Tourist attractions Dronten

From the right bank of the Ijssel, you will have a beautiful view of the whole town, magnificent at twilight. In particular, you will see the onion-domed turret of the old town hall and the Nieuwe Toren standing out in the centre, the 14C Buitenkerk ..

Created in 1986, the province of Flevoland is made up of various polders reclaimed from the Zuiderzee: East, South and Northeast Flevoland. The entire province lies below sea level. The Polders Museum has a permanent exhibition on the Zuiderzee pro..

Here, there are a number of spectacular and varied attractions, including the wild river, The tipping Condor which turns you upside down five times, the G-force cylinder and the frightening Space Shot, which sends you 60 m in the air... The cautious ..

This polder of 54 000 ha was dyked and drained from 1950 to 1957. Its land was intended for agriculture, for fields and woods and is dotted with farms and barns, canals, wide and straight roads and dykes. Since 1960, towns and villages have sprouted ..

In this street of beautiful houses, you will see one dating from the 15 C that resembles a donjon and is named Burcht (strong castle) or Arent toe Boecophuis.

Situated to the north, this 14C tower once overlooked the sea. It is flanked by bartizans, and the only surviving town gateway

The hulk of this 23m long boat, discovered in 1967 during the draining of the polder, has been left in place in the middle of the fields. Named De Zeehond (the seal) and dating from 1878, this boat used to transport bricks and you can see a pile of..

This elegant building, flanked by towers with narrow rooves, formed part of the walls in the 15C. It was modified in the 17C in the Renaissance style.

This church is a huge Gothic building dating from the middle of the 14C and dominated by a 70m tower. The interior is remarkable for its size and has five naves, a wide transept and a large ambulatory with chapels radiating from it. Notice in particu..

This elegant residence, its tall façade crowned with pinnacles and pierced by many windows, houses the municipal museum ( Stedelijk Museum ). Here you will find in particular the watermen's guild collection of silverware with a fine horn and silver ..

This tall square tower was built in the 17C. Topped by an octagonal belltower, it has a peal of bells cast by the Hemony brothers.

Overlooked by the new 18C town hall, this small building dating from 1543 is crowned with galleries and flanked to the rear by an octagonal, slightly leaning tower, with an openwork onion dome. Its pinnacled gable is framed by turrets. The Magistrate..

This museum occupies the former island church and its outbuildings. It evokes the region's medieval past through the archeological discoveries made during the construction work, the island's population in prehistoric times and its geological evolutio..

This is the oldest of the town gates (14C). Located on the site of the old grain market of Koornmarket, near the Bovenkerk, it has kept its defensive character with a massive central keep enclosed by two squat towers.

Near the church on top of the mound, a terrace has an attractive view over the IJsselmeer. Some plaques affixed to the parapet are in memory of the Urk fishermen who have been lost since 1815.

A replica of the Batavia (a ship of the East India Company built at Amsterdam in 1628 and sunk off the Australian coast) was constructed here in 1985. Once finished, the ship was launched and the shipyard became a craft centre for naval constructio..