Guidebook for Bergen

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Guidebook for Bergen

Essentials

Just a grocery store, called Albert Heijn. open daily: 0800-2100hrs. There are others: Deen, Aldi, etc.
Breelaan 14
14 Breelaan
Just a grocery store, called Albert Heijn. open daily: 0800-2100hrs. There are others: Deen, Aldi, etc.

Getting Around

Rent-a-bike
6 locals recommend
Busker, bergen fietsplezier/ Fietsverhuur
1 Kerkstraat
6 locals recommend
Rent-a-bike
Bus-stop. Bus 6 to Alkmaar Station
Plein
Plein
Bus-stop. Bus 6 to Alkmaar Station
To the beach. Bus 6 (and 610?) to Bergen aan Zee (seasonal)
Komlaan
Komlaan
To the beach. Bus 6 (and 610?) to Bergen aan Zee (seasonal)
bike rental (just to give you a choice): http://www.profiledefietsspecialist.nl/winkels/profile_derkinderen/fietsverhuur/
Oosterweg 7
7 Oosterweg
bike rental (just to give you a choice): http://www.profiledefietsspecialist.nl/winkels/profile_derkinderen/fietsverhuur/
Rent a bike and have it delivered to you... http://www.fietsverhuurbergen.nl/ So, don't go there, you miss the point - goto the website.
Duinweg 2
2 Duinweg
Rent a bike and have it delivered to you... http://www.fietsverhuurbergen.nl/ So, don't go there, you miss the point - goto the website.

Food Scene

good memories... 072-8884908
Restaurant Cunst
1 Kleine Dorpsstraat
good memories... 072-8884908
Dutch pancakes! (and pizza's) 10 minute stroll through the forest to the parkinglot
54 locals recommend
Duinvermaak
132 Breelaan
54 locals recommend
Dutch pancakes! (and pizza's) 10 minute stroll through the forest to the parkinglot
one of the many Dutch style chiringuitos on the beach... 9am, 072-5814940
31 locals recommend
North Beach pavilion
31 locals recommend
one of the many Dutch style chiringuitos on the beach... 9am, 072-5814940
1000-2300, bit upmarket, 1000-2300, 0617928416
13 locals recommend
Hemingway's Beach Restaurant
4-C C.F. Zeiler Boulevard
13 locals recommend
1000-2300, bit upmarket, 1000-2300, 0617928416
breakfast/sandwich/coffee "Bij Merel", open: mo-fri: 0830hrs, sat: 0930, sun: 1200
Au Pain Marie
75 Plein
breakfast/sandwich/coffee "Bij Merel", open: mo-fri: 0830hrs, sat: 0930, sun: 1200

Drinks & Nightlife

Bar, live music, salsa on Tuesday (or Monday?) >2000hrs
20 locals recommend
Taverne
1 Karel de Grotelaan
20 locals recommend
Bar, live music, salsa on Tuesday (or Monday?) >2000hrs

Parks & Nature

Where the dunes are cut. 12km jog (roundtrip), or bike but no car. Or take your car to Bergen aan Zee, and walk a few km's North, on the beach.
7 locals recommend
De Kerf
7 locals recommend
Where the dunes are cut. 12km jog (roundtrip), or bike but no car. Or take your car to Bergen aan Zee, and walk a few km's North, on the beach.
on your bike through forest and dunes (no car). Tea House. 1000-1700, closed on Monday. check before you go: 072-5091892
9 locals recommend
Berenkuil
2 Schoorlse Zeeweg
9 locals recommend
on your bike through forest and dunes (no car). Tea House. 1000-1700, closed on Monday. check before you go: 072-5091892
Dunes... another 12km jog (roundtrip) or bike. Or take the car to the parking lot at Het Woud and walk from there.
Woudweg
Woudweg
Dunes... another 12km jog (roundtrip) or bike. Or take the car to the parking lot at Het Woud and walk from there.
Where the sheep sleep... (2km stroll)
6 locals recommend
Schaapskooi Bergen
2 Zeeweg
6 locals recommend
Where the sheep sleep... (2km stroll)
De Hondsbossche Zeewering! 20km jog (better take car or bike this time). Coast made by the Dutch. https://www.rijkswaterstaat.nl/zakelijk/innovatie-en-duurzame-leefomgeving/innovatie/waterinnovaties/hondsbossche-en-pettemer-zeewering.aspx. Walk towards the sea and find another beach-bar... 1000-2200, 072-5090609
6 locals recommend
Camperduin Beach Pavilion STRUIN
407 Heereweg
6 locals recommend
De Hondsbossche Zeewering! 20km jog (better take car or bike this time). Coast made by the Dutch. https://www.rijkswaterstaat.nl/zakelijk/innovatie-en-duurzame-leefomgeving/innovatie/waterinnovaties/hondsbossche-en-pettemer-zeewering.aspx. Walk towards the sea and find another beach-bar... 1000-2200, 072-5090609
Medicinal herb garden. Car. All kind of opening hours: 1200-1600 but not on Monday. Check for yourself: http://www.hortusalkmaar.nl/hortus-alkmaar-botanic-garden/
Foundation Hortus Alkmaar
43 Berenkoog
Medicinal herb garden. Car. All kind of opening hours: 1200-1600 but not on Monday. Check for yourself: http://www.hortusalkmaar.nl/hortus-alkmaar-botanic-garden/

Sightseeing

Quite cheesy :-) "The cheesemarket Alkmaar 2016 will take place from March 25th untill september 30th, every friday from 10 am untill 12.30 pm on the Waagplein. The program on September 9th will be adapted due to the Alkmaar Culinair Plaza event." Take bus 6 to Alkmaar (or bike or car)
56 locals recommend
Waagplein
Waagplein
56 locals recommend
Quite cheesy :-) "The cheesemarket Alkmaar 2016 will take place from March 25th untill september 30th, every friday from 10 am untill 12.30 pm on the Waagplein. The program on September 9th will be adapted due to the Alkmaar Culinair Plaza event." Take bus 6 to Alkmaar (or bike or car)

Arts & Culture

"Art, nature and culture converge in KRANENBURGH Cultural Estate, bordering the artists’ village of Bergen, the woods, the dunes and the sea. " http://www.kranenburgh.nl/
74 locals recommend
Museum Kranenburgh
26 Hoflaan
74 locals recommend
"Art, nature and culture converge in KRANENBURGH Cultural Estate, bordering the artists’ village of Bergen, the woods, the dunes and the sea. " http://www.kranenburgh.nl/