Marken (on a former island)

For many centuries, Marken was a fishing community and saw a little change. The construction of a causeway connecting it with the mainland ended its isolation. The island however kept its original atmosphere, retaining its green-and-white wooden houses built on mounds and piles to be protected against flooding. This is a tiny village of houses on grouped around an tiny harbor. People of Marken occasionally wear traditional dress, as much to preserve the customs as for the tourists.

The Marker Museum is situated in the longest inhabited part of the island, and is seated in four little houses which used to be the homes of fishermen. The interior of one of these houses is still intact. Marken's traditional dresses has an exhibition here.

Marker Museum
Kerkbuurt 44 - 47
1156 BL Marken
Tel: (+31) 0299 601904