Guidebook for Alkmaar

Simon
Guidebook for Alkmaar

Entertainment & Activities

Best beaches in the area
160 locals recommend
Bergen Aan Zee
160 locals recommend
Best beaches in the area
Excellent multi-screen cinema complex
59 locals recommend
Vue Alkmaar
1 Pettemerstraat
59 locals recommend
Excellent multi-screen cinema complex

Food Scene

one of Alkmaar's newest restaurants overlooking the Noord Hollands Canal
38 locals recommend
De Eendracht Alkmaar in ´t IJkgebouw
2 Alckmariapad
38 locals recommend
one of Alkmaar's newest restaurants overlooking the Noord Hollands Canal
Great lunch and brunch place with organic food
17 locals recommend
ECHT Alkmaar
4 Marktstraat
17 locals recommend
Great lunch and brunch place with organic food
Our favourite restaurant - just tell them Simon the English guy sent you there!
25 locals recommend
Restaurant Abby’s
60 Ritsevoort
25 locals recommend
Our favourite restaurant - just tell them Simon the English guy sent you there!
Great restaurant in centre of town with excellent fish dishes
13 locals recommend
De Buren B.V.
37 Mient
13 locals recommend
Great restaurant in centre of town with excellent fish dishes
Excellent lunch and salad bar
6 locals recommend
Saladebar Oogst - Gezond én lekker lunchen in Alkmaar
8 Zevenhuizen
6 locals recommend
Excellent lunch and salad bar
Excellent beach restaurant for sunset drinks as well
13 locals recommend
Hemingway's Beach Restaurant
4-C C.F. Zeiler Boulevard
13 locals recommend
Excellent beach restaurant for sunset drinks as well
Great pizza and pancakes next to entrance to Dune Reserve
54 locals recommend
Duinvermaak
132 Breelaan
54 locals recommend
Great pizza and pancakes next to entrance to Dune Reserve

Drinks & Nightlife

Very nice wine bar with music and good social scene
27 locals recommend
1480 Food Bar
16 Mient
27 locals recommend
Very nice wine bar with music and good social scene
Very cool area to hangout in the evening with bars and terraces overlooking a picturesque bridge
Platte Stenenbrug
Platte Stenenbrug
Very cool area to hangout in the evening with bars and terraces overlooking a picturesque bridge

Sightseeing

Central square of Alkmaar next to very impressive Waag tower
12 locals recommend
De Waag
2 Waagplein
12 locals recommend
Central square of Alkmaar next to very impressive Waag tower
Impressive church with many activities year round
34 locals recommend
Grote or Sint-Laurenskerk
2 Koorstraat
34 locals recommend
Impressive church with many activities year round

Parks & Nature

Best way to see Alkmaar and the countryside - rent a boat, take something to eat and drink and 'varen' like all Dutchies!
34 locals recommend
Alkmaarse Bootjes Verhuur
15 A Geestersingel
34 locals recommend
Best way to see Alkmaar and the countryside - rent a boat, take something to eat and drink and 'varen' like all Dutchies!
the whole of the coast is a stunning national park (Duin Reservaart) but the big sand dune in Schoorl is great for kids to climb up and run down!
68 locals recommend
Schoorl
68 locals recommend
the whole of the coast is a stunning national park (Duin Reservaart) but the big sand dune in Schoorl is great for kids to climb up and run down!
Just beautiful area to lose yourself - go for long walks, bike rides....
10 locals recommend
Noordhollands Duinreservaat
10 locals recommend
Just beautiful area to lose yourself - go for long walks, bike rides....

Arts & Culture

decent but small city museum with some interesting exhibitions
60 locals recommend
Stedelijk Museum Alkmaar
1 Canadaplein
60 locals recommend
decent but small city museum with some interesting exhibitions

Shopping

Fnidsen is in the centre of D'Oude Stad which is in the very heart of the oldest and most pretty part of the city. Lots of boutique shops and bars
14 locals recommend
Fnidsen
Fnidsen
14 locals recommend
Fnidsen is in the centre of D'Oude Stad which is in the very heart of the oldest and most pretty part of the city. Lots of boutique shops and bars
Great city 30 minutes by train to visit with cool city centre and shopping scene
372 locals recommend
Haarlem
372 locals recommend
Great city 30 minutes by train to visit with cool city centre and shopping scene