Busy By The Sea

Old Zandvoort Postcards

Zandvoort and its beautiful beach are now widely celebrated as places to go to for a relaxing holiday or even to indulge in sports or outdoor pastimes but as these old Zandvoort postcards show,  for the natives of the village, the sea and the beach have for centuries been important as a source of work and income. The fishermen for example traded their fish with the merchants of Haarlem, Den Haag (The Hague) and Leiden  as far back as the 18th century. By 1921, however with the laying out of the Zeeweg,  Zandvoort was well on its way to becoming a  well-known seaside resort, and the village and beach gave themselves gratefully to  the service of their visitors and the people of the town made the most of all the facilities.