Fishing village
Colourful wooden houses.
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The Zuiderzee Museum is a museum in the town of Enkhuizen in North Holland, on the shore of the IJsselmeer, about 46 km in a straight line north-east of Amsterdam. It tells the story of life around the Zuiderzee, the sea inlet that was closed off by a dam in 1932 and became a lake. It has two parts: an indoor museum showing historic fishing boats, crafts and costumes, and an open-air museum opened in 1983 with more than 130 historic buildings moved or rebuilt from the fishing villages and towns around the old Zuiderzee. Together they form a whole village of streets, canals, bridges and a harbour. Visitors wander among colourful wooden fishermen's houses, bakeries, smithies and old lime kilns, watch craftspeople working in traditional ways and ride old wooden boats. Many visitors reach the open-air museum by a small boat from the railway station. An entry fee is charged, and the open-air museum is usually open from April to October. A visit takes half a day, and the old town of Enkhuizen itself is worth a walk.
Colourful wooden houses.
Traditional work.
To the museum.
Enkhuizen, North Holland, Netherlands
Usually April to October.
About half a day.