IJsselmeer
The IJsselmeer, also known as Lake IJssel in English, is a closed-off freshwater lake in the central Netherlands bordering the provinces of Flevoland, North Holland and Friesland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Bay
- Description: artificial lake in the Netherlands
- Also known as: “IJselmeer”, “IJssel Lake”, and “Lake IJssel”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Andijk and Stavoren.
Andijk
Photo: Jan dijkstra, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Andijk is securely hidden behind the broad back of the North Holland Peninsula. It is a typical West Frisian rural community, on the dike. Life here revolves around the water that the inhabitants have been passionately protecting against for centuries; at the same time they make clever use of it.
Stavoren
Photo: archengigi, CC BY 3.0.
Stavoren, or Starum in Frysian, is a small city by the coast of the IJsselmeer. It is the oldest city of Frysia in the Netherlands.
IJsselmeer
- Categories: artificial lake, Natura 2000 site, and body of water
- Location: Netherlands, Benelux, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Western Frisian—“IJsselmeer” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Ysselmeer”
- Arabic: “بحيرة آيسل مير”
- Arabic: “بحيرة آيسل”
- Armenian: “Այսելմիեր լիճ”
- Basque: “IJsselmeer”
- Belarusian: “Возера Эйселмер”
- Belarusian: “Эйселмер”
- Belarusian: “Эйсэльмээр”
- Breton: “IJsselmeer”
- Catalan: “IJsselmeer”
- Chinese: “艾瑟尔湖”
- Chinese: “艾瑟爾湖”
- Chuvash: “Эйсселмер”
- Croatian: “IJsselmeer”
- Czech: “Ijselské moře”
- Czech: “IJsselmeer”
- Danish: “IJselmeer”
- Danish: “IJsselmeer”
- Dutch: “IJsselmeer”
- Esperanto: “IJsselmeer”
- Finnish: “IJsselmeer”
- French: “IJsselmeer”
- French: “Zuiderzee”
- Georgian: “ეისელმერი”
- German: “Ijsselmeer”
- German: “IJsselmeer”
- Hebrew: “אייסלמיר”
- Icelandic: “IJsselmeer”
- Indonesian: “IJsselmeer”
- Italian: “IJsselmeer”
- Japanese: “アイセル湖”
- Korean: “에이설호”
- Latin: “IJsselmeer”
- Latin: “Lacus IJssel”
- Latin: “Lacus Isalae”
- Latin: “Lacus Yssel”
- Latvian: “Eiselmērs”
- Limburgan: “Iesselmaer”
- Lithuanian: “Eiselio ežeras”
- Livvi: “Iselmar”
- Low German: “Iesselmeer”
- Macedonian: “Ајселмер”
- Macedonian: “Ајселско Езеро”
- Northern Frisian: “IJsselsia”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “IJsselmeer”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “IJsselmeer”
- Norwegian: “IJsselmeer”
- Occitan (post 1500): “IJsselmeer”
- Persian: “دریاچه آیسل”
- Polish: “IJsselmeer”
- Polish: “IJsselmeer”
- Portuguese: “IJsselmeer”
- Portuguese: “Lago Issel”
- Romanian: “IJsselmeer”
- Russian: “Эйсселмер”
- Serbian: “Ејселмер”
- Serbo-Croatian: “IJsselmeer”
- Slovak: “Ijselské jazero”
- Slovenian: “IJsselmeer”
- Spanish: “IJsselmeer”
- Spanish: “IJsselmeer”
- Swedish: “IJsselmeer”
- Thai: “ไอส์เซิลเมร์”
- Turkish: “IJsselmeer”
- Ukrainian: “Ейсселмер”
- Vlaams: “Ysselmeer”
- Welsh: “IJsselmeer”
- Western Frisian: “Iselmar”
- “IJsselmeer”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Broekoord and Oosterdijk.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Kathoek and Bakkershoek.
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