Sky view of Apertif imaging observations. Blue circles indicate wide observations (single visit) while pink circles indicate fields with multiple visits as part of this data release (but we note that data products are only released for individual observations). The open black circles indicate the coverage in the original 4-yr survey plan. Grey circles show Apertif observations to date; these effectively represent the final survey footprint. Circles outlined in purple nave medium-deep coverage in the full survey.