The beautiful, old town of Alkmaar is a fifteen minute bike ride from the studio. You will find countless canals, almshouses, monumental buildings and nice shopping streets. Visit the cheese market, various museums, or rent a boat to sail through the city. Alkmaar is bursting with coffee shops, restaurants, cafes and other hotspots, so there is no shortage of food and drinks. Fun day guaranteed.

The Schoorlse Duinen nature reserve is within cycling distance of the studio. You will find the highest dunes in the Netherlands, sand drifts, forests, lakes, heathland and much more. There is a visitor center where you can go for more information, walking and cycling routes. Got an appetite? There is also a brasserie for an organic meal with various regional products.

The Geestmerambacht recreation area is within walking distance of the studio. Here you can walk, cycle, swim, sail, mountain bike, you name it. In addition to the large lake with a number of beaches, you will also find nature playgrounds for children and some catering establishments. Once a year (in June) you can enjoy yourself at the Indian Summer Festival.

Museum BroekerVeiling is not just a museum. In Broek op Langedijk you can find the oldest sail-through auction in the world. This is where the Dutch auction (also called a clock auction or open-outcry descending-price auction) originated in 1887. This type of auctioning is used at all large auction houses to this day. Immerse yourself in history and experience how the vegetable auction was run at the BroekerVeiling over a century ago. Or rent a whisper boat and sail through the Realm of the Thousand Islands. The museum is a fifteen minute bike ride from the studio.