Schiermonnikoog National Park covers some 5,400 hectares of the island of Schiermonnikoog. It has been a national park since 1989 and part of the Wadden Sea World Heritage Site since 2009. What can you expect at the National Park? - Landscape: Dunes, salt marshes, beach, woods, polders and mudflats alternate. On the ...
The Oosterkwelder is a large salt marsh on the Wadden side of Schiermonnikoog, east of the Banckspolder. Natuurmonumenten calls it the wildest salt marsh in the Netherlands. What can you expect at the Oosterkwelder? - A growing landscape: Every high tide leaves silt behind, so the salt marsh keeps growing. Most of it ...
The Banckspolder is the only polder on Schiermonnikoog. This open farmland lies between the village and the ferry harbour, on the Wadden Sea side. What can you expect at the Banckspolder? - A piece of history: The polder is named after John Eric Banck, who bought the island in 1858. Around 1860 he had a dyke built to ...
The Westerduinen are the dune area on the west side of Schiermonnikoog, west of the Badweg. Here high drifting dunes, wet dune valleys and birch woodland alternate. What can you expect at the Westerduinen? - Varied landscape: You will find large stretches of damp birch woodland and lime-rich dune valleys. - Sand martins: ...
De Balg is the far eastern tip of Schiermonnikoog: a vast sand plain with low dunes. It is one of the youngest nature areas in the Netherlands and one of the quietest and darkest places in the country. What can you expect at De Balg? - An island on the move: Schiermonnikoog keeps shifting eastwards. In 1980 the eastern ...
The Westerplas is the largest freshwater lake on Schiermonnikoog. It lies southwest of the village and is one of the best birdwatching spots on the island. What can you expect at the Westerplas? - From salt marsh to lake: Until the early 1960s this was the Westerkwelder, a salt marsh regularly flooded by the Wadden Sea. ...
Het Rif is a large sand flat with salt marsh on the southwest tip of Schiermonnikoog, between the Westerplas and the Westerstrand. A wide, open landscape where thousands of birds rest. What can you expect at Het Rif? - A young salt marsh: Over recent decades Het Rif has grown into a large salt marsh. - Resting place for ...
The Oosterduinen are part of the large dune area of Schiermonnikoog, east of the village. A varied landscape of dune tops, open grassland and wet dune valleys. What can you expect at the Oosterduinen? - Wet dune valleys: The southern part has lime-rich, damp dune valleys. - Special plants: Orchids grow in the island's ...
The Kobbeduinen are a tongue of dunes reaching from the main dune area into the Oosterkwelder, east of the village on Schiermonnikoog. From the top you look out over the wildest salt marsh in the Netherlands. What can you expect at the Kobbeduinen? - Young dunes: The Kobbeduinen formed around 1875. They sheltered the salt ...
