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Urk
Netherlands · Flevoland
Urk is a municipality and a town in the Flevoland province in the center-north of the Netherlands with a population of 22,173 as of 2025. It is surrounded by the Noordoostpolder on land and is on the coast of the IJsselmeer. Urk was formerly an island in the Almere, an inland sea that would become part of the Zuiderzee in the 13th century after a series of incursions by the North Sea. The building of a dike from Lemmer in 1939 ended Urk's status as an island and connected it to the Dutch mainland.
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Things to do in Urk
- Escape The City Urk City Walk With Puzzles · 2 h · from $34.19
- Secrets of Urk: Self-Guided Scavenger Hunt & Walking Tour · 2 h · from $22.78
Practical facts
- Local time
- UTC+1 · 7 h ahead of Costa Rica
- Region
- Flevoland
- Main language
- Dutch
- On the map
- 52.66° N, 5.60° E
Near Urk
- Enkhuizen · 22 km away
- Hoorn · 36 km away
- Alkmaar · 57 km away
- Amsterdam · 57 km away
- Zaandam · 58 km away
- Leeuwarden · 61 km away
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Where to stay
Bij de Haven op Urk
9.6/10 · 67 reviews
Urk-Stay
9.6/10 · 26 reviews
Landelijke gelegen woning voor 6 personen met hottub!
9.3/10 · 6 reviews
Zicht op Zee
9.2/10 · 101 reviews
Vakantiepark 't Urkerbos - 4 persoons Brabantse blokhut
9.1/10 · 9 reviews
Gastenverblijf de paddestoel
9/10 · 221 reviews
Mini-chalet - Vakantiepark 't Urkerbos
9/10
B&B De Horizon
8.6/10
B&B De Reede
8.3/10 · 547 reviews
Huis Wijk 7 Urk
0/10