Atlantikwall Museum Noordwijk in Noordwijk aan Zee, South Holland, Netherlands | Museum

Before the 2nd World War started, the dunes north of Noordwijk were used as golf courts. This changed as at the end of 1940 the German marines took control of the place. About 180 soldiers came to reside there and living quarters, washing facilities and combat places were built for them. In total about 80 buildings, varying from wooden sanitary facilities to heavy concrete bunkers with walls up to 3 meters thick. The building of the largest bunker S414 took more than 1,800 m3 of concrete, an equivalent of about 300 modern cement trucks! It's no wonder the Germans also built a railway to the bunkers to transport all the required raw materials. This, together with rationing, schemes for changing the guard, and defend strategies required elaborate logistical plans.
There are over 200 photographs (among them never earlier presented) to be seen and several new artifacts. It therefore is very worthwhile to visit the Atlantikwall Museum.
The exposition begins with an impression of the Atlantikwall from Norway up to the French/Spanish Border. Then there is a room for Battery Noordwijk, a room 60 years liberation and a special TV room.
Organisation DARE (Dutch Aviation Research and Excavation) is again present with their exposition, among which is the in 1943 shot down Messerschmitt near Noorden. Excavated in 2003.