Zandvoort is only 9 km (5 1/2 mi) from Haarlem and has the area's biggest and best beach around -- it's a favorite of sun-starved Amsterdammers. It can get crowded but if you wander south for 10 minutes or so, you can find isolated spots among the dunes; after about 20 minutes, you come to the nude, in places gay, sunbathing beach.
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