Step aboard a full-scale replica of the 17th-century Dutch East India Company tall ship Batavia at Lelystad's own waterfront museum — an immersive encounter with Golden Age seafaring, shipwreck history, and the story of how the Netherlands reclaimed land from the sea.
What to expect
Climb aboard the towering Batavia replica and feel the scale of a vessel that sailed for the Spice Islands in 1628. Interactive galleries below decks explain the astonishing story of mutiny, shipwreck, and survival on the Australian coast. The adjacent Nieuw Land museum traces the extraordinary engineering feat of draining the Zuiderzee to create Flevoland — the very ground the ship stands on. A superb museum café with waterfront terrace completes the experience.
Good to know
Batavialand is a 10-minute walk or 3-minute taxi from the Felison Cruise Terminal — ideal if time is limited or if you want to combine with Aviodrome or the Batavia Stad outlet. Open daily. Pre-purchase tickets on batavialand.nl to skip queues. Allow 2–3 hours for the full experience.
Sail there
Luxury cruises that call at Lelystad — book through us, the fare is identical and your concierge stays on your side.