Tourist attractions Urk

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..

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.

Built in 1957, this water tower supplies potable water to all the polder and has a carillon with 48 bells. From the top, the view stretches all the way to the Friesian coast, Urk and the Flevoland-Is electric plant.

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..

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..

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..

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 ..