The three enormous lock complexes form a stark contrast against the sky above the Wadden Sea. The Cleverings locks are the result of four centuries of planning and fighting about the closure of the Lauwerszee Sea.
Read the whole storyOnce the Hunze meandered through the landscape between marsh and city. Throughout the centuries the river has become canalised, turning it into a monument of historic waterworks.
Read the whole storyThe Carel Coenraad polder is the last polder to be constructed in the Oldambt as an employment project in the 1920s. The mudflat workers’ barracks have a surprising history.
Read the whole storyThe first Dutch Delta Design. The terps and mounds show how the first inhabitants of the Wadden coast protected themselves against the sea. Not far to climb for a peak experience.
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