Schiermonnikoog National Park

Dunes, salt marshes, tidal flats and beaches on a car-free Frisian island

Schiermonnikoog National Park covers most of a Dutch island in Friesland, where sand drifting, erosion and sedimentation still shape a tidal landscape of dunes, forests, marshes and beaches. Visitors cannot use cars, which makes it one of the best protected Dutch national parks.

3Village of SchiermonnikoogHome to the visitors centre, hotels and restaurants.

Things to do

On footWalk the beaches, the island's most popular draw
Try thisLook for barnacle geese, spoonbills and oystercatchers on the marshes and tidal flats
HeritageVisit the visitors centre in the village of Schiermonnikoog
Try thisSearch the dunes for sea-buckthorn, honeysuckle and common hawthorn

Netherlands · Schiermonnikoog, Friesland Est. 1989 Size 54 km² Protected area category: IUCN II

Also worth seeing

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Salt marshes and tidal flats
Thousands of birds, including spoonbill, curlew and bar-tailed godwit.

Where it is

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