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Discover the breathtaking beauty of the North Sea, where history and nature collide

Background imageNorth Sea Collection: The Duruof being rescued from the North Sea

The Duruof being rescued from the North Sea
3732760 The Duruof being rescued from the North Sea; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the Duruof being rescued from the North Sea. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Background imageNorth Sea Collection: A Dogger boat, 1850

A Dogger boat, 1850
3330544 A Dogger boat, 1850; (add.info.: Portrait of a Dogger boat, a form of fishing boat which commonly operated in the North Sea. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Background imageNorth Sea Collection: France, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Nord (59), Dunkirk: General view of the Roesendael district

France, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Nord (59), Dunkirk: General view of the Roesendael district
LUX4704844 France, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Nord (59), Dunkirk: General view of the Roesendael district, 1875 - large establishment of the baths of Cap Nord Bardou cafe restaurant

Background imageNorth Sea Collection: Castle Cliff from the Valley Bridge, Scarborough (colour litho)

Castle Cliff from the Valley Bridge, Scarborough (colour litho)
8635844 Castle Cliff from the Valley Bridge, Scarborough (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Castle Cliff from the Valley Bridge, Scarborough, Yorkshire)

Background imageNorth Sea Collection: Old Spaws and Falsgrave Walk, Scarborough (colour litho)

Old Spaws and Falsgrave Walk, Scarborough (colour litho)
8635830 Old Spaws and Falsgrave Walk, Scarborough (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Old Spaws and Falsgrave Walk, Scarborough, Yorkshire)

Background imageNorth Sea Collection: Warships of the Russian Baltic Fleet attacking British fisshing boats in the North Sea, 1904 (litho)

Warships of the Russian Baltic Fleet attacking British fisshing boats in the North Sea, 1904 (litho)
8655568 Warships of the Russian Baltic Fleet attacking British fisshing boats in the North Sea, 1904 (litho) by Jackson, Albert Edward (1873-1952); Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imageNorth Sea Collection: Russian naval officers making fun of the attack on British fishing boats in the North Sea

Russian naval officers making fun of the attack on British fishing boats in the North Sea, 1904 (litho)
8655529 Russian naval officers making fun of the attack on British fishing boats in the North Sea, 1904 (litho) by Jackson

Background imageNorth Sea Collection: Disouverte du Nouveau Monde (disouverte de l'Americas): Scandinavian people (Vikings)

Disouverte du Nouveau Monde (disouverte de l'Americas): Scandinavian people (Vikings)
NWI4847562 Disouverte du Nouveau Monde (disouverte de l'Americas): Scandinavian people (Vikings) celebrating their discovery of Vinland

Background imageNorth Sea Collection: Nordic mythology: Viking ships into a maelstrom off the coast of Scandinavia (Norse mythology)

Nordic mythology: Viking ships into a maelstrom off the coast of Scandinavia (Norse mythology)
ELD4958705 Nordic mythology: Viking ships into a maelstrom off the coast of Scandinavia (Norse mythology: viking ships into a maelstrom off the coast of Scandinavia)

Background imageNorth Sea Collection: Forever chasing the sun

Forever chasing the sun
Yvette Depaepe

Background imageNorth Sea Collection: German hydroaeroplane, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

German hydroaeroplane, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
German hydroaeroplane, between c1915 and 1918. Friedrichshafen seaplane being taken down the slipway at a North Sea air station

Background imageNorth Sea Collection: The War in Denmark: the Little Belt and Shore of Jutland, viewed from the Island of Funen, 1864

The War in Denmark: the Little Belt and Shore of Jutland, viewed from the Island of Funen, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The War in Denmark: the Little Belt and Shore of Jutland, viewed from the Island of Funen, 1864. Town of Fredericia; Austrian four-gun battery; Strib...The probable termination of the war between

Background imageNorth Sea Collection: The War in Denmark: the Little Belt and Shore of Jutland, viewed from the Island of Funen, 1864

The War in Denmark: the Little Belt and Shore of Jutland, viewed from the Island of Funen, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The War in Denmark: the Little Belt and Shore of Jutland, viewed from the Island of Funen, 1864. Snoghoi [?] Ferry, headquarters of the Austrian General; Austrian eight-gun battery...The probable

Background imageNorth Sea Collection: The War in Denmark: the Little Belt and Shore of Jutland, viewed from the Island of Funen, 1864

