Editing Noordwijk (section)

==Communities==
The municipality of Noordwijk consists of the communities [[Noordwijk aan Zee]] and [[Noordwijk-Binnen]], separated by a narrow [[green belt]], as well as Noordwijkerhout and De Zilk.

===Noordwijk aan Zee===
[[File:Noordwijk aan Zee - Vuurtoren bij nacht zijkant.jpg|thumb|The [[Noordwijk Lighthouse]] landmark]]
Noordwijk aan Zee was founded around 1200 as a fishing village. Until the beginning of the 19th century, fishing remained its primary business, but then began to be replaced by the growing tourism industry. Nowadays because of its long sandy beaches, it is a popular resort town with 1,000,000 overnight stays per year.
It has a lighthouse and a [[KNRM]] rescue station. Furthermore, it has a reformed church (1647) with a pulpit from the 17th century.

Noordwijk aan Zee is rated as the 12th richest location in the Netherlands.

The Grand Hotel Huis ter Duin is a notable feature of the beach front. It was established in 1885 at the beginning pf the town's development as a tourist resort. It was rebuilt in 1920. During World War II it was used by the officers of the occupying [[Schutzstaffel|SS]].<ref>Willem Nanninga, ''Grand hotel Huis ter Duin: honderd aar gastvrijheid 1887-1987''</ref> In 1990, during the [[Burns' Day storm|storm of 25 January]], it was largely destroyed by fire and subsequently rebuilt and greatly extended.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20170202042819/http://www.rizoomes.nl/huis-ter-duin/ Rizoomes.nl: Huis ter Duin]</ref> Its clientele has included the Dutch and Belgian royal families, the writer [[Thomas Mann]]<ref>Hans Wysling (ed.), ''Letters of Heinrich and Thonas Mann 1900-1939'', p.&nbsp;227, letter of 5 July 1939 ([online version])</ref> and President [[Barack Obama]].<ref>[https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/DCPD-2014DIGEST/pdf/DCPD-2014DIGEST.pdf Administration of Barack Obama, 2014 - Digest of Other White House Announcements]</ref> The hotel includes a conference centre and the Michelin-starred Restaurant Latour.<ref>[https://guide.michelin.com/nl/nl/zuid-holland/noordwijk-aan-zee/restaurant/latour Michelin Guide as at 10 March 2025]</ref>

A small part of the indigenous population of Noordwijk aan Zee speaks Noordwijks, a very original Dutch dialect, which sounds like [[Katwijk]]s, but in Noordwijk the dialect is almost gone, compared to Katwijk, where more people speak in (partly) dialect.

===Noordwijk-Binnen===
[[File:Noordwijk-Binnen vanaf watertoren.JPG|thumb|View over Noordwijk-Binnen, with two church towers.]]
Because of the martyrdom of Priest Jeroen in 857, the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Utrecht|Archbishop of Utrecht]] made Noordwijk-Binnen a [[pilgrimage]] location in 1429. Both the Catholic and Protestant churches here are named after this priest.

Noordwijk-Binnen has retained its historic character and is therefore protected by the Dutch Monument Law. An interesting historic view is shown by the picture of Gerard van der Laan with the view to the Jeroenskerk. In the foreground is a canal with two sailboats for inland waterways.

The area around Noordwijk-Binnen has long been an important part of the regional bulb flower industry. The dunes were dug out and transformed into fields for the cultivation of bulb flowers.
The territory of Noordwijk still consists mostly of [[geest]]. The bulb region is formed of Noordwijk together with surrounding municipalities.

===Noordwijkerhout===
{{Main|Noordwijkerhout}}