The 67-year-old Inge from Amsterdam stood early this morning with her feet in the warm sand on the beach. Her dog Bella is now lying next to her on the couch and enjoys the sun. “Soon she will swim for a while. Also a bit of fun for her. That’s how we both have something.”
Inge and Bella were by no means the only ones who went to the coast with the nice weather. A young family from Hoofddorp is sitting on a rug on the edge of the water. Little Wouter frolics around his parents through the sand. Mother Kirsten did not hesitate when she saw the weather forecast. “We immediately use it. Nice to the beach. Enjoy it with our son.”
‘The water is delicious’
A few meters away, Kiki gets out of the water. “Delicious!” She shouts, while the drops are still on her glasses. “He’s still a bit wild, but I’m always very careful with the sea.” She doesn’t mind the fresh breeze. “The water is delicious.”
The Haarlem hopes to be able to take a dip a few more times in the coming weeks. “As long as the sea water remains pleasant, it is best to do. Then you can continue for a long time, you know.”
Not only the bathers are pleased with the high temperatures. Beach tenters are also happy with the nice weather. “23 degrees and not too much wind. Then the entire beach is full,” says Niels Priester of Paviljoen Mango’s Beachbar.
Priest looks back on a beautiful beach season, although it was not full of his beach tent all summer. “It started fantastic. It was a wonderful preseason.” Later in the summer it became quieter according to the beach owner. “Then it unfortunately fell quite well.”
One of the four hottest summers
Although according to the KNMI it was one of the four hottest summers ever measured, the real hot days were left according to the beach and owner. And that is necessary for a good beach day. “It was often nice for the garden or on the terrace, but it was just too cold for the beach,” says priest. Fortunately for him the tap can open today. “I expect a lot of people to come in this way.”
Monday is really the start of the meteorological autumn. Although she would rather have the summer, Badgast Inge is looking forward to the fall. “Well, autumn has something again. We don’t do anything about it. Fortunately we can’t arrange nature.”