Bergen is a village on the North Sea coast of North Holland and part of the municipality of the same name. It’s a popular tourist destination, especially beloved by artists—painters, writers, and architects alike.
Museum Kranenburgh houses an impressive collection from the Bergen School, and the village hosts regular art markets. Annual highlights include the Jazz & Sail music festival and the ten-day Kunst10daagse arts festival. There’s no shortage of sights: two polder windmills on Meerweg and Voert, the Sea Aquarium, and the Auto Union Museum all call Bergen home. Just north of the village lie the Schoorlse Duinen, a sweeping nature reserve with the tallest and widest dunes in the Netherlands, perfect for cycling and walking.