Top 10 UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the Netherlands 2026

The iconic cluster of 19 windmills representing the Netherlands' centuries-long battle against water.

The world's largest unbroken tidal flat system, home to millions of migratory birds.

A former island in the Zuiderzee that symbolizes the Dutch struggle against the sea.

A 135 km ring of 42 forts and flood zones protecting the capital through deliberate inundation.

Gerrit Rietveld's 1924 De Stijl masterpiece in Utrecht that revolutionized residential architecture.

A 17th-century reclaimed lake transformed into a perfectly geometric agricultural landscape.

Rotterdam's glass-curtain-walled factory is a masterpiece of early 20th-century industrial modernism.

The world's largest operational steam-powered pumping station, still protecting Friesland from floods.

Experimental 19th-century pauper colonies in Drenthe designed to alleviate urban poverty through agriculture.

The iconic cluster of 19 windmills representing the Netherlands' centuries-long battle against water.

The world's largest unbroken tidal flat system, home to millions of migratory birds.

A former island in the Zuiderzee that symbolizes the Dutch struggle against the sea.

A 135 km ring of 42 forts and flood zones protecting the capital through deliberate inundation.

Gerrit Rietveld's 1924 De Stijl masterpiece in Utrecht that revolutionized residential architecture.

A 17th-century reclaimed lake transformed into a perfectly geometric agricultural landscape.

Rotterdam's glass-curtain-walled factory is a masterpiece of early 20th-century industrial modernism.

The world's largest operational steam-powered pumping station, still protecting Friesland from floods.

Experimental 19th-century pauper colonies in Drenthe designed to alleviate urban poverty through agriculture.