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· 29 Jul 2020

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The pleasure boats are getting smaller and smaller?

#BLOKZIJL 😍 Blokzijl (Lower Saxon: Blokziel) is a town in the Dutch province of Overijssel. Until 1973 it was an independent municipality. Blokzijl is located between Emmeloord and Steenwijk. The place owes its name to a fortified lock, the Blokzijl (zijl = lock). Blokzijl has about 1,375 inhabitants.

Blokzijl has its own port for pleasure boating and a lock. Larger cruise boats regularly visit Blokzijl as a stopover. On the quay there is an old cannon, where tourists like to photograph each other. In the heart of the town, near the lock, is the star restaurant Kaatje near the Sluis.