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How much do you know about the Sand Motor? On this page you can read questions and answers about this special part of the Netherlands.

The Sand Motor is the same size as 50 football fields

The Sand Motor is even bigger: it was 100 hectares when it was built. That is about the same size as 200 football fields.

21.5 million cubic meters of sand was used for the Sand Motor

True! An awful lot of sand, huh? The Sand Motor itself consists of 19 million cubic meters of sand, the rest of the sand is used for two underwater nourishments on the north and south sides.

Rijkswaterstaat
Provincie Zuid-Holland