Overview for Bicycle tour

Before WW II this area was called Stokroosplein (Hollyhock Square). It was established between 1922 and 1926 as a peaceful …

The houses along Aronskelkweg were still partly under construction when World War II broke out. The school across the water, …

Kijkduin consisted of 150 buildings before the war. Half of those were demolished to make way for the construction of the …

There were three farms in this area prior to World War II. They were surrounded by sports fields, tennis courts, a tree …

The bunker in which the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision in Hilversum now houses part of its film collection was a …

The memorial on Tesselseplein consists of three sections. The stone on the left bears the inscription: evacuation 1943-1944. …

A visit to Wandelhoofd Koningin Wilhelmina, as Scheveningen’s first pier is named, was a popular outing. Initially, the war …

Coastal batteries formed the backbone of the Atlantic Wall. Initially, these defences were primarily built at important …

Scheveningen was largely deserted. Only citizens who were needed to keep the stronghold functioning, such as shopkeepers, …

The beach clubs had to move when the occupying German forces commenced construction of the Atlantic Wall directly along the …