Jazz & Sail
The first weekend of September
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Eric Winder
“And I don’t even like slap-stick!”
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Night of Lights
‘Lichtjesavond’, 7 August at dusk.
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During my talks with locals, visitors to Bergen and potential advertisers and sponsors of BeautifulBergen.com, I am frequently asked, “So,
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What’s Going On?
It’s called beach replenishment.
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Bergen Beach from South to North
Check out all the spots!
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Love. Not Waste.
A great beach clean-up initiative born in Bergen!
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BeautifulBergen’s Top-5 Restaurant Picks
Anyone visiting Bergen is spoilt for choice when it comes to places to eat. But what makes a good restaurant?
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The Ruïnekerk Needs Your Support!
Become a Friend of the Ruïnekerk!
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The Bulb Fields
The season is about to burst into bloom!
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Ellen J. de Groot (1942)
Central to Ellen J. de Groot’s oeuvre is man, the human being, and the immediate association with a state of
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Tilly Schilperoort (1957, Willemstad, Curaçao)
Experimental photography
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Bergen’s Polder and Windmills
Where would the Dutch be without windmills?
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Pauline Bakker (1966)
The way Pauline captures light lends her work a very realistic quality.
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Zaanse Schans
Lots of little museums in a huge open-air museum dedicated to life and industry in the Zaan region during the Dutch Golden Age.
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The Most Beautiful Road in the Country
Watch a video of the lovely drive to Bergen aan Zee!
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King’s Day
The day the Dutch celebrate the monarchy and let their hair down
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Giorgi Shengelia (1977)
Reincarnation in new environments
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Park Meerwijk
And the Amsterdam School of Architecture manifesto stands in… Bergen!
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BeautifulBergen.com Goes Live!
A brand-new website all about Bergen with plans for the future!
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Job Versteeg
Sculptor, painter and fisherman of Bergen who stays close to the nature of man.
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‘t Sterkenhuis
‘t Sterkenhuis is Bergen’s oldest building after the Ruïnekerk.
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Sinterklaas
Dutch kids have sleepless nights over this saint from Spain.
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Saturday Market
Bergen’s Saturday market won the 2018 Best Market of the Netherlands award in the category Small Markets. There’s cheese, delicious
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Alkmaar – Cheese Town
A delightful mix of old and new, Alkmaar offers canals, typical 17th-century architecture, defining moments in Dutch history and world-famous cheese market. But it’s also a happening, modern town with theatres, bars, clubs, restaurants and the most comfortable cinema in Europe.
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Sparrenlaan
The central axis of Studler van Surck’s 17th-century French landscape garden.
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Bergen Airfield
Bergen’s WWII military airfield.
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Gateway to Bergen
The Gateway to Bergen, by Herbert Nouwens.
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Art Festival “Kunst10daagse”
Bergen’s annual Kunst10daagse art fair, this year from October 19th through 28th.
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Hertenkamp
The Hertenkamp deer park right in the centre of Bergen.
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Museum Kranenburgh
Once the mayoral residence, now a museum.
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