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What is nearby?
The area surrounding Strandhotel Camperduin offers a wide variety of activities. Thanks to its location, the hotel is an ideal base for varied cycling tours and long walks on the beach or through the dunes. Since 2014, a whole new piece of land has been added in Camperduin. A new piece of land with new dunes, a wide beach and a unique beach lagoon.
Check the agendas of 'Duindorp Schoorl' and 'Visit Bergen' for tips on fun activities and events while staying in Camperduin. In addition, check the website of 'Staatsbosbeheer' to see what activities are organized to explore the dune area.
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Hiking and biking routes
On our website you can plot your own walking and cycling routes. You can also use our walking and cycling app. with tailor-made routes around the Strandhotel.
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Group Activities
If you want to get a breath of fresh air between meetings, or as a nice addition to your company outing. We offer a complete program of activities in collaboration with the "The boys from Schoorl".
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Museums and places of interest
The area around Camperduin also offers a solution for culture lovers. Ancient cities and special museums make it possible to rediscover history.
This is the new beach and are the new dunes of Camperduin. Since the start of reclamation work on the beach on July 1, 2014, 30,000,000 cubic meters of sand has been deposited and over 14 acres of marram grass planted. The Netherlands has gained 400 soccer fields of new land with this project. The lagoon is the only lake in the Netherlands on a beach. Great for swimming and paddling especially in spring and fall and a unique place for beach activities.
The water in the lagoon moves with the tide. At high tide there can be a very strong current from the sea into the lagoon. When the tide is out, the old breakwaters sometimes resurface. The coastal defenses of North and South Holland are back in order for the next 50 years. The North and South Holland coast can now withstand storms of the heaviest category, which occur on average once every 10,000 years. Also, the widened beach and new dunes offer plenty of opportunities for recreation and nature development. Part of the new beach between Camperduin and Petten is already in full use. Seals have discovered the beach to rest.
New beach
A place of everything and yet a place of nothing. Dike and dunes. Polders with beach by the sea. But despite this offer, there is little crowds on the coast here. Because borders more often create a no man's land than an attraction. Here in Camperduin people have lived for centuries and were born modest or otherwise become. Work hard to provide maintenance. No frills, no frills or false hopes. Sober is fine and actually quite pleasant. Where the wind and the salty water have free rein, little more grows than a sand dune. That sand scours along the poles and walls of the pavilions, along the bicycle sheds and makes everything increasingly gray. Anyone who wants to lean against the wind here must be firmly rooted. Few gifts are distributed here, so entrepreneurs should be able to take a beating. Just like the dike that still supervises the new dunes to be formed. But firmness also has its beauty. It has character and radiates confidence.
After a day of hard work it is wonderful to rest. With the stars firmly in the sky. For decades, managers from all over the Netherlands were expected to develop their leadership and think out-of-the-box in a cabin on the heath. In recent years, a serious alternative has been offered to that chatter in Camperduin. Don't talk, just act. Preferably together. Brave the surf in a kayak, with your GPS into the dunes. Find it out. Team building for big boys (and girls). And to practice, the little ones can do that with their school class. The new beach creates a new environment and, just like the customers, the entrepreneurs themselves have to take on the adventure again. Because no one can predict how the coast will behave exactly.