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The Best Attractions In Leek

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Leek is a municipality and a village in the Groningen province in the northeastern Netherlands, bordering on the Drenthe and Fryslân provinces. The village is approximately 20 km west of Groningen on the A7 highway. The village grew around a fortification that was constructed here during the Eighty Years' War with Spain. The name 'Leek' was derived from a brook, the Leke. The town is sometimes also called De Leek. In Dutch, the people from Leek are called Leeksters. Every year around Pentecost there is a fair , drawing thousands of people from the area. Near the village is a shallow lake, called Het Leekstermeer , with recreational facilities. Actuall...
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  • 3. Wildlands Adventure Zoo Emmen Emmen
    Wildlands, also known as Wildlands Adventure Zoo Emmen, is a zoo in Emmen, the Netherlands. It opened in March 2016, replacing the Emmen Zoo. Wildlands is an adventure theme park with four main areas: Jungola, Serenga, Nortica and Animazia. Jungola is jungle-themed and displays butterflies, tropical birds, large reptiles , ring-tailed lemurs, lar gibbons, small-clawed otters and Asian elephants. The most prominent feature of Jungola is the indoor tropical rainforest hall Rimbula, which at 18,000 m2 is the largest zoo jungle hall in the world and the largest greenhouse in Europe. Serenga is the African savanna section and is home to species such as lion, Grant's zebras, Rothschild's giraffes, white rhinoceros and hamadryas baboons, but also Australian red-necked wallabies. Nortica is aimed ...
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  • 4. Zuiderzee Museum (Zuiderzeemuseum) Enkhuizen
    The Zuiderzee Museum, located on Wierdijk in the historic center of Enkhuizen, is a Dutch museum devoted to preserving the cultural heritage and maritime history from the old Zuiderzee region. With the closing of the Afsluitdijk on May 28, 1932, the Zuiderzee was split in two parts: the waters below the Afsluitdijk are now called the IJsselmeer, while the waters north of it are called the Waddenzee.
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  • 5. Drents Museum Assen
    The Drents Museum is an art and history museum in Assen in the province of Drenthe in the Netherlands. The museum was opened in 1854. It has a collection of prehistorical artifacts, applied art, and visual art. The museum also has temporary exhibitions. In 2013, it had 227,000 visitors.
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  • 6. Walibi Holland Biddinghuizen
    Walibi Holland is a theme park in Biddinghuizen, Netherlands.
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  • 7. Slagharen Slagharen
    Attractiepark Slagharen is an amusement park situated in Slagharen, Netherlands. It also contains a bungalow park and a water park . It's one of the most visited parks in Europe. It was in the top 20 in 2010 and 2011.
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