Cheeses stored in the bunker system

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.

Day out Volunteers Atlantikwall Museum Noordwijk

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.

50.000th visitor

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.

Photo: Rinus Noort

Donation AED device

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.

Photo: Willem Krol

Garnet

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).

Photos: Rinus Noort

National bunker day

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.

Photo: Cor van Duin
Photo: Miranda Noort

Opening

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.

Photo: Rinus Noort

Roof fire control bunker

The roof for the fire control bunker is in the hoists.
Het dak voor de vuurleidingsbunker is uit de werkplaats van de firma Haasnoot Bruggen gehaald en ligt klaar voor transport naar de duinen bovenop de vuurleidingsbunker.

“Tank and Schenk” campaign

Since the beginning of January, the Abswoude company has had the sympathetic action “Tank and Schenk”
Those who tank at Abswoude on the Nieuwe Offemweg near the roundabout can make a choice from various associations, to which he or she wants to donate money.
We, Atlantikwall museum, stand under Culture and the stand is currently over € 70, -.
For those who refuel at the Nieuwe Offemweg, thank you for donating to the Atlantikwall museum!