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Vuurbaak of Katwijk aan Zee – Katwijk Beach loop from Katwijk

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Netherlands

South Holland

Katwijk

Vuurbaak of Katwijk aan Zee – Katwijk Beach loop from Katwijk

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Vuurbaak of Katwijk aan Zee – Katwijk Beach loop from Katwijk

01:04

10.3km

40m

Running

Moderate run. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: July 31, 2026

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2.65 km

Katwijk Beach and Lifeguard Station

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Wonderful stop during your walk to have a snack or a drink somewhere on the boulevard

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3.22 km

Vuurbaak of Katwijk aan Zee

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The fire sign of Katwijk aan Zee, also known as Vierboet, is the oldest preserved lighthouse building in the Netherlands after the Brandaris. The tower has a height of 14 meters and is located behind the boulevard on Vuurbaakplein in the southwest of the village. Children in Katwijk were not told that they were brought by the stork, but that they came from this Vierboet. The tower has been open to the public since 1968 during the summer months.

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3.51 km

Katwijk Beach

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Katwijk is located at the former mouth of the Oude Rijn in the North Sea, about five kilometers west of Leiden. The place is a popular seaside resort with a wide sandy beach, making tourism one of the main sources of income for the community (Wikipedia).

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4.37 km

Katwijk aan Zee Beach

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Around 1230, the town was no more than a core of a number of huts. After 1300 the place started to grow and it quickly became known for fishing, but also for inland shipping. In 1388 the fish market from Katwijk aan den Rijn was moved to Katwijk aan Zee. The two places were already under the same board, Katwijk, but then it was a glory. Katwijk aan Zee has been a well-known seaside resort since the 20th century. In the late 1960s Katwijk had the largest fishing fleet in the Netherlands with 180 ships. Later, when more modern ships arrived, the Katwijk ships diverted to the ports of IJmuiden and Scheveningen and the fleet became smaller.

During the Second World War, part of the buildings in Katwijk aan Zee were demolished by the Germans. It was a 200-meter-wide strip of houses along the coast, which had to disappear to make way for the Atlantic Wall. The boulevard only got its current appearance after the war.

At the end of the eighties, Katwijk aan Zee melted together with Katwijk aan den Rijn and the northern (new-build) districts of Hoornes and Rijnsoever, now Katwijk-Noord, into one large municipality, Katwijk. As of 1 January 2006, the surrounding villages of Rijnsburg and Valkenburg also fall under the municipality of Katwijk.

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4.40 km

Monument to Katwijk sailors lost at sea

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Created by Gerard (Gerrit) van der Leeden in 2005.
It is made of Corten steel and represents six sheets of paper whirling in the wind.
These sheets contain 273 names of fishermen from Katwijk who were missing or died at sea from 1919 to 2000.
Four names of sailors who died in 2005, 2006 and 2007 were later added to the pavement in front of the monument.

“Going to sea for daily bread
Ignorant about the end of their lives
No goodbye to loved ones gave this death
Only the names and memories remained”

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