Beverwijk is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. The town is located about 20 kilometers northwest of Amsterdam in the Randstad metropolitan area, north of the North Sea Canal very close to the North Sea coast. A railroad tunnel and two motorway tunnels cross the canal between Beverwijk and the nearby city of Haarlem on the south bank. The municipality of Beverwijk consists of two cores, Beverwijk proper and Wijk aan Zee.The name Beverwijk comes from Bedevaartswijk, meaning "pilgrimage neighbourhood". The town formed at the Saint Agatha Church which was a pilgrimage location in the Middle Ages. Allegedly Agatha of Sicily appeared here in the 9th century to a virgin from Velsen who was fleeing from the Count of Kennemerland.
In 1276 Beverwijk was granted market rights by Floris V, and in 1298 it was granted city rights by John I, both Counts of Holland.
During the 17th century wealthy merchants from Amsterdam would built their estates, such as Huize Akerendam, Huize Westerhout, and Huize Scheijbeeck, in the scenic dunes surrounding Beverwijk.
Park in Beverwijk
* Park Scheybeeck (1620)
* Park Westerhout (1627)
* Begraafplaats Duinrust (1908)
* Park vondelkwartier (1985)
* Ontwikkelingen landgoederenzone
* Stadspark Overbos (1991)
* Wijkpark Vlasakkers
* Strategisch Groenproject
