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About Museum Schokland

A beautiful musuem which was located on a medieval mound of a former island. Presenting a picture of the geology and archeology of the Noordoostpolder, the museum offers a unique view of the island’s history and the way of life of its former inhabitants. It symbolizes the heroic, age-old struggle of the people of the Netherlands against the encroachment of the waters.
Address : Museum Schokland, Middelbuurt 3, 8319 AB Schokland, Netherlands

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Unesco werelderfgoed SchoklandSchokland was a peninsula that by the 15th century had become an island. Occupied and then abandoned as the sea encroached, it had to be evacuated in 1859.
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Museum NageleA beautiful musuem located in the heart of Flevoland. The museum was formerly a church, built by the architects T. Taen and T. Nix. Along with the permanent exhibition, there are temporary ones that focus on architecture and the visual arts.
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IJsseloogIJsseloog is an artificial island in the middle of the Ketelmeer that aims to store contaminated sludge from the bottom of the lake. It also has a recreation and nature development function. The island owes its name to its location in front of the mouth of the IJssel and to the shape of the sludge depot, round like an eye,so that the contact surface of the sludge depot with the environment is as small as possible. In addition, the word "oog" is an old Dutch word for island.
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PoldertorenThe Poldertoren is a water tower in the center of Emmeloord . The tower was built between 1957 and 1959 . With a height of 65.30 meters, this water tower is one of the tallest water towers in the Netherlands. The tower has a large carillon . The tower, which no longer serves as a water tower, has been a national monument since 2014. The tower houses, among other things, the tourist office with ANWB shop, an office and, at the height of the clock, restaurant Sonoy with a Michelin star.
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RoggebotsluisThe Roggebotsluis is a lock on the border of the Dutch municipalities of Kampen and Dronten. Geographically, the lock is located in the municipality of Dronten.The Roggebotsluis is a lock that connects the Drontermeer with the Vossemeer . The hamlet of Roggebotsluis is located next to the lock complex.
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WaterloopbosThe Waterloopbos is a former site for hydraulic research near Marknesse in the Noordoostpolder in the province of Flevoland . It was the testing ground of the Waterloopkundig Laboratorium De Voorst , a subsidiary of the Waterloopkundig Laboratorium in Delft . The area is characterized by remnants and ruins of laboratory structures. After it lost its function as a site for large-scale test installations for flood defenses and dams, a swamp forest developed .

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Flevoland
Flevoland is the 12th and youngest province of the Netherlands, established in 1986. There are national parks to visit, modern Dutch cities to explore, a few older villages and even a lot of beautiful tulip fields to go to. For the rollercoaster fans, there is also a Dutch themepark that will make you very happy.The capital of Flevoland is Lelystad and the province Flevoland has around 400.000 people.

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