The ?sselmeer or Lake ?ssel is a shallow lake of 1100 km² in the central Netherlands created in 1932 when an inland sea, the Zuiderzee, was closed by a 32 km dam, the Afsluitdijk. The ?sselmeer is the largest lake in Western Europe. In 1975 the ?sselmeer was further split in two ...
Zeeland, also called Zealand in English, is a province of the Netherlands, located in the south-west of the country, consists of a number of islands Its capital is Middelburg.Its area is about 2930 km², of which almost 1140 km² is water. Large parts of Zeeland are below sea level. ...
Founded in 1357, Hoorn become a major harbour town. During Holland's 'Golden Century', Hoorn was an important home base for the Dutch East India Company. In 1616, the explorer Willem Corneliszoon Schouten bravedstorms as he rounded the southernmost tip of America. He named it Kaap ...
Marken is a peninsula alongside the picturesque Markermeer, the South part of the Ijsselmeer, Marken is well-known for its characteristic wooden houses. Former island, which nowadays is connected to the North Holland mainland by a causeway. A really nice place to visit
