Marken

Marken is a village in , , . It is known for its characteristic wooden houses and traditional costumes. It's a peninsula in the IJsselmeer lake, but connected to the mainland by a causeway.
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  • Type: Village with 1,820 residents
  • Description: village in Waterland, Netherlands
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Marker Museum and The Wave.

Museum
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is a local museum in the village of Marken in the . The museum focuses on the history of Marken, including its fishing heritage. The museum comprises six houses. The building is a Rijksmonument.

Memorial
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is a memorial.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Monnickendam and Volendam.

Photo: Arwin Meijer, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town in the region in the province of , .

Photo: Gouwenaar, CC0.
is a fishing village in , 20 km north of . Sometimes called "the pearl of the Zuiderzee", this place is a highly popular tourist destination.

Village
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is a village in the province of , . It is a part of the municipality of , and lies on the coast of the , about 2 km north of . is situated 4½ km west of Marken.

Marken

Latitude
52.4579° or 52° 27′ 28″ north
Longitude
5.1068° or 5° 6′ 25″ east
Population
1,820
Open location code
9F47F454+5P
Open­Street­Map ID
node 392056573
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2751157
Wiki­data ID
Q301415
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Zeeuws—“Marken” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Marken”
  • Breton: “Marken”
  • Catalan: “Marken”
  • Cebuano: “Marken”
  • Chinese: “Marken”
  • Danish: “Marken”
  • Dutch: “Marken”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ماركين”
  • Esperanto: “Marken”
  • French: “Marken”
  • Galician: “Marken”
  • German: “Marken”
  • Greek: “Μάρκεν”
  • Ido: “Marken”
  • Indonesian: “Marken”
  • Irish: “Marken”
  • Italian: “Marken”
  • Japanese: “マルケン島”
  • Low German: “Marken”
  • Luxembourgish: “Marken”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Marken”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Marken”
  • Persian: “مارکن”
  • Polish: “Marken”
  • Portuguese: “Marken”
  • Russian: “Маркен”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Marken”
  • Slovenian: “Marken”
  • Spanish: “Marken”
  • Swedish: “Marken, Nederländerna”
  • Swedish: “Marken”
  • Turkish: “Marken”
  • Ukrainian: “Маркен”
  • Urdu: “مارکن”
  • Western Frisian: “Marken”
  • Zeeuws: “Marken”

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