Noordkaap (''North Cape'') is the

northernmost point Northernmost may refer to: * List of northernmost items * List of northernmost settlements *List of countries by northernmost point *Northernmost point of land See also *Lists of extreme points This is a list of lists of places considered the mos ...

of mainland Netherlands. The Noordkaap is located on the north side of the Emmapolder, on the edge of the municipality

Het Hogeland Het Hogeland is a municipality in the north of the province of Groningen (province), Groningen in the northeast of the Netherlands. History The municipality of Het Hogeland was established on 1 January 2019 by merging the municipalities of Bedu ...

in the

province of Groningen Groningen (; gos, Grunn; fry, Grinslân) is the northeasternmost province of the Netherlands. It borders on Friesland to the west, Drenthe to the south, the German state of Lower Saxony to the east, and the Wadden Sea to the north. As of Feb ...

. It is only accessible on foot or by bicycle. To mark the spot and attract more tourists, the then municipality of Eemsmond had the artwork 'Poort Kaap Noord', colloquially known as 'De Hemelpoort', (made in 2001) by artist

René de Boer René de Boer (born 14 March 1945, in Groningen) is a Dutch sculptor. Life and work The Groningen visual artist De Boer studied sculpture at the Minerva Academy in Groningen from 1963 to 1967. He is based in Usquert as a spatial designer. In ...

placed in 2002. The name 'Noordkaap' was coined at the same time as the artwork was placed. The spot itself is not easily recognizable as an 'extreme point' because the sea dike has a gentle curve.

Gallery

File:Noordkaap - panorama Waddenzee.jpg, Panorama from the artwork on the

Wadden Sea The Wadden Sea ( nl, Waddenzee ; german: Wattenmeer; nds, Wattensee or ; da, Vadehavet; fy, Waadsee, longname=yes; frr, di Heef) is an intertidal zone in the southeastern part of the North Sea. It lies between the coast of northwestern conti ...

File:Noordkaap - westen.jpg, View looking west File:Noordkaap - oosten.jpg, View looking east ( Eemshaven)

References

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