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Nederland - Egmond aan Zee, Wimmenummerduinen

The Wimmenummerduinen (Dunes of Wimmenum) are located between the coastal villages of Egmond aan Zee and Bergen aan Zee.

The inhabitants of Egmond aan Zee - so called “derpers” (villagers) - still call the dune area Duinen van Six. In 1679, Jan Six - a regent and writer descended from a wealthy family - bought the area around the village of Wimmenum. Six belonged to the in-crowd of Amsterdam and is friends with Rembrandt van Rijn. A portrait the painter painted of him is world-famous today. The dune area was the family's fenced-off hunting domain until it was sold to the of provincial water supply company of the province of North Holland (PWN) in 1992.This company has opened the site to visitors.

The Wimmenummerduinen are characterized by an open dune landscape with several dune lakes, wet valleys and drifting dune tops. Large pieces of dune have been blown away here and there in the foredune (main picture). Horses graze the dunes here to keep the landscape open. It is considered one of the most beautiful stretches of untouched dunes in the province of North Holland.

During our 2024 visit, we were surprised by the large number of dune valleys filled with water. As far as I understand, this is caused by the high groundwater level due to the heavy rainfall in the preceding months.
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30 comments

Walter 7.8.1956 said:

Sehr schöne Aufnahmen, und auch spannende zusatz Informationen dazu.
5 months ago ( translate )

Madeleine Defawes said:

Superbes images de cette belle nature !
Bonne journée. Amitiés
5 months ago ( translate )

Annemarie said:

how beautiful also the pips
5 months ago

Colin Ashcroft said:

Beautiful sand dunes. Interesting about the high ground water levels
5 months ago

Günter Klaus said:

Da zeigst du eine sehr schöne Serie aus den Dünen lieber Jaap,sehr schön sind auch diese kleinen Sees da drinnen :))

Wünsche noch einen schönen Tag,liebe Grüße Güni :))
5 months ago ( translate )

Gudrun said:

A fantastic landscape very well presented!
5 months ago ( translate )

Mikus said:

Eine sehr naturbelassene Landschaft. In der Tat, sehr interessant diese vielen Wasserstellen. Sehr schön gezeigt, Jaap.
5 months ago ( translate )

Patrick Brandy said:

Splendide paysage j'aime beaucoup le 1er pip merci pour l'info bonne journée.
5 months ago ( translate )

Don Sutherland said:

Stunning landscape.
5 months ago ( translate )

Nicole Merdrignac said:

Superbe photo nature . Bonne journée.
5 months ago ( translate )

Roger (Grisly) said:

Exceptional and interesting coastal images Jaap
thanks for the notes
5 months ago

Loose_Grip/Pete said:

The whole North Sea coastline of dunes in the Netherlands is beautiful but this area does look really nice.
5 months ago

Percy Schramm said:

Beautiful serie of a fantastic landscape ***
5 months ago ( translate )

Keith Burton said:

Such a wonderful location Jaap................I love coastal dunes as they always seem to be wild and windswept. These images certainly reinforce my views.

An absolutely gorgeous series...........each one beautifully captured in gorgeous sunshine..!!

First class photography as always...........and your usual well researched narrative!
5 months ago

Herb Riddle said:

Jaap, I don't see many landscapes from you but this is quite wonderful. A great dune area here and you have caught it perfectly. Your PiPs and description tells the story admirably. Well done.

Best Wishes. Herb
5 months ago