Seaside holidays have changed a lot over the years. Millions have now considered it one of life's pleasures.
Take a look back at the holiday-makers enjoying their time on the beach in the Netherlands through these 17 fascinating vintage pictures from the 1910s to 1930s. For more interesting photographs, visit Nationaal Archief's Flickr site.
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| A family at Scheveningen. (Willem van de Poll) |
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| City beach in Amsterdam, 1923. |
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| Nuns in habit on the beach near Zandvoort. |
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| Man enjoying the sun and the sea during a beach holiday in Scheveningen. (Willem van de Poll) |
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| A woman sleeping in a beach chair, 1917. |
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| A group of women having fun on the beach. |
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| Family under an improvised sunshade of bicycles and clothes on the beach of Scheveningen. (Willem van de Poll) |
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| Man standing ready to catch a woman coming down with a swallow dive, 1937. |
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| Beach tennis. (Willem van de Poll) |
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| A man absorbed in his book on the beach of Scheveningen. |
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| Woman in bathing suite, 1921. |
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| Showering at the beach huts in Scheveningen. (Willem van de Poll) |
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| Smoking. (Willem van de Poll) |
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| Baker's boy delivering bread to seaside visitors camping on the beach, 1923. |
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| Emanuel Urlus' sand yacht on the beach between Noordwijk and Katwijk, 1917. |
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| Children by the sea. (Willem van de Poll) |
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| A man fined for indecency at the beach, Heemskerk, 1931. |