Urk Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
town and municipality in Flevoland, the Netherlands
About Urk
Urk is a very old settlement, with written records of its existence dating back to the 10th century. While Urk endured, the conditions around it changed - the water body next to Urk turned from a peaceful sweetwater lake into a bay of the North Sea, ravaged by storms and tidal waves, while finally becoming shielded from the sea by the dams built as parts of the grand water management works in the Netherlands. Finally, when theNoordoostpolderwas reclaimed, Urk lost its status as an island and became a part of the large land mass, but did not lose its access to the IJsselmeer, which by that time was a sweetwater lake again. All through that time, as well as today, Urkers have been relying on fishing as a source of both food and income. It was not an easy life, which hardened the spirits of U
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