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Fort · Alkmaar · Updated on 1 November 2026.

Fort bij Marken-Binnen in Alkmaar

Fort bij Marken-Binnen is a fort in Alkmaar, North Holland. This place has a story in the app. Within 610 m you'll find a bench and a water point.

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Photo: Defence Line Amsterdam from Different city's, Netherlands · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0View the photo on Wikimedia Commons
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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: Defence Line Amsterdam from Different city's, Netherlands · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0View the photo on Wikimedia Commons

Story · Fort bij Marken-Binnen

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You're standing at the Fort near Marken-Binnen, on the Markervaart canal in the Starnmeer polder. Locals often call it Fort Knollendam. It's one of the forts of the Defence Line of Amsterdam, the ring of water and forts that once protected the capital.

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

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

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Photo: Defence Line Amsterdam from Different city's, Netherlands · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0View the photo on Wikimedia Commons

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