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What is the name of the range of islands north of the Dutch mainland?

Wadden Eilanden. The shallow sea between the mainland and the islands is called Waddenzee.

Which of the following Dutch islands is permanently inhabited?

Schiermonnikoog. Schiermonnikoog has about 1000 inhabitants.

What is the main village of the island of Texel?

Den Burg. Den Burg is located in the middle of Texel.

The famous Brandaris Tower is located on the island of Vlieland, true or false?

f. The Brandaris Tower is on Terschelling.

When the Noordoostpolder (North East Polder) was created in 1942 it "absorbed" two existing islands in the Ijsselmeer or former Zuyderzee. What are their names?

Urk and Schokland. Urk was (and is) a village of fishers; Schokland was evacuated in the 19th century. Both were tiny.

The island of Pampus is nowadays part of the Southern Flevopolder

f. Pampus is still a (tiny) island, just outside the Southern Flevopolder.

Off the Dutch coast, near IJmuiden, there is a range of newly created islands, called New Amsterdam.

f. The Dutch are famous for their experience with creating new land, but they prefer to do so in shallow and quiet waters, like the IJsselmeer. The North Sea itself would probably not be a good location.

Which of the following (former) islands is NOT in the province of Zeeland?

Tiengemeten. Tiengemeten is in the province of Zuid Holland.

On what former island is Middelburg, capital of Zeeland?

Walcheren. Since the creation of a network of dams and roads in Zeeland after the flood of 1953 one can hardly speak of islands anymore.

One of the Dutch Antilles (Caribbean) is Saint Martin (Sint Maarten). The northern half of this island however belongs to another European country. Which country?

France. Sint Maarten is one of five Dutch Antilles. The others are Curacao, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba. Those four are completely part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.