Guidebook for Alkmaar
Entertainment & Activities
Speeltuinvereniging OKB
88 MunnikenwegA very big, nice and cheap playgarden.
An indoor and outdoor swimmingpool.
22 recommandé par les habitants
Sports / Recreation Complex pool Hoornsevaart
4 Hertog AalbrechtwegAn indoor and outdoor swimmingpool.
Lake for swimming, relaxing and picnic.
53 recommandé par les habitants
Geestmerambacht (Recreatiegebied)
15 NauertogtLake for swimming, relaxing and picnic.
A great entertainment park for children up to about 8 years. With a fairytail route, playgrounds, animalpark, etc.
87 recommandé par les habitants
Sprookjeswonderland
9 KooizandwegA great entertainment park for children up to about 8 years. With a fairytail route, playgrounds, animalpark, etc.
Frizz
10 ScharloVery nice icecream close to our house.
Food Scene
A nice place for coffee and pie or lunch. Everything is organic and the employers have a light mental disability. Here you also buy the best organic bread! The place has also a small playing area.
9 recommandé par les habitants
Fermento
6 KennemerstraatwegA nice place for coffee and pie or lunch. Everything is organic and the employers have a light mental disability. Here you also buy the best organic bread! The place has also a small playing area.
A very good cosy restaurant with a very nice owner. It is not cheap, but high quality and very personal.
25 recommandé par les habitants
Restaurant Abby’s
60 RitsevoortA very good cosy restaurant with a very nice owner. It is not cheap, but high quality and very personal.
Momi K kitchen art, an African restaurant. Very nice, cosy and cheap with a friendly owner; a lady from Sierra Leone.
Kanaalkade 59
59 KanaalkadeMomi K kitchen art, an African restaurant. Very nice, cosy and cheap with a friendly owner; a lady from Sierra Leone.
Lekker Nel, a small restaurant on the first floor. That's why is it unknown by much people. It looks like a living room; very nice and cheap food and friendly personel.
Verdronkenoord 131
131 VerdronkenoordLekker Nel, a small restaurant on the first floor. That's why is it unknown by much people. It looks like a living room; very nice and cheap food and friendly personel.
Very large and cheap pizzaria run by a large group of Sicilian people!
6 recommandé par les habitants
Portofino
5 MientVery large and cheap pizzaria run by a large group of Sicilian people!
A great place where you can eat as much small plates as you like for 27,50. They also have a great yard to sit outside.
De Heeren van Sonoy
1 Hof van SonoyA great place where you can eat as much small plates as you like for 27,50. They also have a great yard to sit outside.
The best Italian restaurant run by a Italian family. They don't serve pizza's, but the real Italinan dishes. It is not cheap, but delicious.
Osteria Italica
117 LaatThe best Italian restaurant run by a Italian family. They don't serve pizza's, but the real Italinan dishes. It is not cheap, but delicious.
Thup's Pizzabakkerij
38 HouttilVery good pizaa's in a small cosy restaurant on the main square.
Fnidsen 56
56 FnidsenVery nice and cosy place to have a coffee and great pies/cakes.
Very good place to eat Turkisch pizza or Shoarma. Also take away and very close to our house.
Deniz Eethuis
72 StationswegVery good place to eat Turkisch pizza or Shoarma. Also take away and very close to our house.
Simple beach restaurant where you can have a relaxed meal like fried fish or pancakes. Or have a coffee with apple pie. Because you can only reach this beach by bike or footh, it is much more quite.
8 recommandé par les habitants
Paal 29
1 HargerzeewegSimple beach restaurant where you can have a relaxed meal like fried fish or pancakes. Or have a coffee with apple pie. Because you can only reach this beach by bike or footh, it is much more quite.
Cheap shop for regular things you need. But best is the breakfast you can have between 9 and 10 for only 1 euro (including baquet with egg, croissant and coffee or tea) on the 1st floor!
7 recommandé par les habitants
HEMA
72 LangestraatCheap shop for regular things you need. But best is the breakfast you can have between 9 and 10 for only 1 euro (including baquet with egg, croissant and coffee or tea) on the 1st floor!
Very delicious small pies / cakes which looks like arts pieces (and they also taste like that); you can also have it with a cup of coffee in the back.
Dobla Store
2 MientVery delicious small pies / cakes which looks like arts pieces (and they also taste like that); you can also have it with a cup of coffee in the back.
This is probably the best place to have dinner on a warm summer evening. They have a terras on one of the oldest bridges over one of Alkmaar's canals.
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De Buren B.V.
37 MientThis is probably the best place to have dinner on a warm summer evening. They have a terras on one of the oldest bridges over one of Alkmaar's canals.
Stadsstrand De Kade: a great new phenomen; a beachbar in town! It is a bar/restaurant with a garden from sand to relax, have a beer, coffee with pie, or a pizza or wrap. It is great on warm days!
