List of national parks of the Netherlands


National parks in the Netherlands were defined in the 1960s as areas of at least 10 km² consisting of natural terrains, water and/or forests, with a special landscape and flora and fauna.
The first two national parks were founded in the 1930s by private organisations. The first official national park, Schiermonnikoog National Park, was not established until 1989. The most recent national park to have been established is the Nieuw Land National Park, which is established in 2018.
In 2011, the government decided to make the provinces responsible for the national parks.

National parks

Name parkProvinceSizeEstablished
Lauwersmeer National ParkGroningen, Friesland6.000 ha2003
Schiermonnikoog National ParkFriesland5.400 ha1989
Friesland4.000 ha2006
Drents-Friese Wold National ParkDrenthe, Friesland6.100 ha2000
Dwingelderveld National ParkDrenthe3.700 ha1991
Drentsche Aa National ParkDrenthe10.600 ha2002
Overijssel10.500 ha1992 / 2009
Sallandse Heuvelrug National ParkOverijssel2.740 ha2004
Veluwezoom National ParkGelderland5.000 ha1930
Hoge Veluwe National ParkGelderland5.400 ha1935
Utrechtse Heuvelrug National ParkUtrecht10.000 ha2003/2013
Dunes of Texel National ParkNorth Holland4.300 ha2002
Zuid-Kennemerland National ParkNorth Holland3.800 ha1995
Oosterschelde National ParkZeeland37.000 ha2002
North Brabant, South Holland7.100 ha1994
North Brabant, Antwerp 3.750 ha2001
North Brabant3.400 ha2002
Limburg/North Brabant1.340 ha1993
Limburg4.200 ha1996
Meinweg National ParkLimburg1.700 ha1995
Nieuw Land National ParkFlevoland28.900 ha2018

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