Urkerbos - 4 Things to Know Before Visiting

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Attractions Near Urkerbos

Museum het Oude Raadhuis

1.08 km away from here

Museum Het Oude Raadhuis is housed in the former town hall of Urk from 1905. The museum illustrates the history of the former island Urk and its residents. A centerpiece in the museum is the authentic fisherman's house which is decorated as was common in the 20th century in Urk. The house includes a net loft, a well and a bedstead. In the summer, there are volunteers dressed in costumes in the house. Upstairs changing exhibitions are on display.

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Urk Lighthouse

1.17 km away from here

Urk Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Urk at the eastern banks of the IJsselmeer. From 1617 a coal fire was used for the local fishermen as well as for the ships sailing from Amsterdam to the North Sea. The current lighthouse station was established in 1837. The lighthouse was restored in 1972 and declared a national monument of the Netherlands in 1982. The tower can be visited during guided tours.

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Museum Nagele

9.1 km away from here

A 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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Poldertoren

11.24 km away from here

The 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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Unesco werelderfgoed Schokland

12.5 km away from here

Schokland 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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IJsseloog

12.7 km away from here

IJsseloog 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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Discover More Attractions in Flevoland, Home of Urkerbos

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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