Tobruk

Tobruk is a bunker in Velsen Municipality, North Holland. Tobruk is situated nearby to the bunker Batterie Olmen, as well as near the beach Kennemerstrand.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Batterie Olmen and Bunker Museum IJmuiden.

Batterie Olmen

Bunker

Photo: Janericloebe, Public domain.

Batterie Olmen is a bunker, which is situated 610 metres north of Tobruk.

Bunker Museum IJmuiden

Museum

Photo: Janericloebe, Public domain.

Bunker Museum IJmuiden is situated 1¼ km north of Tobruk.

Hoge vuurtoren van IJmuiden

Lighthouse

Photo: Rudolphous, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The hoge vuurtoren van IJmuiden is a round, cast-iron lighthouse in IJmuiden, Netherlands, designed by Quirinus Harder. It was built in 1878 by D.A. Schretlen & Co, a company in Leiden. Hoge vuurtoren van IJmuiden is situated 2 km northeast of Tobruk.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Afgang Kattendel and IJmuiden.

Afgang Kattendel

Locality

Photo: Multichill2, CC0.

Afgang Kattendel is a locality, which is situated 2½ km south of Tobruk.

IJmuiden

Town

Photo: Ed Stevenhagen, Public domain.

IJmuiden is a port town in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is the main town in the municipality of Velsen which lies mainly to the south-east. Including its large sea locks, it straddles the mouth of the North Sea Canal to Amsterdam. IJmuiden is situated 3 km northeast of Tobruk.