Alkmaar

Most non-local visitors to Alkmaar go back the way they came - Amsterdam. Otherwise, t onward destinations:

Bergen - luxury seaside destination with the Schoorlse Duinen protected dunes

Enkhuizen - pittoresk village with the Southern Sea Museum

Hoorn - a historic port town of the Dutch East India Company

Texel - popular seaside island, part of the West Frisian Islands