Noorderkade 1031
1031 NoorderkadeStadsstrand De Kade: a great new phenomen; a beachbar in town! It is a bar/restaurant with a garden from sand to relax, have a beer, coffee with pie, or a pizza or wrap. It is great on warm days!
Sightseeing
The main square of Alkmaar with the cheese market every Friday morning. On the square you also find a lot of bars and restaurants.
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Waagplein
WaagpleinThe main square of Alkmaar with the cheese market every Friday morning. On the square you also find a lot of bars and restaurants.
Around the old centre of Alkmaar is a small park; very nice for walking, relaxing or a picnic!
Clarissenbolwerk
ClarissenbolwerkAround the old centre of Alkmaar is a small park; very nice for walking, relaxing or a picnic!
This part of Alkmaar is the oldest part (called D'oude stad); and very nice to walk and visit the small shops and bars.
14 recommandé par les habitants
Fnidsen
FnidsenThis part of Alkmaar is the oldest part (called D'oude stad); and very nice to walk and visit the small shops and bars.
Visit the Island of Texel! You can take the train to Den Helder and take the boat. On Texel you can rent bikes to discover the Island. Best is the north part where the dunes are.
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Texel
Visit the Island of Texel! You can take the train to Den Helder and take the boat. On Texel you can rent bikes to discover the Island. Best is the north part where the dunes are.
Arts & Culture
The main library of Alkmaar. They also have a small coffee / lunch cafe.
de Bibliotheek Kennemerwaard Locatie Alkmaar Centrum
2 GasthuisstraatThe main library of Alkmaar. They also have a small coffee / lunch cafe.
Dutch Cheese Museum
2 WaagpleinCheese museum of Alkmaar.
Modern square with every weekend free concerts. There is also a nice icecream shop and a terras for coffee.
Canadaplein
CanadapleinModern square with every weekend free concerts. There is also a nice icecream shop and a terras for coffee.
The Beatles Museum
12A PettemerstraatA real Beatle museum!
A very big and nice open air museum. It looks like an old Dutch village and in a lot of houses and workplaces dressed people show the life of earlier days. Also very nice for children!
168 recommandé par les habitants
Zuiderzeemuseum
ZuiderzeemuseumA very big and nice open air museum. It looks like an old Dutch village and in a lot of houses and workplaces dressed people show the life of earlier days. Also very nice for children!
Beautiful museum about the rich historie of Alkmaar.
60 recommandé par les habitants
Stedelijk Museum Alkmaar
1 CanadapleinBeautiful museum about the rich historie of Alkmaar.
Bootjesverhuur Alkmaar. Place where you can rent a small boat and discover Alkmaar from the perspective of the canals. Whatch your head when you go under a bridge; they are low!!
Geestersingel 15
15 GeestersingelBootjesverhuur Alkmaar. Place where you can rent a small boat and discover Alkmaar from the perspective of the canals. Whatch your head when you go under a bridge; they are low!!
Film house where they play the better and less common films.
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Filmhouse Alkmaar
3 PettemerstraatFilm house where they play the better and less common films.
A kind of open air museum and typical olden style village in this area. Also with lots of small shops and cafe's.
651 recommandé par les habitants
Zaanse Schans
KraaienestA kind of open air museum and typical olden style village in this area. Also with lots of small shops and cafe's.
Essentials
Ekoplaza Alkmaar
3 HofpleinOrganic supermarket!
't Roode Hert
102 FriesewegA authenthic mill where they sell organic flower, grains, bread, etc.
Jumbo
2 PaardenmarktClosest supermarket.
Simon Lévelt Alkmaar
44 HouttilNicest place to buy coffee and tea.
Gedempte Nieuwesloot
Gedempte NieuweslootOn saturday morning you'll find the week market in this street.
Everything Else
Alkmaar station
43 C StationswegMain trainstation of Alkmaar
Fietsenmakerij Janson & Laura's Theehuis
48 GeestersingelPlace to repair the bike when nessesary.
Noordwest Ziekenhuisgroep locatie Alkmaar
12 WilhelminalaanHospital!
Huisartsenpost Alkmaar
5A Hertog AalbrechtwegPlace to be when you need a doctor.
When you need more bikes, you can here rent bikes for 7,50 a day or 37,50 a week.
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Fietspoint Stoop B.V.
When you need more bikes, you can here rent bikes for 7,50 a day or 37,50 a week.
Shopping
Ropaja Indonesische Catering
83a WagewegTake away with Indonesian food; delicious!
Kaan's Kaashandel
11 KoorstraatSmall cheese shop where you can by good Dutch cheese for non touristic prices.
Regenboog Apotheek Scharlo B.V.
41-43 ScharloClosest Pharmacy
Magdalenenstraat 3
3 MagdalenenstraatBonchoco; a very nice shop to buy delicious choclates and bonbons!