Vakantie in Nederland aan het IJsselmeer 18 km vanaf Alkmaar.

"Alkmaar started the victory", this is a saying from the time of the struggle against the Spaniels that ended in 1573. The historic cheesetown Alkmaar is situated along the North-Holland Northsea-coast. This Middle-aged town owns more than 400 monuments. The backcountry shows where Holland is known for: polders with farms, windmills, canals, bulbfields and villages like Stompetoren en De Rijp. Not only the Alkmaardermeer has sail and surf places, the sea also has watersports-facilities. Every fridaymorning from mid-April to mid-September you can see why Alkmaar is THE cheesetown of Holland. From 9 to 12 in the morning farmers and cheesemakers sell their cheese. Cheese-carriers show how are transported by "berries" for over 400 years. Every Friday-morning a large number of people visit this colourful show. In the Dutch Cheese-museum you can see the manufacturing of cheese in both the old-fashioned way and modern way. Furthermore there's a large offering of small and big canalboattrips. From Alkmaar to for example the Zaanse Schans or Alkmaardermeer. From harbour " 't Horntje" you can sail across the Alkmaardermeer. From the Broeker Veiling you'll sail through The Empire of Thousand Islands with a Covered boat or a "Langdijker Koolvlet". The Broeker Veiling, the oldest travelling vegetable-auction in the world, is now a museum you can visit. Where you can join in at the auction.