The War in Denmark: the Little Belt and Shore of Jutland, viewed from the Island of Funen, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The War in Denmark: the Little Belt and Shore of Jutland, viewed from the Island of Funen, 1864. Hin[?]sgael Wood; Behrendt's Hotel

Background imageNorth Sea Collection: A Barking carrier collecting fish from the trawl fleet on the Doggerbank, 1864. Creator: Smyth

A Barking carrier collecting fish from the trawl fleet on the Doggerbank, 1864. Creator: Smyth
A Barking carrier collecting fish from the trawl fleet on the Doggerbank, 1864....a view of some of the vessels composing the largest fleet engaged in the deep-sea fisheries of Great Britain - that

Background imageNorth Sea Collection: Lire à la Plage' - Picking up his newspaper ;-)

Lire à la Plage" - Picking up his newspaper ;-)
Yvette Depaepe

Background imageNorth Sea Collection: Freedom - Große Freiheit

Freedom - Große Freiheit
Heike Willers

Background imageNorth Sea Collection: Smell the sea, feel the breeze

Smell the sea, feel the breeze
Yvette Depaepe

Background imageNorth Sea Collection: Close your eyes and sail away

Close your eyes and sail away
Yvette Depaepe

Background imageNorth Sea Collection: Music Saloon recently erected at Scarborough, 1858. Creator: Unknown

Music Saloon recently erected at Scarborough, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Music Saloon recently erected at Scarborough, 1858. The Scarborough Cliff Bridge Company have provided an additional attraction to the visitors of that beautiful watering-place by the erection of a

Background imageNorth Sea Collection: Filey, Yorkshire - from the South Cliff, 1858. Creator: Unknown

Filey, Yorkshire - from the South Cliff, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Filey, Yorkshire - from the South Cliff, 1858. This town is situated...at the head of a bay, upon cliffs more than a hundred feet above the level of the ocean; its clayey encampment forming a curious

Background imageNorth Sea Collection: Harbour Scene with Reflecting Water, 1649. Creator: Jan van de Cappelle

Harbour Scene with Reflecting Water, 1649. Creator: Jan van de Cappelle
Harbour Scene with Reflecting Water, 1649

Background imageNorth Sea Collection: The Arrival of the Royal Charles, 1667. Creator: Jeronymus van Diest

The Arrival of the Royal Charles, 1667. Creator: Jeronymus van Diest
The Arrival of the Royal Charles, 1667. Other Title(s): The Arrival of the English Flagship Royal Charles at Hellevoetsluis, Captured during the Dutch Raid on the Medway, June 1667

Background imageNorth Sea Collection: Ships off IJsselmonde, 1617. Creator: Aert Anthonisz

Ships off IJsselmonde, 1617. Creator: Aert Anthonisz
Ships off IJsselmonde, 1617. Other Title(s): The Eendraght off IJsselmonde, 1618

Background imageNorth Sea Collection: The Battle of the Zuider Zee, 1573, 1663. Creator: Jan Theunisz. Blanckerhoff

The Battle of the Zuider Zee, 1573, 1663. Creator: Jan Theunisz. Blanckerhoff
The Battle of the Zuider Zee, 1573, 1663

Background imageNorth Sea Collection: Arrival of the Boats, 1884. Creator: Jacob Henricus Maris

Arrival of the Boats, 1884. Creator: Jacob Henricus Maris
Arrival of the Boats, 1884

Background imageNorth Sea Collection: View in the Dunes near Dekkersduin, The Hague, c.1875-c.1885. Creator: George Hendrik Breitner

View in the Dunes near Dekkersduin, The Hague, c.1875-c.1885. Creator: George Hendrik Breitner
View in the Dunes near Dekkersduin, The Hague, c.1875-c.1885

Background imageNorth Sea Collection: La Reddition de la Flotte Allemande; Arrivee au mouillage, a l'embouchure du Forth, de la... 1918

La Reddition de la Flotte Allemande; Arrivee au mouillage, a l'embouchure du Forth, de la... 1918. Creator: Unknown
La Reddition de la Flotte Allemande; Arrivee au mouillage, a l'embouchure du Forth, de la longue ligne des soixante-dix navires de guerre allemands, flanques au Nord, a gauche

Background imageNorth Sea Collection: Le Reddition de la Flotte Allemande; Au mouillage de Rosyth, a 3 h. 57 du soir

