Beverwijk is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. The town is located about 20 kilometres (12 mi) northwest of Amsterdam in the Randstad metropolitan area, north of the North Sea Canal very close to the North Sea coast. A railway tunnel and two motorway tunnels cross the canal between Beverwijk and the nearby city of Haarlem on the south side of the canal.
Beverwijk as seen from the North Sea Canal
Engraving from 1601 by Jan Saenredam of a beached whale on the coast near Beverwijk
Wil Velders-Vlasblom, 1970
Astrid Joosten, 2010
North Holland is a province of the Netherlands in the northwestern part of the country. It is located on the North Sea, north of South Holland and Utrecht, and west of Friesland and Flevoland. As of January 2023, it had a population of about 2,952,000 and a total area of 4,092 km2 (1,580 sq mi), of which 1,429 km2 (552 sq mi) is water.
National Park Duinen van Texel
Damrak, Amsterdam
Hartekamp, Heemstede
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