Western Netherlands
Flevoland
Urk

Urk Lighthouse

Urk Lighthouse is a lighthouse in at the eastern banks of the in the . From 1617 a coal fire was used for the local fishermen as well as for the ships sailing from Amsterdam to the North Sea.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: lighthouse in the Netherlands
  • Also known as: “Vuurtoren Urk” and “Vuurtoren van Urk”
Photo: Alex, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kerkje aan zee (Urk) and Raadhuis.

Church
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is a church, which is situated 160 metres northeast of Urk Lighthouse.

Museum
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is a museum, which is situated 270 metres east of Urk Lighthouse.

Church
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is a church, which is situated 220 metres east of Urk Lighthouse.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tollebeek and Espel.

Village
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is a village in the province of . It is a part of the municipality of , and is approximately 90 kilometres north east of . is situated 6 km east of Urk Lighthouse.

Village
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is one of the so-called green villages in the province of . It lies in the municipality of next to a crossroads where provincial road N712 from to intersects with road N714 to , roughly 6 km to the east. is situated 8 km northeast of Urk Lighthouse.

Village
Photo: Michielverbeek, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village in the province of . It is a part of the municipality of , and lies about 10 km south of . is situated 9 km east of Urk Lighthouse.

Urk Lighthouse

Latitude
52.66112° or 52° 39′ 40″ north
Longitude
5.59202° or 5° 35′ 31″ east
Elevation
3 metres (10 feet)
Open location code
9F47MH6R+CR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1375241416
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­lighthouse
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
11102172
Wiki­data ID
Q2540813
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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Western Frisian—“Urk Lighthouse” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: “উর্ক বাতিঘর”
  • Bengali: “উর্ক লাইটহাউস”
  • Danish: “Urk”
  • Danish: “Urker Fyr”
  • Dutch: “rijksmonumentnummer 35880”
  • Dutch: “Vuurtoren van Urk”
  • French: “phare d’Urk”
  • French: “Phare d’Urk”
  • German: “Leuchtturm Urk”
  • German: “Vuurtoren van Urk”
  • Polish: “Latarnia morska w Urk”
  • Western Frisian: “Fjoertoer fan Urk”

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