Le Reddition de la Flotte Allemande; Au mouillage de Rosyth, a 3 h. 57 du soir
Le Reddition de la Flotte Allemande; Au mouillage de Rosyth, a 3 h 57 du soir, le 21 novembre 1918, le pavillon de guerre allemand est amene a bord du "Friedrich-der-Grosse"

Background imageNorth Sea Collection: Le Reddition de la Flotte Allemande; le 21 novembre 1918, a midi, les grands navires de... 1918

Le Reddition de la Flotte Allemande; le 21 novembre 1918, a midi, les grands navires de... 1918
Le Reddition de la Flotte Allemande; le 21 novembre 1918, a midi, les grands navires de bataille allemands, naviguant en tete de la longue colonne des 70 batiments de guerre livres par

Background imageNorth Sea Collection: Map of the island of Urk, 1720. Creator: Maurits Walraven

Map of the island of Urk, 1720. Creator: Maurits Walraven
Map of the island of Urk, 1720. Map hand-drawn in 1720 by surveyor Maurits Walraven based on two anonymous maps. Bottom centre: scale of 160 Rhineland rods

Background imageNorth Sea Collection: Nouvelle Carte des Sept Departemens de la Hollande/ New map of the seven Dutch...(1811-1812)

Nouvelle Carte des Sept Departemens de la Hollande/ New map of the seven Dutch...(1811-1812). Creator: Jan Gerritsz
Nouvelle Carte des Sept Departemens de la Hollande (...) / New map of the seven Dutch departments. Divided pursuant to the decree of his Majesty the Emperor and King of October 21, 1811

Background imageNorth Sea Collection: The village of Over-Diemen near Amsterdam on the Zuiderzee, view from land, 1764-1771

The village of Over-Diemen near Amsterdam on the Zuiderzee, view from land, 1764-1771. Creator: Jan Brandes
The village of Over-Diemen near Amsterdam on the Zuiderzee, view from land, 1764-1771. View of the village of Overdiem (Diemen)

Background imageNorth Sea Collection: Map of North Holland, c.1700-c.1710. Creator: Nicolaes Visscher

Map of North Holland, c.1700-c.1710. Creator: Nicolaes Visscher
Map of North Holland, c.1700-c.1710. Kennemaria et Westfrisia vulgo et vernacule Noord-Holland tam in minores quam Praecipuas Ditiones...'

Background imageNorth Sea Collection: Map of Rijnland and Amstelland, c.1675. Creator: Workshop of Nicolaes Visscher

Map of Rijnland and Amstelland, c.1675. Creator: Workshop of Nicolaes Visscher
Map of Rijnland and Amstelland, c.1675. Rhenolandia, Amstelandia et circumjacentia aliquot territoria: cum aggeribus omnibus terminisq. suis'

Background imageNorth Sea Collection: Map of South Holland, c.1675. Creator: Nicolaes Visscher

Map of South Holland, c.1675. Creator: Nicolaes Visscher
Map of South Holland, c.1675. With the west above. Scale in Dutch and French miles. Warships in a naval battle on the North Sea, the mouths of the Haringvliet and the Maas

Background imageNorth Sea Collection: Map of Holland, Utrecht and part of Gelderland, 1726-1727. Creator: Caspar Specht

Map of Holland, Utrecht and part of Gelderland, 1726-1727. Creator: Caspar Specht
Map of Holland, Utrecht and part of Gelderland, 1726-1727. Map of the county of Holland, the seigneury of Utrecht and most of the Duchy of Gelderland. Texel and Vlieland in the top left

Background imageNorth Sea Collection: Map of the southern (Austrian) Netherlands, 1719. Creator: Joachim Ottens

Map of the southern (Austrian) Netherlands, 1719. Creator: Joachim Ottens
Map of the southern (Austrian) Netherlands, 1719. Novissima et accuratissima decem Austriacarum in Belgio provinciarum tabula, ut sunt ducatus Brabantiae, Luxembergensis, Limburgensis, et Geldriae

Background imageNorth Sea Collection: Figurative map, giving an indication of the main dike breaches, etc.: along the Rivers, 1809

Figurative map, giving an indication of the main dike breaches, etc.: along the Rivers, 1809. Creator: Antoni Zürcher
Figurative map, giving an indication of the main dike breaches, etc.: along the Rivers, 1809. The area affected by flooding between the large rivers

Background imageNorth Sea Collection: 'KULTUR'; Les Heures D'Ivresse; specimen des pages inspirees par le debut... 1914. Creator: Unknown

