Overveen is an affluent town in North Holland

North Holland

North Holland |West Frisian]]: Noard-Holland) is a province situated on the North Sea in the northwest part of the Netherlands. The provincial capital is Haarlem and its largest city is Amsterdam.-Geography:...

 in the Netherlands

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

, in the municipality of Bloemendaal

Bloemendaal

Bloemendaal is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. According to the Dutch Central Statistical Bureau, Bloemendaal is the wealthiest place in the Netherlands.-Population centres :...

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Overveen lies on the eastern fringe of the North Sea

North Sea

In the southwest, beyond the Straits of Dover, the North Sea becomes the English Channel connecting to the Atlantic Ocean. In the east, it connects to the Baltic Sea via the Skagerrak and Kattegat, narrow straits that separate Denmark from Norway and Sweden respectively...

 dunes. To the east it borders the built-up areas of Haarlem

Haarlem

Haarlem is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of North Holland, the northern half of Holland, which at one time was the most powerful of the seven provinces of the Dutch Republic...

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A few kilometres to the west of the town lies the Erebegraafplaats (Honorary Cemetery), where many Second World War victims have been reburied, including resistance fighter Hannie Schaft

Hannie Schaft

Jannetje Johanna Schaft , was a Dutch communist resistance fighter during World War II. She became known as the girl with the red hair...

. To the southwest lies Kraantje Lek ("Leaky Tap"), a centuries-old restaurant that enjoys national fame.

Transportation

Overveen has a railway station: Overveen railway station

Overveen railway station

Overveen is a railway station in Overveen, North Holland, the Netherlands. The station opened 3 June 1881. It lies on the Haarlem–Zandvoort railway. The station has 1 platform...

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Notable buildings

Lonbar Petrilaan 28, in the Kweekduin neighborhood, was built in 1956-57 by noted Dutch architect Gerard Holt, and the garden, designed by Mien Ruys

Mien Ruys

Wilhelmina Jacoba Moussault-Ruys, better known as Mien Ruys , was a Dutch landscape and garden architect. Her gardening legacy is maintained in the Dutch town of Dedemsvaart, which is home to the Tuinen Mien Ruys...

, is the first bielzentuin in the Netherlands. The house is on the list of municipal monuments.

External links

• Overveen railway station
  Overveen railway station
  Overveen is a railway station in Overveen, North Holland, the Netherlands. The station opened 3 June 1881. It lies on the Haarlem–Zandvoort railway. The station has 1 platform...