I spent two weeks in the Netherlands in July (more photos to come soon!), and of course I visited the dunes and the beach several times. I grew up with this National Park Zuid-Kennemerland in my backyard, and I love this area!

One sunny Sunday afternoon I went to the beach with my mum.

It was windy, but warm, and I enjoyed a refreshing swim!

A rare selfie with my mum…

The dunes are constantly changing, and they have now let some of the dunes “free”, meaning the sand can move with the wind and at times cross the cycle path.

This sign is new, I love it! The text says: “Healthy: nice outside”. Doesn’t really work in English I guess…

Later in the week I took a friend on an evening bike ride, and this is the view we had at het Vogelmeer (the bird lake) – so pretty!

There’s a bird hide there, and we watched lots of bird, included this great crested grebe (fuut in Dutch) feeding its young.

On one of my last nights in the Netherlands I went for a last swim at the beach. The one time I didn’t take my camera (only my mobile), and we got such a fantastic sunset…

Relaxing in the sand after going for a swim…

And a panorama of the sunset:

I also saw lots of wildlife during these visits: several foxes and deer, the Scottish Highlanders and horses that are grazing in the park, rabbits. You’ll have to take my word for it though, as I didn’t mention to take photos of that 😉