On the way out from IJmuiden as well as the windsurfers (see previous posts) we passed a fortified island, which is named Fortress Island.

I assume the fortifications were built by the Germans during World War 2 as part of their Atlantic Wall.

Industrial IJmuiden in the background:-

A bit further on. I can’t decide if the rectangular array is a set of solar panels. I think it must be, so obviously a much later addition:-

Are the serrated things in this view tank traps?

We travelled back from The Netherlands last spring via IJmuiden.

It’s not as neat and tidy a place as Hook of Holland as it’s more industrial, witness this photo taken from beyond the end of the long breakwater leading out from the port.

On the way out we did spot a crowd of windsurfers, though, plying their hobby from the spit of sand at the edge of the breakwater:-

I even took two videos:-