Attraction · Urk · Updated on 1 November 2026.
Vuurtoren Urk is an attraction in Urk, Flevoland, Netherlands. This place has an audio tour of about 2 minutes, in English or Dutch. 4 of the 7 well-known points of interest nearby are within 1 km. Within 250 m you'll find a bench and a public toilet.
Audio tour · Vuurtoren Urk
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You're standing at Urk Lighthouse, on the eastern shore of the IJsselmeer. Look up. The round brick tower is eighteen and a half metres tall and is attached to the lighthouse keeper's house. On top, a new copper roof has been shining since 2009.
Read and hear 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).
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons. In the app you add your own photo when you are there.
The nearest pitstop of each kind within 1 km, as the crow flies.
7 well-known points of interest nearby, those with an audio tour first. 4 of the 7 well-known points of interest nearby are within 1 km.
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Yes: a public toilet at 250 m.
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