Engelsmanplaat | Netherlands Photo Spot

Along the northern coast of the Netherlands is a shallow belt of mudflats and sandy barrier islands. Usually it remains underwater, but twice a day, when the tide goes out, the waters retreat and leave behind an expanse of tidal flats. Engelsmanplaat is a small sandbar sitting between the islands Ameland and Schiermonnikoog that appears as part of this unique tidal flat. It is approximately 0.8 square kilometers in size and is almost completely submerged at high tide. On the sandbar there is a bird watcher’s house called the ‘De Kalkman’. It is an ideal beacon for mudflat walkers because it can be seen from afar. One kilometer past the bird watcher’s house is another sandbank: Het Rif. This sandbar is located on the North Sea and protrudes slightly further above the water, so that it floods less quickly.  hotspotholland.nl/en/engelsmanplaat  (Engelsmanplaat, Netherlands)