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276  NOR THERN AND EASTERN NE THERLANDS

E Oudheidkamer
Kogerstraat 1, Den Burg.
Tel 0222-313135. Open 1 Apr–31 Oct:
11am–5pm Mon–Fri, 2–4pm Sat.
Closed 1 Jan, Easter, Whitsun, 25, 26 &
31 Dec, public hols. &

Noorderhaaks, above sea level at high tide for some decades now
1 Noorderhaaks Kogerstraat runs the length
of the Binnenburg. Located Beachcomber on Texel, the most populated
Road Map B2. * none. n Emmalaan
66, Den Burg (0222-314741). here is the Oudheidkamer, of the Frisian Islands
an antiquities museum set up
Noorderhaaks, also known as in a picturesque 16th-century
Razende Bol (raging ball), is a building, which used to be a 3 De Koog
fairly bleak sandbank west of doss-house. Today it contains Road Map B2. * 1300. g @
Den Helder, 2.5 km (1.5 miles) period rooms, a display of n Emmalaan 66, Den Burg
offshore. The sea currents cause artifacts and works of art (0222–314741). ( Jul–Aug: Tue.
the island to shift eastwards in the attic, and a herb garden.
towards Texel, after which Along and around the town In 1900, the former fishing
another “raging ball” appears at wall are several interesting settlement of De Koog consisted
the same point off Den Helder. shopping streets, such as the of a church (built in 1415) and
The Dutch air force occasionally Weverstraat. A number of a few houses and farms. The first
uses the island for target practice, excellent restaurants are to be tourist facility was the Badhotel,
but it is not off-limits for visitors. found on the Warmoesstraat. later the Hotel Prinses Juliana,
Rowing and swimming here with a garden overlooking
are risky because of the powerful Environs the sea. Today, De Koog has
currents. Adventure-seekers South of Den Burg is a sloping accommodation for 20,000
regularly visit Noorderhaaks landscape with the 15 m (50 ft) visitors in hotels, pensions and
by boat or by helicopter, Hoge Berg (high mountain), camp sites. The centre of De
unable to resist this piece of which offers a great view of the Koog is the Dorpsstraat,
total wilderness, where mirages island. For a good walk, follow which has cafés, snack bars
are common. the Skille paadje from the tomb and discos. De Koog’s attractions
of the Georgiers (resistance for visitors are the Calluna
fighters who died fighting the waterpark and EcoMare,
2 Den Burg Germans in 1945) to the fishing an information centre for
village of Oudeschild, past the the Waddenzee and the
Road Map B2. * 6,000. g @
n Emmalaan 66 (0222-314741). peat walls and sheep pens. North Sea (see p427).
( Mon am; Jul–Aug: Wed.
Den Burg is the main town of
Texel and situated right in its
centre. Around 1300, the village
was fortified by a circular
rampart with a moat, which are
now marked by the Burgwal
and Parkstraat Streets. A sheep
market was once held in April
and May at the Groeneplats,
Den Burg’s main square, with the
present-day town hall. Today, a
sheep day is held on the first
Monday of September. Further
on, by the Binnenburg, or inner
castle, stands the 15th-century
Late Gothic Hervormde kerk
(Protestant church). The The Nederlands-Hervormde church in Den Burg (1481)
For hotels and restaurants in this region see pp398–9 and p412

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