20 Attractions to Explore Near Maritiem Centrum "Abraham Fock"

In this majestic Cultural History Museum Sorgdrager, the culture, history and customs of Ameland come together in a very special way. Visit the museum and discover the history of whaling, browse the open depot, and enjoy Ameland's special furniture art. There is something special to discover in every room of the museum.

Paardengraf Ameland is a grave for horses at Hollum on Ameland in the Dutch province of Friesland. The horses are buried in the dunes on the east side of the Lifeboat Path. It is not a horse grave with a deceased person. A memorial stone commemorates the disaster day. The stone of Swedish granite was donated to the island by the company Hoogenberg-Wegerif. The funerary monument was placed on Saturday morning December 15, 1979.

Bunkermuseum Schlei is a museum on the island of Schiermonnikoog in the Dutch province of Friesland . The museum on the north side of the village has information and objects about the war history. This foundation aims to collect, preserve and exhibit goods and knowledge about the Second World War. The bunker museum was opened on June 11, 2009. There are guided tours and lectures for those interested. The Seeburg bunker was a communications center.

Ameland Nature Center is a nature museum in Nes on the Wadden Island of Ameland in the Dutch province of Friesland. The museum was founded in 1972 and has been located in Nes since 1989. The nature museum has had a zoo permit since 10 November 2004 . In 2009 the museum was housed in a new building with a watchtower.

Nes is the second largest village on the island of Ameland, one of the West Frisian Islands in the northern Netherlands. Nes has since become a popular tourist destination, as the place where the ferry from the mainland arrives. The village has many small shops and restaurants, a microdistillery, and a windmill, De Phenix

Ameland Nature Center is a nature museum in Nes on the Wadden Island of Ameland in the Dutch province of Friesland. The museum was founded in 1972 and has been located in Nes since 1989. The nature museum has had a zoo permit since 10 November 2004 . In 2009 the museum was housed in a new building with a watchtower.

The Vleyen is a recreation and nature area on the northeast side of Nes on the Wadden Island Ameland . The area is managed by State Forest Management. In the area there are playgrounds, a cable car and fishing, canoeing and rowing ponds. There is a castle on the playground.

The Swartwoude Agricultural and Beachcombing Museum , also known as Museum Swartwoude , is a cultural-historical museum dedicated to the existence of the Ameland farming population around the end of the 19th century and early 20th century. The agricultural collection is housed in an original farmhouse from 1899 and includes agricultural implements as well as household objects from the 19th and early 20th centuries.

The drowning house is a monument located in the southwest of the Vliehors on the Wadden Island of Vlieland and furnished as a small beachcombers museum. The cottage dates from 1890 and was built here as a shelter for castaways . If a ship was wrecked in a storm, they could reach the striking white-painted cottage where blankets, simple foodstuffs and water were stored. There was also a telephone connection with a post house more than eight kilometers away.

De Boschplaat is a nature reserve on the east side of the Dutch Wadden island of Terschelling . It measures approximately 10 by 5 kilometers and has been managed by Staatsbosbeheer since 1910 . The area has been awarded the European Diploma in Nature Management since 1970. The adjacent beach at the Boschplaat is really beautiful. We personally think this is the most beautiful piece of sandy beach on Terschelling. The beach is very wide and during our walk we hardly encountered any other people.

Dark Sky Boschplaat is an international Dark Sky Park on the De Boschplaat nature reserve , which is located on the eastern part of the Wadden island of Terschelling in the north of the Netherlands. Dark Sky areas are usually located in nature reserves where the air is still clean, there is silence and special animal and plant species live that benefit from an environment that is as natural as possible.

The Wrakkenmuseum is a cultural -historical museum in Formerum on the Wadden island of Terschelling in the Dutch province of Friesland .The museum is located in a monumental farm from 1859. It exhibits objects that have been brought to the surface by divers and come from shipwrecks or obtained by beachcombing.

Dekema State is a state and museum in Jelsum in the Dutch province of Friesland. The state is designed "as if the residents have gone away for a while" and that in the time of just before the Second World War . The museum shows everything that these imaginary inhabitants could have placed and placed in the rooms. For the interior, use has been made of paintings and furniture that have traditionally belonged to Dekema State and objects from elsewhere.

Poptaslot is a type of luxurious house often used by and/or built for the nobility of Frisia, many of which are built to look like castles (the term literally means "stone-house")—in the Dutch province of Friesland . It was founded somewhere between 1512 and 1525, probably by Sasker van Camstra. It was probably named Heringastate when it was founded, using his mother’s surname Heringa. Around 1631 it was significantly changed and modernised.

Rif is a sandbank in the Dutch Wadden Sea, lying between Ameland and Schiermonnikoog, north of Engelsmanplaat. The sandbank has an area of 0.9 square kilometres at high tide and is popular as a high-tide resting area for birds as well as for seals. Additionally, the sandbank is a breeding place for birds and seals use it to give birth on.

Museum Dokkum is a regional museum in the city of Dokkum in the Dutch province of Friesland. One of the buildings of the Dokkum museum is the Admiralty House from 1618. It is a national monument . The Admiralty of Friesland was located here until 1645 . The building has been part of the museum since 1963.

Bunker Museum Terschelling is a museum about the Second World War on the Dutch island of Terschelling . The museum is part of the Terschelling Bunker Preservation Foundation. The complex of seven acres consists out of approximately a hundred bunkers, of which four of them function as a museum at this moment. In these bunkers it is shown how they were used during the Second World War. Of the eighty-five bunkers still present, four have been designated as museum bunkers.

The Prinsentuin is a garden built in renaissance style that is located in Groningen, behind the Prinsenhof This Garden consists of a rose garden, a herb garden, a part with berceaus and a sundial on the wall above the entrance.

Pier Pander Museum is a museum in Leeuwarden for the artistic legacy of the Frisian sculptor Pier Pander (1864-1919). The creation of the Pier Pander Museum Leeuwarden in 1954 is on Nicolaas Petrus de Koo to thank.

The Slauerhoffbrug is a fully automatic bascule bridge in the city of Leeuwarden in the Netherlands. It is a road bridge that carries the Slauerhoffweg over the Harlingervaart. The bridge uses two arms to swing a section of road in and out of place. This movable bridge is also known as the “Slauerhoffbrug ‘Flying’ Drawbridge”. One of the main designers is Emile Asari. A tail bridge can quickly and efficiently be raised and lowered from one pylon.