Lauwersmeer National Park
Former Wadden Sea estuary turned freshwater lake in northern Netherlands
The Lauwersmeer is the former estuary of the Lauwers river, sealed off from the Wadden Sea in 1969 and gradually turned into a freshwater lake. Konik horses and Highland cattle graze the park to keep the landscape open.
Things to do
- WildlifeLook for Eurasian Spoonbill and Bluethroat among the birds of the Lauwersmeer
- HeritageVisit in winter to watch Barnacle Goose, Tundra Swan and Eurasian Wigeon arrive in the hundred thousands
- On footWalk past the grazing Konik horses and Highland cattle
- Try thisHead to Lauwersoog, where the sluice links the lake to the sea
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Lauwersmeer
The freshwater lake that was once the Lauwerszee, enclosed in 1969.