Atlantikwall-Museum-Noordwijk
On Saturday, September 24th, during their journey with more than 50 means of transport from the 2nd World War, visitors came to both the Atlantikwall Museum and the Museum Engelandvaarders. During the break in the crash of the Crash Air War and Resistance Museum ’40 – ’45 vice versa they made use of both museums to visit. More than 80 visitors visited the Atlantikwall Museum.
Cheese specialist Peter den Elzen has taken his cheeses out of the bunker again. In May he put them in the bunker corridor of the Atlantikwall Museum Noordwijk. Den Elzen made this idea a few years ago in France. Due to the high humidity in the bunker, the cheeses get a special aroma. Last Saturday the cheeses were cut for a tasting for invited guests and volunteers of the museum, who liked the cheese. The cheeses are now for sale in the Elzen store on the Sint Jeroensweg in Noordwijk. source: www.bollenstreekomroep.nl
Since Saturday, April 16, cheeses have been stored in the bunker system again. There are a total of 60 cheeses, Gouda, farmers and goat’s cheese of every kind 20 pieces. They will mature until 27 August.
Then the cheese is for sale at Cheese Specialist Peter den Elzen in Noordwijk-Binnen. St. Jeroensweg.
About 25 volunteers with or without a partner enjoyed their annual day off on Saturday 21 November. The trip was this time to the National Military Museum in Soesterberg. Here they got a tour of the extensive museum from experienced guides. After the tour, lunch was enjoyed in the De Stoeterij close to the museum.
With a well-filled belly of the excellent luncheon lunch, they went on the road again to see the other part of the foremost airbase Soesterberg, namely the shelters who provided protection during the Cold War to the American soldiers and jet fighters stationed there.
Then the return trip with the coach of the Royal Beech was accepted again. All in all a successful and well deserved day.
On 6 September, the museum received the 50.000th visitor since it opened in 2004.
It concerns the Klein family from Roelofarendsveen. They visited the museum with a group of 11 people.
Chairman Victor Salman presented an attention and a bouquet of flowers.
On 17 September, a delegation from the charitable committee of the Rotary Noordwijk en Omstreken handed over an AED device to the board and volunteers of our museum. With this device we have secured even more the safety of our visitors (now more than 7000 per year) and our volunteers.
Many volunteers are already ER officers, others can have the opportunity to follow the AED course through the Volunteer Support Center Noordwijk.
Afterwards a drink and a bite, of course bunker cheese from Peter den Elzen.
A grenade was found on excavation work in the northern part of the complex on Saturday 18 July (left picture). Police warned. They ruled that the grenade was in a safe place and could later be detonated. That happened Monday morning, July 20th (right picture).
The European Heritage Foundation Atlantikwall organized a bunker day on 6 June, during which bunkers were opened at 30 locations. Noordwijk could not be lacking and therefore the Atlantic Wall Museum Noordwijk Foundation also opened its doors and corridors. A result that may be there. More than 600 visitors have found their way to Noordwijk.
Between Noordwijk and Katwijk, American and Canadian vehicles drove to transport people from the Katwijks Museum to Noordwijk and vice versa.
With great interest from volunteers, donors and sponsors, the new museum was reopened in the dunes on 2 May. The reopening was done by Mr. J. Rijpstra, mayor of the municipality of Noordwijk. At the front left is Mr. V. Salman, chairman of the Atlantic Museum Noordwijk Foundation.
The Royal Netherlands Air Force has flown in the two roof sections for the fire control post with a CH-47 Chinook helicopter from Valkenburg airport.
