20 Sights in Amersfoort, Netherlands (with Map and Images)
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Welcome to your journey through the most beautiful sights in Amersfoort, Netherlands! Whether you want to discover the city's historical treasures or experience its modern highlights, you'll find everything your heart desires here. Be inspired by our selection and plan your unforgettable adventure in Amersfoort. Dive into the diversity of this fascinating city and discover everything it has to offer.
Sightseeing Tours in Amersfoort1. Koppelpoort
The Koppelpoort is a medieval gate in the Dutch city of Amersfoort, province of Utrecht. Completed around 1425, it combines land and water-gates, and is part of the second city wall of Amersfoort, which was constructed between 1380 and 1450.
2. Onze Lieve Vrouwetoren
The Onze-Lieve-Vrouwetoren, nicknamed Lange Jan, is a church tower in Amersfoort. The Late Gothic building is 98.33 metres tall and reaches high above the inner city. It is one of the most eye-catching monuments in town and the third highest church tower in the Netherlands. The church that belonged to the tower was destroyed by a gunpowder explosion in the 18th century.
3. de drie Femkes
Femke Bol is a Dutch track and field athlete who competes in hurdling and sprinting. She specialises in the 400 metres hurdles, where she is the 2023 World Champion, and in the 400 metres, where she is the 2024 World Indoor Champion and the short track world record holder. In the 4 × 400 metres relay, she is the 2023 World Champion and the 2024 World Indoor Champion with the Dutch women's team and the 2024 Olympic Champion with the Dutch mixed team.
4. Belgenmonument
The Belgians Monument is a monument on the Amersfoortse Berg in Amersfoort, the Netherlands. Belgian soldiers built it to commemorate the internment in the Netherlands during the First World War as a job creation and learning project. It is the largest monument in the Netherlands in terms of size.
5. Sint-Joriskerk
St. George's Church is a three-aisled hall church in the city of Amersfoort, Utrecht, located on the Hof. The church is owned by the Protestant Municipality of Amersfoort, part of the Protestant Church in the Netherlands. The church is open for viewing from mid-May to October and is rented out for events at the interface of culture, society and philosophy. On Sundays, the church is used by the Reformed District Congregation Sint Joris Church of the Protestant Municipality of Amersfoort. This district congregation counts itself as part of the movement of the Reformed Association.
6. Amersfoortse Kei
The Amersfoortse Kei is a large erratic boulder in Amersfoort, to which the city owes its nickname Keistad and its inhabitants the nickname Keientrekkers. The Amersfoortse Kei weighs 7157 kg, has a height of 2 meters and a circumference of 5.25 meters.
7. Landgoed Schothorst
Stadspark Schothorst is located in the municipality of Amersfoort and has a total area of 112.5 hectares. The construction took place around 1994. The city park is surrounded by the residential areas of Schothorst, Zielhorst, Hoogland and Kattenbroek. By refraining from 'shredded greenery' in and between the surrounding neighbourhoods, a large park was created. Three neighbourhood parks, an estate and the large oval pond together form the city park.
8. Sint-Franciscus-Xaveriuskerk
The St. Francis Xavier Church is a church building on 't Zand in Amersfoort, the building and the religious community are part of the Roman Catholic parish of Our Lady of Amersfoort. Wilhelmus Franciscus Nicolaus van Rootselaar, the first municipal archivist of Amersfoort, and the founder of the Flehite Antiquarian Society, was chaplain there from 1875 to 1892.
Wikipedia: Sint-Franciscus-Xaveriuskerk (Amersfoort) (NL), Website
9. Park Randenbroek
Randenbroek is a originally medieval house and estate, now Stadspark in Amersfoort, located on the edge of a swampy area (pants), on one of the sand heights east of the Heiligenbergerbeek that runs along the Utrechtse Heuvelrug.
10. Kunsthal KAdE
Kunsthal KAdE is an exhibition space in the Utrecht city of Amersfoort. Together with Museum Flehite, the Mondriaanhuis and the FASadE Architecture Centre, KAdE is part of the Amersfoort in C Foundation.
11. Monnikendam
The Monnikendam is a still existing water gate in the Dutch city of Amersfoort. Under this water gate, the water of the Heiligenbergerbeek flows into the city centre. The gate consists of two towers, which are connected by a gate arch, and stands on the east side of the city center.
12. Kamperbinnenpoort
The Kamperbinnenpoort is a city gate in the Dutch city of Amersfoort. The land gate is located on the north side of the city center between the Langestraat and the Kamp and belongs to the first city wall of Amersfoort. It is one of the last remnants of this first city wall, the structure of which can still be seen in the Wall Houses, to which the gate is attached.
13. Evangelisch-Lutherse kerk
The Lutheran Church in Amersfoort is a church building on the Langestraat, used by the Lutheran community of Amersfoort. The municipality consists of about 120 registered people, from the Eemland and the northwest of the Veluwe.
Wikipedia: Lutherse kerk (Amersfoort) (NL), Website, Facebook
14. De Flint
Flint, formerly De Flint, is a theatre in the centre of Amersfoort, Netherlands built in 1977. It was designed by Onno Greiner. The Flint programme includes play, musicals, cabaret and performances for children.
15. De Viking
The Viking is a sculpture by the Swedish sculptor Calle Örnemark. The assemblage of wood refers to the legendary Viking Björn Järnsida and is located in the Dutch city of Amersfoort, in the Liendert district.
16. Sint Ansfriduskerk
The Sint-Ansfridus Church is a Roman Catholic church building in the Bergkwartier district of Amersfoort. The church is dedicated to Saint Ansfridus. Since 2010, the church has been part of the Parish of Our Lady of Amersfoort, in which all Roman Catholic churches of Amersfoort and the surrounding area have merged. The church is a municipal monument.
17. Bergkerk
The Bergkerk is a church building in the Dutch city of Amersfoort, and is located at the address Dr. A. Kuyperlaan 2. The church congregation that uses the building is part of the Protestant Congregation of Amersfoort.
18. Het Hammetje
't Hammetje, also known as Hammetjes Paradijs, officially Ham Viswaterplas, is a plot with a fairytale fort on the Domstraat north of the canalized river Laak near the Vathorst district in Amersfoort. The structure is a folly and previously did not have the function of a fortress. It has two towers, William I and William II. Part of the 8-hectare site consists of a desanding lake that was dug to enable the construction of the A28 motorway.
19. Vishal
The Amersfoort fish hall is a small canopy that used to serve as a fish hall. It is located on the Vismarkt, at the intersection between the Langestraat and the Kortegracht and Langegracht. The building dates from 1657 and was used for preparing and selling fish. In 1988, the fish hall was returned to its original and current location after it was moved to the Lieve Vrouwenkerhof from 1856.
20. Genista
Villa Genista is a national monument in the Berg van Amersfoort district in the Dutch province of Utrecht. The urban half-timbered villa is located halfway along the Amersfoortse Berg at Utrechtseweg 106. The front is aimed at the meeting point of five roads.
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