Travel Guide of Makkum in Netherlands by Influencers and Travelers
Makkum is a village of Súdwest-Fryslân municipality, west of Bolsward on the banks of the lake IJsselmeer in the province Friesland of the Netherlands.
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1 - Hindeloopen
13 km away
Hindeloopen is an old city on the North of the Netherlands on the IJsselmeer. It lies within the municipality of Súdwest Fryslân. It is famous because of the Hindeloopen art and hindeloopen costume. Hindeloopen is one of the eleven cities of Friesland. It had a population of around 875 in January 2017.
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2 - Krúsrak
18 km away
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3 - Wyldemerk
22 km away
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4 - Westhoek
27 km away
Westhoek is a village in Waadhoeke in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of approximately 280 in 2006.
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5 - Ir. D.F. Woudagemaal
30 km away
The D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station is a pumping station in the Netherlands, and the largest still operational steam-powered pumping station in the world. On October 7, 1920 Queen Wilhelmina opened the pumping station. It was built to pump excess water out of Friesland, a province in the north of the Netherlands. In 1967, after running on coal for 47 years, the boilers were converted to run on heavy fuel oil. It has a pumping capacity of 4,000 m³/min. The pumping station is currently used to supplement the existing pumping capacity of the J.L.
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6 - Leeuwarden
31 km away
Leeuwarden is a city and municipality in Friesland, Netherlands, with a population of 123,107. It is the provincial capital and seat of the Provincial Council of Friesland.
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7 - Vlieland
37 km away
Vlieland is a municipality and island in the northern Netherlands. The municipality of Vlieland has one major town, Oost-Vlieland. It is the second most sparsely populated municipality in the Netherlands, after Schiermonnikoog. Vlieland is one of the West Frisian Islands, lying in the Wadden Sea. It is the second island from the west in the chain, lying between Texel and Terschelling. The island was permanently separated from the mainland in St. Lucia's flood in 1287.
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8 - Andijk
37 km away
Andijk is a former municipality and a village bordering Lake IJssel in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland and the region of West-Frisia. Since 1 January 2011 Andijk has been part of Medemblik municipality. The name Andijk comes from the Dutch: aan de dijk, lit. 'at the dike'. In 1667, a small church was built.
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9 - Terschelling
38 km away
Terschelling is a municipality and an island in the northern Netherlands, one of the West Frisian Islands. It is situated between the islands of Vlieland and Ameland.
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10 - Zuiderzeemuseum
39 km away
The Zuiderzee Museum, located on Wierdijk in the historic center of Enkhuizen, is a Dutch museum devoted to preserving the cultural heritage and maritime history from the old Zuiderzee region.
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