Medemblik: One of the Dead Cities of the Zuiderzee
Medemblik is part of a municipality with about 41,500 inhabitants in the northwest of North Holland. Together with Enkhuizen and Hoorn, it once formed the trio of Zuiderzee trading towns in West-Friesland. When the harbour silted up and trade routes shifted, Medemblik lost its commercial importance, earning the historical label of a dode stad. Kasteel Radboud, a 13th-century castle attributed to the Frisian king Radboud and later rebuilt by Floris V, stands at the harbour edge.
The Stoomtram Hoorn-Medemblik, a heritage steam tramway, connects the town to Hoorn during the summer season. The Dutch Steam Engine Museum occupies a former pumping station on the outskirts. The Wieringermeer polder, reclaimed in 1930, stretches north of the town.
Hoorn is about 20 kilometres southeast. Enkhuizen lies roughly 15 kilometres east. The IJsselmeer stretches out to the north and east.
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Medemblik is part of a municipality with about 41,500 inhabitants in the northwest of North Holland. Together with Enkhuizen and Hoorn, it once formed the trio of Zuiderzee trading towns in West-Friesland. When the harbour silted up and trade routes shifted, Medemblik lost its commercial importance, earning the historical label of a dode stad. Kasteel Radboud, a 13th-century castle attributed to the Frisian king Radboud and later rebuilt by Floris V, stands at the harbour edge.
The Stoomtram Hoorn-Medemblik, a heritage steam tramway, connects the town to Hoorn during the summer season. The Dutch Steam Engine Museum occupies a former pumping station on the outskirts. The Wieringermeer polder, reclaimed in 1930, stretches north of the town.
Hoorn is about 20 kilometres southeast. Enkhuizen lies roughly 15 kilometres east. The IJsselmeer stretches out to the north and east.
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