Katwijk, South Holland

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Katwijk is a city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is well known for its sandy beach in the western district Katwijk aan Zee, but also many other tourist attractions, including the lighthouse "Vuurbaak", the narrow gauge museum with tourist steam tram line, and several other museums.

[edit] About Katwijk

Location of Katwijk

Flag of Katwijk

[edit] City pictures

	North side of the Boulevard	Vuurbaakplein with on the right the lighthouse "Vuurbaak"	Johannes the doperkerk
Dorpskerk	Nieuwekerk	Oude of Andreaskerk	Prins Hendrikcanal
Old Rhine with Turfmarkt square	Old Rhine near Hoornes	Vliet	Zwaaikom square
Zwaaikom square (other side)	City hall	Sufi-temple in the South Dunes	Graffiti on the wall at the Nieuwe Roversbrug
Graffiti on the Wall of Fame, a legal graffiti place in the North Dunes	Skyline Hoornes suburb	Provincialeweg (N206)

[edit] Tourist attractions

Beach on a warm summer day	Beach on a less crowded day	Tramstop Valkenburgse Meer with narrow gauge museum at the background	Steam tram "Marijnke" at tramstop Valkenburgse Meer
Tourist market (every Tuesday in July and August in the city center	Beach library	Sightseeing boat tour by Triton	Lighthouse "Vuurbaak" covered in graffiti as part pf a legal graffiti project