Tag: Camperduin
The HMS Prince George, stranded off the North Holland coast in 1921, reappears on the beach of Camperduin
The sea takes and the sea sometimes gives back. The British battleship HMS Prince George, which beached near Camperduin in North Holland in 1921 and has since disappeared under the…
Spotter of Thor the walrus: “How special is that, a walrus at Camperduin!”
Natasja Bellis from Petten was the first to see the walrus bobbing in the surf off the coast between Bergen and Petten. She works at the Sea Aquarium in Bergen…
Our Village: With ‘The Vacuum Cleaner’ to Camperduin
From the twenties and thirties, the well-known bus company, the NACO (Nederlandsche Auto Car Onderneming) from Alkmaar, had to endure a lot of competition. One of those local transport companies…
Storm exposes parts of WWII bomber on Camperduin beach Inland
This is apparent from the first research findings of the Bunker Museum in Egmond aan Zee. The wreck is probably a Halifax bomber with possibly seven young pilots on board,…