Modern Zandvoort
Zandvoort now has camping and caravan sites alongside the hotels and guest houses, and the resort still attracts a lot of Amsterdammers when the weather is fine. The majority of visitors are daytrippers, an idea which caught on during the 1960s as a result of increasing living standards. More money could be spent on recreation, and hot summer days would see a stream of visitors to the coast from the capital.
Overcrowded trains and long queues heading for Zandvoort are a common sight during the summer. Most of these head for the beach to take part in beach activities.
It was inevitable that the daytripper-effect would have its repercussions in the kind of attractions that the resort put on offer: restaurants, fast-food outlets and ice cream parlours, amusement halls, clothes and gift shops - most now open the whole year round, including Sundays.
Left: Zandvoort Postcard from 1980s
Read more about modern Zandvoort by following the links:
Circuit Zandvoort
Zandvoort’s Casino
Circus Zandvoort