TOP Durgerdam
TOPs, short for Tourist Transfer Points, offer a convenient start to your exploration of the rural area. Each TOP provides parking facilities, after which you can explore the area by bike, on foot or even by boat
On the information kiosks at each TOP you will find various routes that lead you to the most beautiful spots, peaceful surroundings and beautiful nature of Laag Holland. During your tour, you will pass surprising resting points and cosy catering establishments, and the TOPs show you the way to find them. You can recognise the TOPs by their green information columns.
The 19-metre-high lighthouse, since 1699 on the north side of the IJdoornpolder...
On the information kiosks at each TOP you will find various routes that lead you to the most beautiful spots, peaceful surroundings and beautiful nature of Laag Holland. During your tour, you will pass surprising resting points and cosy catering establishments, and the TOPs show you the way to find them. You can recognise the TOPs by their green information columns.
The 19-metre-high lighthouse, on the north side of the IJdoornpolder since 1699, marks the corner of the outer IJ east of Durgerdam. The cast-iron artificial light, known as the 'Light of the IJ', guided boaters safely to the port of Amsterdam. The lighthouse stands on a small island, guarded by a concrete coastal battery as part of the Defence Line of Amsterdam. Outside the dike stretches the alder and meadow landscape of the IJdoornpolder. Durgerdam, one of the prettiest fishing villages on the IJsselmeer coast, is known for its multi-coloured wooden houses and historic Waterlandse Zeedijk, raised in the 13th century to protect it from the then Zuiderzee and the IJ.