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Friesland · Nature

From De Noordwester to De Lepelaar: a nature centre with a new name

De Noordwester is no longer the current public name. After renovation, Natuur Educatie Centrum De Lepelaar continued at the same address with exhibitions, creative activities and excursions about Vlieland.

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Exhibitions on island nature

Permanent and changing presentations cover the Wadden, the North Sea and Vlieland. Choose one landscape and follow which animals, plants and natural processes are linked to it, without automatically applying old Noordwester information to the new layout.

Creative workshop

The creative workshop schedules activities through a calendar. This makes making things a complement to looking, but not every workshop is available every day. Book or check the conditions for taking part before you count on it.

From gallery to outdoors

Mudflat and woodland excursions are mentioned as part of what is on offer. They have their own times, depend on the weather and may need to be booked separately; museum opening hours alone do not guarantee a place on an excursion.

Before you go

Do not use denoordwester.nl as a current museum source; the domain contained parked content. The public name is now De Lepelaar, while the canonical profile is still called De Noordwester.

Sources

This first edition has been compiled from collected museum information. Not all of the information has yet been confirmed by the museum. Viewing tips are by the editorial team. The sources used are listed below.

  1. Research card 0212 — De Noordwester / De Lepelaar

    Supplied source reference; an independent source check is still needed. Unverified reference from a supplied research card; the current public name differs from the canonical profile name.

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