IJmuiden is a port city in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is the main town in the municipality of Velsen which lies mainly to the south-east. Including its large sea locks, it straddles the mouth of the North Sea Canal to Amsterdam. To the south it abuts a large reserve of plant-covered dunes, the Zuid-Kennemerland National Park. The city is on the south bank; the north bank is otherwise a steel plant and Velsen-Noord.
Satellite photo of IJmuiden and Velsen area
IJmuiden, view to a street (town hall at the background)
IJmuiden's Rear Range lighthouse
North Sea Canal's wide mouth
Velsen is a municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. It is located on both sides of the North Sea Canal.
Aerial view of Velsen
Velsen, monumental house
Pim Fortuyn, 2002
Lenneke Ruiten, 2015