List of national parks in the Kingdom of the Netherlands

This is a list of the national parks in the Kingdom of the Netherlands . The Kingdom of the Netherlands has existed since a reform in 2010, a total of four countries in Europe and the Caribbean : These are the European Netherlands , including the Caribbean islands of Saba , St. Eustatius and Bonaire as so-called special municipalities belong, and the islands of Sint Maarten , Aruba and Curaçao , each administered as a separate country within the kingdom. There are currently 32 national parks within the kingdom, which are distributed across the individual parts of the country as follows:

• European Netherlands: 21
• Special municipalities: 7
• Curacao: 2
• Aruba: 1
• Sint Maarten: 1

The 21 national parks in the European Netherlands together make up a little less than 4% of the total area of ​​the country. In order to be eligible for national park status, an area must have at least a contiguous area of ​​1000 hectares. It also needs to be generally open to the public and offer good recreational opportunities. Furthermore, it should accommodate a nature that is typical of the Netherlands or particularly worthy of protection. The Netherlands has been part of the National Union for Conservation of Nature's national park initiative since 1969 and has been setting up such protected areas since then. The two oldest national parks, Veluwezoom and De Hoge Veluwe , were founded in the 1930s as a result of private initiatives. The other parts of the kingdom have their own criteria as to when an area can be designated as a national park. In these regions there are therefore official national parks, some of which are considerably smaller than 1000 hectares.

The following table lists the national parks separated according to the named parts of the country. The special municipalities are listed separately:

European Netherlands

Surname	founding	Size [ha]	Location (province)	map	view
Veluwezoom National Park	1930	5,000	Gelderland Province
De Hoge Veluwe National Park	1935	5,400	Gelderland Province
Schiermonnikoog National Park	1989	5,400	Fryslân Province
Dwingelderveld National Park	1991	3,700	Drenthe Province
Weerribben-Wieden National Park	1992/2009	10,500	Overijssel Province
De Groote Peel National Park	1993	1,340	Province of North Brabant
National Park De Biesbosch	1994	7,100	Province of North Brabant
Zuid-Kennemerland National Park ( Kennemerduinen )	1995	3,800	Province of North Holland
De Meinweg National Park	1995	1,700	Limburg Province
De Maasduinen National Park	1996	4,200	Limburg Province
Drents-Friese Wold National Park	2000	6,100	Province of Fryslân and Province of Drenthe
Kalmthoutse Heide border park	2001	3,750	Province of Noord-Brabant (and Belgium )
National Park Duinen van Texel	2002	4,300	Province of North Holland
National Park De Loonse en Drunense Duinen	2002	3,400	Province of North Brabant
Oosterschelde National Park	2002	37,000	Province of Zeeland
National brook and green village landscape Drentsche Aa	2002	10,600	Drenthe Province
Lauwersmeer National Park	2003	6,000	Province of Groningen and Province of Fryslân
Utrechtse Heuvelrug National Park	2003	10,000	Utrecht Province
Sallandse Heuvelrug National Park	2004	2,740	Overijssel Province
De Alde Feanen National Park	2006	4,000	Fryslân Province
Nieuw Land National Park	2018	28,900	Flevoland province
Total:	Fir	164.930

Special communities in the Caribbean

Surname	founding	Size [ha]	island	map	view
Washington Slagbaai National Park	1969	5,643	Bonaire
Bonaire National Marine Park	1979	2,600	Bonaire
Saba National Marine Park	1987	1,300	Saba
Quill / Boven National Park	1997	340	St. Eustatius
Mount Scenery National Park	1999/2018	350	Saba
Sint Eustatius National Marine Park	2003	6,000	St. Eustatius
Saba Bank National Park	2010	268,000	Saba
Total:		284.233

Curacao

Surname	founding	Size [ha]	map	view
Christoffelpark	1978	2,300
Shete Boka National Park	1994	470
Total:		2,770

Aruba

Surname	founding	Size [ha]	map	view
Arikok National Park	2000	3,400
Total:		3,400

Sint Maarten

Surname	founding	Size [ha]	map	view
Man of War Shoal National Marine Park	2010	3,100
Total:		3,100

Web links

Commons : National parks in the Kingdom of the Netherlands  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Brief descriptions of the European national parks at NetherlandsNet (archive link, status 2009)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ National park, 2018. In: clo.nl. Rijksoverheid, September 12, 2018, accessed October 24, 2019 (Dutch). Note: The site does not yet take into account the Nieuw Land National Park, which was established in 2018, so the proportion of the total surface area is currently slightly higher than stated here. 
2. ↑ Michiel Roscam Abbing: De Nationale Parken Van Nederland . 1st edition. Kosmos, 2008, ISBN 978-90-215-3512-8 .
3. ↑ Washington Slaagbai National Park. In: infobonaire.com. Retrieved October 12, 2018 . 
4. ^ Bonaire Marine Park. In: infobonaire.com. Retrieved October 12, 2018 . 
5. ^ Saba Marine Park. In: sabapark.org. Retrieved October 12, 2018 . 
6. ^ The Quill / Boven National Park. In: dcnanature.org. Retrieved October 12, 2018 . 
7. ^ Saba National Park. In: dcnanature.org. Retrieved October 12, 2018 . 
8. ↑ St. Eustatius National Marine Park. In: dcnanature.org. Retrieved October 12, 2018 . 
9. ^ Saba Bank National Park. In: dcnanature.org. Retrieved October 12, 2018 . 
10. ↑ Christoffel Park. In: christoffelpark.org. Retrieved October 12, 2018 . 
11. ↑ Curacao - Shete Boka Park. In: curacao-travelguide.com. Retrieved October 12, 2018 . 
12. ↑ Welcome to Aruba's National Park. In: arubanationalpark.org. Retrieved October 12, 2018 . 
13. ↑ Man of War Shoal National Marine Park. In: dcnanature.org. Retrieved October 12, 2018 .