Urk Visveiling is an example,in the heart of the Netherlands has a strong market position within the European fishing industry. The nationally and internationally oriented, innovative company with professional vision, it is viscentrum of Europe and offers both the captain and the buyer many advantages.
On May 19, 1904 Urk Fish Auction was established for the marketing of fish from the former Zuiderzee. The land reclamation in the '30s had a profound effect on the Urk community because the salt water was sweet and fleet shifted to the North Sea. Through the vision, courage and perseverance of the fishermen was a very modern fleet of Urk Fish Auction created and developed in the years to the hub of the fishing industry. Urk Fish Auction was in terms of sales volume and the largest in the Netherlands and one of the largest in Europe.
Visveiling Urk was founded in 2008 by the merger between Urk auction and Harlingen.