Brasserie Hoeve Duin en Kruidberg. — Restaurant in Velsen

Great little surprise at the end of a 10 km walk through the Dunes.

A little weird we were told to take a seat and that they come to take our order only to wait another 5-10 minutes – it was not busy. At all.

Ordered a flat white – as an aussie, this is my barometer for a good cafe. It was good. And they take cash.

Great view; nice, relaxed atmosphere; friendly staff; huge sandpit for kids to play in with toys provided – huge plus!

The only drawback was that the footstool in front of our lounge chairs was not actually a footstool. Shame. The non-footstool was a very comfortable footstool.

While the prices for coffee were a bit painful at almost 5 euros, sadly that’s pretty average these days. Very nice they included a little cookie with it though.

We’ll be...

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