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The Haringvliet locks are located between the North Sea and the mouth of the Haringvliet. They regulate the water level in a way that is similar to opening or closing a tap. The locks are therefore known as the crane of Europe. The Haringvlietdam, containing the Haringvliet locks, protects against high water from the sea. The locks discharge a large part of the flow of Rhine and Meuse water to the North Sea. The flood defense was built between 1956 and 1970 and connects Goeree-Overflakkee with Voorne-Putten.

Seals are taken care of and taken care of at A Seal. These are mainly young seal pups that have lost their mother or seals that are injured or sick. When the seals are completely healthy and able to survive in the wild, they are released again. At A Seal it feels like you are in the sea. You climb on sandbanks and enjoy a view that you have never seen before. If you look closely in buoys and washed up sea containers, you will discover all kinds of fun facts about saving people and animals.

The mill is the only mill in South Holland with a wooden top shaft and cast iron head. Millers on this former glory mill and oldest mill on this island were obliged until 1918 to grind a bag of wheat free of charge once a year for the poor of the village. From 1881, successively L. Vink and W. Landheer were millers / owners. The latter had a 25 HP internal combustion engine installed in an outbuilding next to the mill in 1912. After Landsheer, three members of the Meyer family worked the mill professionally until 1973. In the past, the mill also had a peeling stone, the peeling box, tubs and peeling tin are still present in the mill. In 1973 the mill became the property of the municipality of Sommelsdijk, which restored the mill in 1975-77. On that occasion, the auxiliary engine was removed and sold to the Machine Museum in Zwolle. The Molenstichting Goeree-Overflakkee has been the owner of the mill since 1988 and had a new restoration carried out on the mill in 2003/2004.

Fortified city or settlement for the purpose of controlling strategic points