Originally, he ' acted of an island of the North of the Hol-moor, separated from the coast(rib) by an arm of the lake Markermee. The village situated on this island sheltered fishermen who fought against the numerous floods putting to the test their everyday life(daily paper). Isolated by the continent, the island kept(preserved) for a long time a part(party) of the traditional Dutch lifestyle. A dike was built in 1957 and connects(binds) at the moment the continent and the island, a bridge(deck) towards and for the civilization. Nevertheless, nothing changed. The peculiarity of the village of Marken is to have managed to congeal the time(weather) to be transformed into tourist village..