Afsluitdijk, North Holland Province, The Netherlands

4.5 (244 reviews) Spent Ranking #1 in Den Oever Scenic Drives

WOW . . . Awesome flood embankment

The Netherlands is a relatively flat country with about 50 percent of its lands less than one metre above sea level. Thus, to reduce destructive flood damage, they have a long history of building dikes. Over the 1927 to 1932 period, the Dutch built the 32-kilometre long Afsluitdijk (“Closure Dike” or “Great Wall on the Sea”), which created a dike-locked lake and 2,500 square kilometres of land reclaimed from the sea, This is an incredible great wall on the North Sea, with a height of 7.25 metres, and more in many places, above sea level. It also serves as a four-lane (two in each direction) motorway. Along the causeway, there is a carpark where you can stop to enjoy the water views. There is also an observation tower, a photo of which I will upload. At the carpark, there is a statue of Cornelis Lely, who was an engineer and the Minister of Transport and Water, responsible for the construction of Afsluitdijk.
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, Den Oever, The Netherlands.

Website

http://theafsluitdijk.com/de

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Tuesday, May 14, 2024, 2:12

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4.5 based on (244 reviews)

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Reviews

  • 4Solodam J 5:00 PM Sep 7, 2020
    The Largest Hydraulic Engineering Project
    Afsluitdijk is the longest dyke in the Netherlands, created bij a Dutch civil engineer, Cornelis Lely, with the length of 32 kilometres (20 mi) and a width of 90 metres (300 ft), at an initial height of 7.25 metres (23.8 ft) above sea level. It's a majestic work. There are two sluice on both side of the dyke, Stevin and Lorentz. Actually everyone need to experience driving through afsluitdijk and stop at the middle to see how great it is to be there and seeing that on one side is Wadden Sea ( a part of the North Sea) and on the other side is Ijsselmeer (lake Ijssel). There is Vlieter monument and a small nice cafe under the monument.
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  • 4Jellybellydancer 5:00 PM Sep 4, 2022
    A remarkable feat of engineering
    The Dutch are world renowned experts on water management and land reclaimation and the Afsluitdijk is yet another remarkable feat of engineering. At more than 20 miles long, it not only works as a flood defence between the North Sea and Ijsselmeer, but links north Holland with Friesland saving a journey of many hours. Now 90 years since it opened, it's currently undergoing reinforcements, one benefit of this is that traffic is slower than usual, giving you even more time to marvel at the view over the Ijsselmeer. Unfortunately the Wadden Sea (North Sea) isn't visible from the road.

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