AMELAND

Georgina Clotas TebarShardee De PalmLaila MedinaSam Dijkstra

Things about AmelandAmeland has 3591 people living on the island. People live there since 850. There are 4 villages: Nes, Buren, Hollum and Ballum. A long time ago there were two more islands but they faded away in the sea, now you go to Ameland with the boats who are named after the two islands. Oerd and Sier. Ameland is an island of the province Friesland, but they don’t talk Fries they talk Amelands. Ameland is 268,50 km2 and has the total lenght of 27 km. The total lenght of the cycle pathsare 100 km. Amelands exist mostly of sand dunes. Het Oerd is a nature reserve, where a lot of birds live.

HollumBallum Nes

Buren

TouristsEvery year there are coming a lot of tourists to Ameland. Mostly Germans like to come to

Ameland.

The tourist love the beach and the nature.

Ameland is of couse famous for the mud flats. When it’s low time in the Waddensea, you can

walk from land through the mud to Ameland. The first Friday of August, there’s a party: het

Roggefeest. A lot of people come to that party. It is because it’s time to garn the rye. You can

listen to music and look at theatre shows.

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