Schokland

Flevoland · Netherlands

Schokland, Netherlands
Photo: GerardM, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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spring to autumn
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A former island in the Zuiderzee now stranded amid drained polders, the Netherlands' first UNESCO World Heritage site. Its church, museum and old sea defences testify to a community's long struggle against the water.

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