• Direct train from Amsterdam: about 30 minutes from Amsterdam Centraal to Zandvoort aan Zee, twice an hour (four in summer), and the station is 200 meters from the sand
• First aid and lost-kids point at De Rotonde on the boulevard at Badhuisplein, staffed during the beach season
• Showers and toilets at several pavilions from April to October, plus a paid public toilet with changing rooms at De Rotonde in good weather

A 9-kilometer stretch of North Sea sand running from Bloemendaal to Noordwijk, backed by dunes. Between February and October more than 30 beach pavilions line it, several with playgrounds, and five stay open all year.

Kids dig, fly kites and paddle in the shallows while lifeguards watch the north and south beaches in season. Sloping ramps from the boulevard make most entrances easy with a stroller.