Editing Uitgeest (section)

== Tourist information ==
No fewer than five [[windmills]] can be seen in the [[polder]] landscape surrounding the village. Uitgeest was the birthplace (in 1550) of [[Cornelis Corneliszoon]], inventor of the wind-powered sawmill. An industrial heritage park, centered on sawmill De Hoop,<ref>[http://www.dehoopuitgeest.nl www.dehoopuitgeest.nl]</ref> is under construction.

The village has a [[Reformed tradition|Reformed]] church dating back to the early 14th Century and lakeside marina. The 670m outdoor kart-racing track made room for new housing, so this tourist attraction was lost. [[Fort along Den Ham]] (between Uitgeest and [[Krommenie]]) was one of the 42 forts of the [[Stelling van Amsterdam]], a 19th-century ring of fortifications around [[Amsterdam]] which has been designated as a [[UNESCO World Heritage Site]]. The fort is now a museum open to the public on Sundays.