Circuit Zandvoort runs through the dunes a couple of kilometres north of the town centre, a fast 4.26-kilometre track laid out in the late 1940s on what had been wartime occupation roads. The circuit hosts the Dutch Grand Prix in early September and a busy calendar of touring car, GT, and historic race weekends through the rest of the year.
Race weekends — particularly the Grand Prix — book out the entire town and turn the trains orange. Outside race days the circuit runs guided tours, trackday rentals, and a small museum; you can also walk the dunes immediately alongside on public paths in the national park. The grandstands are still grassed earth banks for the most part, which gives the circuit a much more old-fashioned feel than any other F1 venue.