Editing Delfzijl (section)

==Events==
[[File:Delfsail09 1.JPG|thumb|Ships at [[DelfSail]] in 2009]]

Every five years the city organises [[DelfSail]],<ref>{{cite web|title=DelfSail|url=http://www.delfsail.nl/|access-date=18 September 2015}}</ref> the second-largest sailing event of the Netherlands after [[SAIL Amsterdam]]. Part of the sea harbor near the center of Delfzijl is open to public on Sundays and special events are occasionally held when the heavy machinery is not moving and the sea gates are not closed.

Annually the "Pinksterfeesten" (Whitsunfestivities or Pentecost Festival) are organised in the city. Delfzijl is seeing a strong resurgence in the Dutch economy as the physical centerpoint of Energy Valley. This is the result of a strategic collaboration with the German town of [[Emden]] on the other side of the Eems Estuary, and North Sea natural gas that comes on shore near Delfzijl.