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Schalkediep

Schalkediep is an access point on the Prinses Margrietkanaal near the village of Suwld in Friesland, serving as the landing for the Zonnepont Schalkediep ferry.

The pont connects Suwld on one bank with Garyp on the other, linking foot and cycle paths on both sides of the canal and opening up routes toward the Wide Ie and the natural areas of Burgumer Mar and de Alde Feanen.

The ferry itself is notable as the first autonomously solar-powered passenger ferry in the world, launched in 1995 and replaced by a second vessel in 2010. Volunteers operate the crossing, and a bell on the bank can be used to call the pont.

The name Schalkediep recalls the historic waterway that once ran here before the Prinses Margrietkanaal was constructed.


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