Grand Hotel Huis ter Duin

Noordwijk, Netherlands. Located directly on the North Sea beach of Noordwijk aan Zee, between the Wilhelmina and Astrid boulevards.

Grand Hotel Huis ter DuinNoordwijk, Netherlands

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Practical information

Address: Grand Hotel Huis ter Duin
Koningin Astrid Boulevard 5
Noordwijk aan Zee
Netherlands
Telephone: +31 71 361 9220
Official website: www.huisterduin.com
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254 rooms, 20 suites and four penthouses.
Michelin-starred Restaurant Latour, La Terrasse brasserie, Breakers Beach House and the Van Diepeningen Lounge.
MC Wellness spa, 19 meeting rooms with daylight for up to 2,500 guests, and a private helipad.
Located directly on the North Sea beach of Noordwijk aan Zee, between the Wilhelmina and Astrid boulevards.

10 dates, written by Grand Hotels of the World from the sources below.

1885
Huis ter Duin opens as Noordwijk’s first hotel for tourists, laying the foundations of the village’s growth into a well-known seaside resort.
1887
Heinrich Tappenbeck buys the hotel from the municipality and advertises it abroad, especially in Germany, to a wealthy and aristocratic clientele.
1920
The hotel is rebuilt.
1940 – 1945
The occupying Germans requisition the hotel to house officers, an episode later used in the film Soldaat van Oranje, partly shot here.
1970s
The Noorlander family becomes the owner of the hotel.
1987
National coach Rinus Michels brings the Dutch football team here; Oranje keeps returning for some thirty years.
25 January 1990
During a storm, a major fire destroys much of the hotel and claims the lives of three firefighters; it is rebuilt and greatly enlarged.
2005
Restaurant Latour wins a Michelin star, held without interruption since.
March 2014
President Barack Obama stays at the hotel during the Nuclear Security Summit.
Over the years
Guests include the Dutch and Belgian royal families, Princess Grace of Monaco, Thomas Mann, Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton.