Urk
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Urk is a municipality and a town in the Flevoland province in the center-north of the Netherlands with a population of 22,173 as of 2025. It is surrounded by the Noordoostpolder on land and is on the
The quay of Urk
Aerial photograph of the former island, before its integration in the Noordoostpolder, 1920–40 (Nederlands Instituut voor Militaire Historie).
Locals in Urk in traditional clothing during Urkerdag festival
Queen Juliana of the Netherlands on a 1968 visit to Urk
Flevoland
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Flevoland is the twelfth and newest province of the Netherlands, established in 1986, when the southern and eastern Flevopolders, together with the Noordoostpolder, were merged into one provincial ent
Urk
…Urk (Dutch: ; Urkers: Urrek; Dutch Low Saxon: Ürrek) is a municipality and a town in the Flevoland province in the center-north of the Netherlands with a population of 22,173 as of 2025. It is surrounded by the Noordoostpolder on land and is on the…
Arjen Gerritsen, the King's Commissioner of Flevoland
Almere Centrum railway station
Lelystad Centrum railway station