Blokzijl
Blokzijl is a small city located southwest of Steenwijk in the province of Overijssel, the Netherlands. The city is a major tourist destination near the De Weerribben-Wieden National Park and attracts many water sports enthusiasts.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 1,380 residents
- Description: town in Overijssel, the Netherlands
- Postal code: 8356
Places of Interest
Highlights include Grote kerk and Jewish cemetery, Blokzijl.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wetering and Weerribben-Wieden National Park.
Wetering
Village
Wetering is a hamlet in the Dutch province of Overijssel. It is located in the municipality of Steenwijkerland, about 9 km southwest of the town of Steenwijk. Wetering is situated 4½ km northeast of Blokzijl.
Weerribben-Wieden National Park
Weerribben-Wieden is a national park in the Eastern Netherlands. It's less known and smaller than some other parks in the country, but offers nice opportunities for canoeing and boat trips through a generally quiet landscape of water and peat.
Scheerwolde
Village
Scheerwolde is a village in the municipality of Steenwijkerland in the province of Overijssel in the Netherlands. As of 2023, Scheerwolde had a population of 620. Scheerwolde is situated 5 km northeast of Blokzijl.
Blokzijl
Latitude
52.72615° or 52° 43′ 34″ northLongitude
5.96142° or 5° 57′ 41″ eastPopulation
1,380Elevation
3 metres (10 feet)United Nations Location Code
NL BZLOpen location code
9F47PXG6+FHOpenStreetMap ID
node 47299287OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Western Frisian—“Blokzijl” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Blokzijl”
- Catalan: “Blokzijl”
- Cebuano: “Blokzijl”
- Chinese: “Blokzijl”
- Chinese: “布洛克宰尔”
- Chinese: “布洛克宰爾”
- Dutch: “Blokzijl”
- Dutch: “gemeente Blokzijl”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بلوكزيچل”
- Esperanto: “Blokzijl”
- French: “Blokzijl”
- Irish: “Blokzijl”
- Italian: “Blokzijl”
- Kurdish: “Blokzijl”
- Lithuanian: “Blokzeilas”
- Low German: “Blokziel”
- Low German: “Blokzijl”
- Luxembourgish: “Blokzijl”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Blokzijl”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Blokzijl”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Blokzijl”
- Persian: “بلوکزیل”
- Polish: “Blokzijl”
- Russian: “Блокзейл”
- Spanish: “Blokzijl”
- Turkish: “Blokzijl”
- Ukrainian: “Блокзейл”
- Welsh: “Blokzijl”
- Western Frisian: “Bloksyl”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Baarlo and Muggenbeet.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Algemene Begraafplaats and Gildenhuys Blokzijl.
Overijssel: Must-Visit Destinations
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