City guide
Katwijk: museums, sights, cafes and more

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Municipality in South Holland, the Netherlands
Town in Zuid-Holland, the Netherlands, about 43,000 people, OpenStreetMap, no year given. Places within 3 km of the centre.
Tourist nights in Agglomeratie Leiden en Bollenstreek: about 5.8 per resident a year (Eurostat 2025, our calculation). That is quieter than most regions of the Netherlands.
Read more on Wikipedia: the article about Katwijk (opens in a new tab)Can I go? checks the visa rules for your passport and your residence permit, and adds up what a trip costs.
Each list below shows up to 8 places, in the guide's usual order. The interactive guide shows up to 15 of each kind.
Museums and galleries in Katwijk
5 listed by OpenStreetMap.

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Space Expo
Museum - Keplerlaan 3
Space Expo is the space museum and visitor centre of ESA ESTEC. The museum is located in Noordwijk.
Tu-Su,PH 10:00-17:00(as listed on OpenStreetMap, check before you go)

Photo: Richardkw, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl, via Wikimedia Commons
Katwijks museum
Museum
Art museum in Katwijk, Netherlands
Tu-Sa 10:00-17:00; Su 12:00-17:00(as listed on OpenStreetMap, check before you go)
Natuurcentrum Katwijk
Museum - Boulevard 73
Sa, Su 12:00-17:00(as listed on OpenStreetMap, check before you go)
Het Spinozahuis
Museum - Spinozalaan 29
Torenmuseum
Museum - Castellumplein 1A
Sa 13:00-16:00(as listed on OpenStreetMap, check before you go)
Sights and landmarks in Katwijk
8 listed by OpenStreetMap.
Photo: Richardkiwi666, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Korenmolen De Geregtigheid
Lesser knownWindmill
Windmill in Katwijk, Netherlands
- A protected monument
- About 16 Wikipedia page views a month
Sources: Wikidata, read 29 September 2026; Wikimedia pageviews, Sep 2025 to Aug 2026
Promenade
Public art
Dutch sculptor (1920-1993)

Photo: Chris06, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Vuurbaak
Lighthouse
Lighthouse in the Netherlands

Photo: Hendrik Willem Mesdag, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
De Bomschuit - KW 88
Public art
Type of fishing boat used in the Netherlands

