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Memorial · Texel · Updated on 1 November 2026.

Memorial De Schicht in Texel

De Schicht is a memorial in Texel, North Holland, Netherlands. This place has a story in the app. Within 750 m you'll find a bench and a water point.

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The story

Story · De Schicht

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You're standing at De Schicht, a steel monument beside the cycle path along the Wadden Sea dike, east of De Cocksdorp. Take a good look at its shape. It follows the east coast of Texel. It's really a piece of the island cast in steel, resting on a base of basalt stones.

Read the whole story in the Outdoor Pitstop app: check in at this place and it is yours (with Pro; new users are Pro for the first 4 weeks).

Photos

4 photos from Wikimedia Commons. In the app you add your own photo when you are there.

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Facilities near De Schicht

The nearest pitstop of each kind within 1 km, as the crow flies. No public toilet, bike pump or food stand within 1 km.

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Photo: Capital Press Schiphol (Fotograaf) · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0View the photo on Wikimedia Commons
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Photo: Otter · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0View the photo on Wikimedia Commons
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Photo: ©noisytoy.net · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0View the photo on Wikimedia Commons
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Photo: Willemnabuurs · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0View the photo on Wikimedia Commons

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Is there a toilet or drinking water nearby?

Yes: a water point at 750 m.

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