De Koekoek

De Koekoek is a nature reserve in Castricum, North Holland Peninsula, North Holland. De Koekoek is situated nearby to the village Limmen, as well as near the neighborhood Dusseldorp.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hortus Bulborum and Castricum railway station.

Hortus Bulborum

Garden

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Hortus Bulborum is a Dutch foundation that conserves historic cultivars of spring flowering bulb- and tuber crops. The collection garden of the foundation is located at the Zuidkerkenlaan in Limmen, North Holland, Netherlands, near the historic city of Alkmaar.

Castricum railway station

Railway station

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Castricum railway station is located in Castricum, the Netherlands.

Huis van Hilde

Museum

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Huis van Hilde is the archaeology information centre and repository of the Dutch province of North Holland, which was opened in Castricum early 2015. It was named after a model and facial reconstruction that was made of a skeletal find from the 4th century and that came to be known as Hilde.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Uitgeest and Heiloo.

Uitgeest

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Uitgeest is a village in North Holland in the Netherlands.

Heiloo

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Heiloo is a municipality and town in the Netherlands, located in the province of North Holland. The community is part of the cooperation region Kennemerland and is located in the historical region of West Friesland. Heiloo had a population of 24,144 in 2021.