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Location:
Europe,
Holland, Amsterdam
Category:
Harbour
view
Description:
View of the IJmuiden port at
the rear of Amsterdam CS rail
station
Location Information:
The
North Sea Canal connects the North
Sea with the IJ Bay in Amsterdam.
Besides the Velsen Municipality Hall
(Raadhuis van de gemeente Velsen),
designed by the famous architect
Willem Dudok, important sights in
IJmuiden are the North Sea locks. The
latter are among the largest in the
world and one set is able to close
off a shipping lane 50 metres (164
ft) wide and 12 meters (39 ft) deep.
There are plans to enlarge or build
a new set to facilitate passage for
even larger vessels.
DFDS Seaways serve a route between
Amsterdam and Newcastle via IJmuiden.
A new roll-on/roll-off ferry route
between IJmuiden and Great Yarmouth
in the United Kingdom was due to
being in 2009.[1], though as of
January 2010, Great Yarmouth ferry
terminal is still under
construction.
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