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Zandvoort's last south-beach pavilion: quiet dunes, monthly menus, glowing plankton after dark.

The very last pavilion on Zandvoort's south beach, a proper walk past the boulevard's noise until it is just you, the Waterleidingduinen dunes and a shack with grass growing on the roof. The name comes from the bioluminescent plankton that occasionally sets the surf glowing blue at night here, far from the streetlights. The kitchen keeps things simple and local and does it well: pasta vongole with sea vegetables, smoked salmon salad with dill mayonnaise, bavette off the grill, fresh apple pie with the coffee. The menu changes monthly and mains stay comfortably in the teens. Because access is by beach walk or a bike ride through the dunes, it never catches the Formula 1 crowd, so locals and surfers treat it as their living room from late March until the season ends in October.

Pasta vongole with sea vegetables, then the fresh apple pie for the walk back.

Photo: Fosfor Zandvoort