Tourist attractions Bunschoten

This beautiful double gateway was built around 1400. It is comprised of a reinforced bridge over the Eem made up of a lock, a double treadmill in the centre and the actual gate itself, which is flanked by turrets. This is a meeting place for the logg..

These famous "rampart houses" built on or backing on to the first of the town's perimeter walls, have come to be a symbol of the town. They date back to the 15C. From Havik, taking the Bloemendalse Binnenpoort you'll see lovely muurhuizen b..

This beautiful Gothic tower from the 15C is 100 metres high and is the former belfry of a church destroyed in 1787. It is situated in a large, quiet square: Lieve Vrouwekerkhof (flower market every Friday morning). Built in brick, the tower is surmou..

Completed in 1931, this work by Duko (1884-1974) is a series of terraced, mostly cubic shapes, the volumes of which, all different and are superimposed on one another or harmoniously juxtaposed. The whole thing, which plays tricks on the eye with h..

The five bunkers one of which has six bastions (Turfpoort) have been converted into a museum. Canons, weapons, uniforms, engravings and an audiovisual presentation illustrate the lively history of the town. The high points of the visit are the listen..

This attractive Renaissance town hall has stepped gables and dates from 1601. The interior is furnished in the old style and is decorated with 17C paintings. It contains a model of the fortifications as they were in the 17C.

This museum with its old shops, herring smokehouse, farm and fishermen's' houses give a good insight into what daily life was once like in Bunschoten-Spakenburg.

This palace, the house of the Queen Mother Juliana, is an old hunting pavilion. Until the marriage of Princess Juliana with Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld, it was the summer residence of the Dutch monarchs.

The collections of this museum mainly concern the history of the town and locality of Flehite (to the east of Utrecht). On display, you'll see archaeology, history, decorative arts, and Johan van Oldenbarnevelt memorabilia.

This is the old port of Amersfoort, situated near the ford around which the town grew. Its wharfs are bordered by attractive restored houses.

Called the "inner door of Kampen", this former brick gateway to the town flanked by octagonal turrets was built in the 13th century, shortly after the first perimeter wall, on the Kampen road. To the west you will go past the first muurhuiz..

On the corner formed by Groenmarkt and the nearby Appelmarkt Square, there are several charming old houses that have been restored.

Following on from the chapel of the St-Pieters-en Bloklands Gasthuis hospice, this hall (1530) was used for the destitute and infirm townsfolk who could come here for treatment and shelter at the nobles' expense. They slept in wooden beds with wrap..

Built in 1243, then burned down in 1370, this church and covered market was reconstructed then enlarged in 1534. The interior preserves staged arches from the Romanesque period, and a tower-porch supporting three Gothic naves and fresco fragments, we..

This large square is still bordered by some old facades (No 24). On Friday mornings and Saturdays, it is filled by a large market.

This town, which is also called Dieventoren Plompetoren, dates back to the 13C. This is a relic of the first perimeter wall. The tower is followed by a remarkable group of muurhuizen running right up to the beginning of the Langestraat.

Here you will some old facades, including that of a late Gothic style house situated on the corner of the square, the Kapelhuis .

This enormous 9 ton Erratic rock weighing around nine tonnes stands on a lawn in the Stadsring. It came from one of the nearby woods, and was deposited here by a Scandinavian glacier. In 1661, it was transported to the town centre, the Varkensmarkt. ..

This graceful water port, or Waterpoort, dates back to 1430. Situated on the main canal ring, the Porta dominates the densely planted gardens of the pantry shin houses. It dominates the lush gardens of the Patrician houses.

This is the restored and renovated birthplace of Mondrian. It houses an exhibition which covers the main phases in the development of the painter, from the period when he limited himself to depicting nature during his neoplastic face, in which colour..