Tourist attractions Zaltbommel

Built between 1380 and 1530 in the Gothic Brabant style, the cathedral was restored from the 19C onwards. (up until 1985). Its sheer size and its bright and richly decorated appearance make this one of the Netherlands' most beautiful religious buildi..

This museum is set up in the former town governor's palace (1769). This museum testifies to medieval life, the guilds, the 80-years war, religions, popular traditions and archaeology of northern Brabant with its display of paintings, sculptures, deco..

As you walk down the main street, make sure you see this Renaissance house with caryatids.

The house of Maarten van Rossum has been converted into a museum and has a picturesque façade from 1535 with tympanums decorated with medallions, angle turrets and crenellations. The results of excavations from Roman times are on show inside.

This restored and abundantly decorated 14C church has an impressive belfry-doorway from the 15C which stands 63 m tall.

Located close to the docks, the fish market is surrounded by 17C houses. A covered market (or Visbank) dating from 1796 still stands here.

This small national museum of glass is housed in a villa. It includes beautiful collections of glass and crystal from Leerdam (19C-20C) but also from other countries, notably Scandinavia and Italy (from the 18C onwards).

A former gunpowder store - a brick building built in 1621, set around a courtyard and formerly surrounded by a moat - accommodates this museum. The restored ground floor rooms are used for contemporary art and design exhibits. The first floor display..

In this country inhabited by giants, knights and gentle maidens, the child is king. There the language of another time is spoken, the money from another time is used, and a number of small theaters put on scenes from the history of another time. A to..

The Hinthamerstraat , one of the main shopping streets, runs into this lively square situated in the centre of town. The statue (1929) of Hieronymus Bosch stands in front of the town hall.

This building is home to the tourist office (VVV) and boasts a brick facade with steeped gables dating from the 13th century.

Built in the 15C, this building was given a classical facade in 1670. The bells were worked on by the Hémony brothers. On the ground floor, the Marriage Hall (Trouwkamer) is carpeted with beautiful draperies in Cordoba leather. The vaulted 16C cell..

This museum exhibits works by a family of painters, including canvases by Marinus Slager (1841-1912) and Tom Slager (born in 1918).

This farm museum retraces the lives of the Brabant farmers of 1900.

The slate roofs of this red brick fortress flanked by four square towers rise in solitary state out of the greenery. The castle (1357-1368) was surrounded by a perimeter wall from 1385 and in the 15C, it was made into a prison. Grotius was incarcerat..

Near the 15C Gevangenpoort (prison-gate), you will see this old town hall, now a restaurant. It has a graceful Renaissance façade with a stepped gable, a flight of steps in front and is topped by two heraldic lions. In the same street, at no.37 you..

This charming little walled gate, square and boasting a high roof topped with a bellturret, dates back to 1597 and was enlarged in 1770. This is the only remaining one of the four city gates. From there, you can see a tall mill named De Hoop : The H..

On the facade (18 C) of this house, which is also called Huize Matthijs-Marijke , note the stone sculpture representing Christ and several children between the founders of the orphanage.

Located a little way outside the town, this ruined castle is surrounded by ditches and has preserved the remains of a square keep as well as a round tower from the 15C. The castle park was laid out in 1852 by J.D. Zocher and is on the list of listed ..

This museum traces the history of the town and especially recalls the excavations carried out on the site of the old Dorestad.