Tourist attractions Harderwijk

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 ..

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..

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..

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

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 polder of 43 000 ha, mostly drained in 1968, is separated from Oostelijk Flevoland by a safety dyke, the Knardijk. It is surrounded by a dyke built from 1959 to 1967. Half the land is dedicated to agriculture, the rest is given over to the inhab..

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 ..

The hulk of this 23m long boat, discovered in 1967 during the draining of the polder, has been left in place in the middle of the fields. Named De Zeehond (the seal) and dating from 1878, this boat used to transport bricks and you can see a pile of..

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

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.

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.