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Marken was an island in the Zuiderzee. [5]For some time during the later 19th and early 20th centuries, Marken and its inhabitants were the focus of considerable attention by folklorists, ethnographers and physical anthropologists, who regarded the small fishing town as a relic of the traditional native culture that was destined to disappear as modernization of the Netherlands gained pace. [6]
Marker Museum (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈmɑrkər myˈzeːjʏm]; English: Marken's Museum) is a local museum in the village of Marken in the Netherlands. The museum focuses on the history of Marken, including its fishing heritage. [2] The museum comprises six houses. [3] The building is a Rijksmonument. [4]
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Flevopolder, the world's largest artificial island; IJsseloog; Marken; Pampus; Vuurtoreneiland; Wieringen, Schokland and Urk are former islands, now part of a polder; De Kreupel, an artificial island, constructed to be a bird refuge; The Marker Wadden archipelago, a collection of artificial islands in the Markermeer
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This dike originated on Marken, the last of the IJsselmeer islands, and went north for some 2 km (1.2 mi) where it ends abruptly today. After World War II , the eastern polder was chosen as the next project, but Marken was not wholly ignored; on 17 October 1957, a 3.5 km (2.2 mi) long dike was closed, running south of the now former island to ...
There are 13 properties in the Kingdom of the Netherlands inscribed on the World Heritage List. [4] [5] [6] Twelve of those sites are in the Netherlands (of which three are shared with neighbouring countries) and one is in Curaçao, in the Caribbean. The Netherlands and Curaçao are both constituent countries of the
Rock'Em Sock'Em Robots even got movie cameos, as vintage toys in "The Santa Clause 2" and "Toy Story 2." And each Christmas, local toymakers became toy givers, courtesy of Marx Toys.