Photo: Richardkiwi, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Freedom Forward
Public art
War memorial in Katwijk, Netherlands
Lasergame Katwijk
Attraction
Als bladeren in de wind
Memorial
Historische akkerlandjes
Archaeological site
Lesser known is a lean, not a rating: places with real substance that fewer people read about. Places marked Lesser known come first in this list; the rest keep the usual order. How the mark is made: on the page about where our data comes from
Cafes in Katwijk
4 listed by OpenStreetMap.
Goud Koffie en Wijnbar
Cafe - Voorstraat 36C
Café de Boom
Cafe - Voorstraat 36
Koffie hoek
Cafe
de Opkamer
Cafe
Restaurants and cheap eats in Katwijk
Showing 8 of 83 that OpenStreetMap lists here.
Brasserie Havenkwartier
Restaurant - Regional - Rogstraat 1
Mo 12:00-23:00; Th-Sa 10:00-23:00(as listed on OpenStreetMap, check before you go)
Vlaams Friethuis De Meeuw
Cheap eats - Fries - Kanaaldijk 3
Mo-Th,Su 12:00-20:00; Fr-Sa 12:00-20:30(as listed on OpenStreetMap, check before you go)
Arun Thai
Restaurant - Thai - Zwaaikom 6
We-Su 17:45-20:30(as listed on OpenStreetMap, check before you go)
Pannenkoekenrestaurant 'De Beslagkom'
Restaurant - Regional - Zwaaikom 3
Mo-Su 10:00-22:00(as listed on OpenStreetMap, check before you go)
Vis an Zae
Cheap eats - Fish - Andreasplein 6
Mo 12:00-18:30; Tu-Sa 11:00-18:30; Su 12:00-18:30(as listed on OpenStreetMap, check before you go)
Pannenkoekenboerderij Katwijk
Restaurant - Regional - Wassenaarseweg 79
Mo-Su 12:00-20:30(as listed on OpenStreetMap, check before you go)
De Zuid-Wester
Restaurant - Haringkade 6
Kebab Garden
Cheap eats - Kebab - Hoornesplein 25
Tu-Th 12:00-22:45, Fr,Sa 12:00-01:45, Su 14:00-22:45(as listed on OpenStreetMap, check before you go)
Bars and pubs in Katwijk
Showing 8 of 9 that OpenStreetMap lists here.
Café De Branding
Pub - Voorstraat 12
Mo-Fr 09:00-17:00(as listed on OpenStreetMap, check before you go)
Het Wachtje
Pub - Tulpstraat 1
De Pocket
Pub - Badstraat 38
La Vida Loca
Bar
De blauwe Bock
Bar - Badstraat 9
Cafe Stairs
Pub - Badstraat 36
De Boemerang
Bar
Stella Maris
Pub
Clubs and live music in Katwijk
2 listed by OpenStreetMap.
Het Dek
Events venue - De Hooge Krocht 13
Mo-Th,Su 08:00-20:00; Fr,Sa 08:00-22:00(as listed on OpenStreetMap, check before you go)
Club The Safe
Club - Voorstraat 58
Theatre, cinema and culture in Katwijk
Showing 5 of 9 that OpenStreetMap lists here.
Bibliotheek Hoornes/Rijnsoever
Library - Hoorneslaan 297
Public library in the north of Katwijk, municipality of Katwijk, The Netherlands
Mo 13:00-20:00; Tu,Th,Fr 10:00-17:00; We 10:00-20:00; Sa 10:00-13:00(as listed on OpenStreetMap, check before you go)
DUNAatelier
Arts centre - Boulevard Zeezijde 31
Fr-Su 13:30-16:30(as listed on OpenStreetMap, check before you go)
Bibliotheek Valkenburg
Library
08:00-08:00(as listed on OpenStreetMap, check before you go)
Tripodia
Theatre
Kunst en Ontspanning Katwijk
Arts centre
Parks, nature and beaches in Katwijk
Showing 8 of 9 that OpenStreetMap lists here.

Photo: Marianne Cornelissen-Kuyt, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Berkheide
Nature reserve
Nature area and former human settlement in South Holland, the Netherlands
Coepelduynen
Nature reserve
Aug 15-Mar 14 00:00-00:00(as listed on OpenStreetMap, check before you go)
Rijn Park Katwijk
Park
Pan van Persijn
Nature reserve
Parkzicht
Park
Sportpark de Kooltuin
Park
Merovechpark
Park
De Watersnip
Nature reserve
Markets and shopping centres in Katwijk
4 listed by OpenStreetMap.
Markt Katwijk
Market
Fr 08:00-17:00(as listed on OpenStreetMap, check before you go)
Hoornes passage
Shopping centre
Mo-Sa 07:00-21:00; Su off(as listed on OpenStreetMap, check before you go)
Winkelpromenade Zeezijde
Shopping centre
De Hoftuin
Shopping centre
Fun and games in Katwijk
3 listed by OpenStreetMap.
IJsclub Voorwaarts
Ice rink
Rijnsburgse IJsclub
Ice rink
Kinderboerderij Westerweide
Petting farm
Other towns near Katwijk
Place data (c) OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence (ODbL). OpenStreetMap data as of 20 September 2026. Built 21 September 2026. Our selection for the Netherlands is offered under the same licence: download it as one JSON file.
Photos and the one-line descriptions come from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, not from OpenStreetMap. Each photo carries its own licence and its own credit, printed under it. Collected 21 September 2026.
This is a selection, not everything OpenStreetMap holds, and it has no ratings and no reviews. Places are ordered by how completely OpenStreetMap describes them and how close they are to the centre. Opening hours are shown as listed on OpenStreetMap, so check before you go.