I have never used that website before and thought that they were your private photos. Will go back and have a good nosy at them then. I was being very polite and resisted

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Fab photos, Mr Dome has a very cute DS.

What does lekker mean? In German lecker means delicious, and I always thought that lekker was similar, but "lekker scheppen in de duinen" cannot mean "delicious digging in the dunes"

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Thanks again for all your help, and Pickie too. I have written everything down.

Am off to bed now as we have an early start tomorrow.

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Well, we had a fantastic day. Thanks for the tip about where to park, that saved us a lot of money, parking in the town is very expensive. We had a coffee out there at one of the bars.

The kids had a fab time, they loved paddling in the water and collecting shells. Have a look at my profile (if it is working, I could not get it to work earlier for some reason) I have put some photos on there.

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