Deer and history in the dune area - walking in Zandvoort

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Netherlands

North Holland

Zandvoort

Deer and history in the dune area - walking in Zandvoort

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4.9

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Deer and history in the dune area - walking in Zandvoort

03:04

11.9km

60m

Hiking

History and nature are the focus of this hike. You start your tour in a parking lot between Zandvoort and Bentveld. But the more important information is that you are at the gate to the “Amsterdamse Waterleidingduinen”. Two thirds of the drinking water for Amsterdam is purified here. But that's…

by Visit Zandvoort

Last updated: August 14, 2024

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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4.17 km

Waternet Canal in the Amsterdam Water Supply Dunes

Highlight • River

It would be very special if you don't see deer here.

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8.23 km

Fallow deer in the Amsterdamse Waterleidingduinen

Highlight • Forest

A really beautiful place! 👍 Deer, foxes, birds are not at all afraid of people. The first time I saw so many deer in nature

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9.01 km

Museum Dune

Highlight • Historical Site

In the dune near Castricum is also a museum bunker in which art was hidden during the war

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11.9 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.96 km

4.86 km

536 m

341 m

213 m

Surfaces

6.80 km

2.70 km

1.95 km

319 m

137 m

Elevation

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Weather

Wednesday 4 November

9°C

3°C

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Comments

March 18, 2026,Herten en historie in het duingebied – wandelen in Zandvoort

I took the afternoon off work and went for a lovely walk through the AWD in shorts(!). I ate my lunch on a bench in the sun. If only it were Christmas all year round 🎶I mean spring.

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March 20, 2025,Herten en historie in het duingebied – wandelen in Zandvoort

Very beautiful area where the deer roam freely 🌞🚶🏽‍♂️🦌

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October 10, 2023

History and nature are the focus of this hike. You start your tour in a parking lot between Zandvoort and Bentveld. But the more important information is that you are at the gate to the “Amsterdamse Waterleidingduinen”. Two thirds of the drinking water for Amsterdam is purified here. But that's not all

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