Created in 1986, the province of Flevoland is made up of various polders reclaimed from the Zuiderzee: East, South and Northeast Flevoland. The entire province lies below sea level. The Polders Museum has a permanent exhibition on the Zuiderzee pro..

A replica of the Batavia (a ship of the East India Company built at Amsterdam in 1628 and sunk off the Australian coast) was constructed here in 1985. Once finished, the ship was launched and the shipyard became a craft centre for naval constructio..

The hulk of this 23m long boat, discovered in 1967 during the draining of the polder, has been left in place in the middle of the fields. Named De Zeehond (the seal) and dating from 1878, this boat used to transport bricks and you can see a pile of..

This museum has a permanent exhibition on the engineering works of the Zuiderzee. The history of the fight against the water and living with the water is told there with the aid of historic films, sound tapes, models and interactive computer programm..

This polder of 54 000 ha was dyked and drained from 1950 to 1957. Its land was intended for agriculture, for fields and woods and is dotted with farms and barns, canals, wide and straight roads and dykes. Since 1960, towns and villages have sprouted ..

This polder of 43 000 ha, mostly drained in 1968, is separated from Oostelijk Flevoland by a safety dyke, the Knardijk. It is surrounded by a dyke built from 1959 to 1967. Half the land is dedicated to agriculture, the rest is given over to the inhab..