Scheepsarcheologie

At Batavialand in Lelystad, you can get up close with a full-scale replica of a 17th-century VOC merchant ship, the Batavia, rebuilt by hand using traditional techniques. What makes this place genuinely special is that historical shipbuilding still happens here in the open air — you can watch craftspeople work just as they did centuries ago. It's a surprisingly immersive step back into the Dutch Golden Age, paired with fascinating archaeological finds pulled from Flevoland's reclaimed seabed.