The former island Schokland, in Zuiderzee, in the northwest of the Netherlands, is a symbol of the traditional Dutch struggle against the water. Traces of this battle can be seen everywhere on and around the island. This area has alternated between being sea and dry land, peninsula and island, peat and polder. The former island, which lost this status in 1942, still stands out as an elongated gently sloping back against the flat surrounding landscape of the Northeast polder.
