Directions to
Alkmaar General Cemetery

(Picture by Wim Bastiaanse)

Algemene Begraafplaats
Westerwer 250
1815 JK Alkmaar
Telephone 072-548 92 60

Location: Alkmaar is located in the northeast of The Netherlands, in the province of Noord-Holland.

 
Alkmaar lies 37 kilometers north-west of Amsterdam, and 32 kilometers north of Haarlem. Take the A9 from Amsterdam (schiphol Airport) via Haarlem to Alkmaar. Just before Alkmaar the A9 hits a roundabout. Take this 3/4, to continue on the A9 (now called N9) to Den Helder. You are now on the roundway around Alkmaar. After a few hundred meters there are traffic lights. Continue straight on the roundway. After about 100 meters there is a right hand exit. Beware! it is difficult to recognize it as such. Take a left and follow the road into a residential area. The cemetery is on your left hand after a few hundred meters. The cemetery is on the south-western outskirts of the town on the Westerweg, and the large white entrance is opposite the junction with Princes Julianalaan. The Commonwealth war graves will be found in a central position within the cemetery - follow the main path then take the second path to the left and the graves will be found 150 meters along here under some trees.
 

The red dot indicates the location of the cemetery.

There are 3 war casualties buried at this site.