"KULTUR"; Les Heures D'Ivresse; specimen des pages inspirees par le debut... 1914. Creator: Unknown
"KULTUR"; Les Heures D'Ivresse; specimen des pages inspirees par le debut de la guerre au plus grand journal illustre d'Allemagne, l'Illustrirte Zeitung

Background imageNorth Sea Collection: La bataille navale du Jutland; Le croiseur anglais Warspite au milieu de l'action

La bataille navale du Jutland; Le croiseur anglais Warspite au milieu de l'action, 1916. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume I" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

Background imageNorth Sea Collection: Bluff-bowed Fishing Boat on the Beach at Scheveningen, c.1885. Creator: Jacob Henricus Maris

Bluff-bowed Fishing Boat on the Beach at Scheveningen, c.1885. Creator: Jacob Henricus Maris
Bluff-bowed Fishing Boat on the Beach at Scheveningen, c.1885

Background imageNorth Sea Collection: Fishing Boats at Sea, mid-17th-early 18th century. Creator: Willem van de Velde the Younger

Fishing Boats at Sea, mid-17th-early 18th century. Creator: Willem van de Velde the Younger
Fishing Boats at Sea, mid-17th-early 18th century

Background imageNorth Sea Collection: Fishing Boats in a Gale, mid-late 17th century. Creator: Willem van de Velde the Younger

Fishing Boats in a Gale, mid-late 17th century. Creator: Willem van de Velde the Younger
Fishing Boats in a Gale, mid-late 17th century

Background imageNorth Sea Collection: Beach Scene, c.1870-c.1903. Creator: Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch

Beach Scene, c.1870-c.1903. Creator: Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch
Beach Scene, c.1870-c.1903

Background imageNorth Sea Collection: View of the beach at Scheveningen, 1805-1860. Creator: Hendrik van de Sande Bakhuyzen

View of the beach at Scheveningen, 1805-1860. Creator: Hendrik van de Sande Bakhuyzen
View of the beach at Scheveningen, 1805-1860

Background imageNorth Sea Collection: Map of Vlieland, Terschelling and the surrounding sandbanks, 1708 or later. Creator: Isaak de Graaf

Map of Vlieland, Terschelling and the surrounding sandbanks, 1708 or later. Creator: Isaak de Graaf
Map of Vlieland, Terschelling and the surrounding sandbanks, 1708 or later. At top left the title: Flie en Schellinger stroom [stream], and a comment: Note the cyffers with black

Background imageNorth Sea Collection: Map of Noord-Holland, Texel, Vlieland, Terschelling, part of Friesland... 1712

Map of Noord-Holland, Texel, Vlieland, Terschelling, part of Friesland... 1712. Creator: Isaak de Graaf
Map of Noord-Holland, Texel, Vlieland, Terschelling, part of Friesland and the surrounding sandbanks, 1712. Top left, cartouche with the title Texel en Flie-stroom (Texel and the Flie-stream)




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Discover the breathtaking beauty of the North Sea, where history and nature collide. From Dunvegan Castle on the enchanting Isle of Skye in Scotland's Inner Hebrides to the stunning sand dunes of Druridge Bay in England's Northumberland, this coastal wonderland will leave you spellbound. Witness the captivating drama as the incoming tide engulfs the causeway linking St Marys Island and lifehouse in Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear. Marvel at Bamburgh Castle standing proudly amidst rolling dunes near Bamburgh village, a true testament to Northumberland's rich heritage. Venture further north to explore Skara Brae Prehistoric Village on Scotland's Orkney Islands, a fascinating glimpse into ancient civilizations. Feel like a true Viking as you set sail on a majestic ship across these historic waters or witness the might of a Heavy Lift Barge navigating through its vast expanse. Take in panoramic views from Alnmouth village with River Aln flowing gracefully into the North Sea or immerse yourself in nostalgia at Staithes fishing village in North Yorkshire. The charm is undeniable. Embrace tranquility along Embleton Bay Beach with Dunstanburgh Castle looming majestically nearby or soak up seaside vibes at Newbiggin by-the-sea, where golden sands meet azure waves. And don't miss out on Saltburn-by-the-Sea's top-of-the-world view from its iconic funicular railway. The North Sea beckons adventurers and dreamers alike with its diverse landscapes and hidden treasures. So come experience this coastal paradise that seamlessly blends history, natural wonders, and endless awe.