Tourist attractions Elburg

From the right bank of the Ijssel, you will have a beautiful view of the whole town, magnificent at twilight. In particular, you will see the onion-domed turret of the old town hall and the Nieuwe Toren standing out in the centre, the 14C Buitenkerk ..

Located close to the yacht harbour, next to a leisure centre, the Veluwestrand (which has a beach) is the largest marine wildlife park in Europe. See dolphins, sealions, walruses, seals, killer whales and rays, which those who are brave enough can ..

The municipal museum is dedicated to the interesting history of Zwolle. It is in an attractive 16C noble house, the Drostenhuis (Bailiff's house) to which a modern wing has been added. The house has furnished rooms and attractive collections of silve..

Surrounded by water, this Renaissance-style castle was built in 1543 by Maarten van Rossum, a blood-soaked general of Charles Duke of Guelders. It subsequently became the property of the Van Isendoorn family, who extended and improved it in the 17C a..

In this street of beautiful houses, you will see one dating from the 15 C that resembles a donjon and is named Burcht (strong castle) or Arent toe Boecophuis.

Situated to the north, this 14C tower once overlooked the sea. It is flanked by bartizans, and the only surviving town gateway

Here, there are a number of spectacular and varied attractions, including the wild river, The tipping Condor which turns you upside down five times, the G-force cylinder and the frightening Space Shot, which sends you 60 m in the air... The cautious ..

This elegant building, flanked by towers with narrow rooves, formed part of the walls in the 15C. It was modified in the 17C in the Renaissance style.

This is the oldest of the town gates (14C). Located on the site of the old grain market of Koornmarket, near the Bovenkerk, it has kept its defensive character with a massive central keep enclosed by two squat towers.

Overlooked by the new 18C town hall, this small building dating from 1543 is crowned with galleries and flanked to the rear by an octagonal, slightly leaning tower, with an openwork onion dome. Its pinnacled gable is framed by turrets. The Magistrate..

This church is a huge Gothic building dating from the middle of the 14C and dominated by a 70m tower. The interior is remarkable for its size and has five naves, a wide transept and a large ambulatory with chapels radiating from it. Notice in particu..

This tall square tower was built in the 17C. Topped by an octagonal belltower, it has a peal of bells cast by the Hemony brothers.

This elegant residence, its tall façade crowned with pinnacles and pierced by many windows, houses the municipal museum ( Stedelijk Museum ). Here you will find in particular the watermen's guild collection of silverware with a fine horn and silver ..

This polder of 54 000 ha was dyked and drained from 1950 to 1957. Its land was intended for agriculture, for fields and woods and is dotted with farms and barns, canals, wide and straight roads and dykes. Since 1960, towns and villages have sprouted ..

This museum lets you discover natural history, geology and the environment in an entertaining way. The museum of natural history brings together skeletons from the ice age and a varied collection of birds. The pavilion at the Ecodrome will take you o..

Do not miss this charming gateway in the ramparts (14-16C) which stands near the Strandboulevard and gives access to the Vismarkt, the old fish market.

In this pedestrian street, note several large 18C mansions, with doorways decorated in the rococo style. In a narrow street on the left (Academiestraat), note the Linné Tower ( Linnaeustorentje ), dating from the 16C, behind which used to be the Univ..

The old town still has many Renaissance houses and 18C patrician residences with rococo portals, all bearing witness to a wealthy past.

This museum occupies an 18C residence. It is devoted to the history of the Veluwe nature reserve and of the famous Harderwijk University, attended notably by the 18C Swedish botanist Carl von Linné (also known as Linnaeus), the surgeon Hermann Boerha..

This museum is dedicated to naive and fringe art and brings together collections of paintings, drawings and sculptures by artists who developed outside of the mainstream art world. These are creations with a great personal significance, a heightened ..