20 Sights in Amersfoort, Netherlands (with Map and Images)
Explore interesting sights in Amersfoort, Netherlands. Click on a marker on the map to view details about it. Underneath is an overview of the sights with images. A total of 20 sights are available in Amersfoort, Netherlands.
List of cities in NetherlandsSightseeing Tours in Amersfoort1. Het Hammetje
't Hammetje, also called Hammetjes Paradijs, officially Ham Viswaterplas, is a plot with a fairytale fort on the Domstraat north of the canalized river de Laak near the Vathorst district in Amersfoort. The structure is a folly and previously did not have the function of a fort. It has two towers, William I and Willem II. Part of the 8-hectare site consists of a desanding lake that was dug to enable the construction of the A28 motorway.
2. Onze Lieve Vrouwetoren
The Onze-Lieve-Vrouwetoren 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 nickname of the tower is Lange Jan. The church that belonged to the tower was destroyed by a gunpowder explosion in the 18th century.
3. Vishal
The fish hall of Amersfoort is a small roof that used to serve as a fish hall. It is located on the Vismarkt, at the intersection between the Langestraat and the Korte- and Langegracht. The building dates from 1657 and was used for preparing and selling fish. In 1988 the fish hall was moved back to its original and current location after it was moved to the Lieve Vrouwenkerhof from 1856.
4. Sint-Franciscus-Xaveriuskerk
The Sint-Franciscus-Xaveriuskerk 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 Oudheidkundige Vereniging Flehite was chaplain there from 1875 to 1892.
Wikipedia: Sint-Franciscus-Xaveriuskerk (Amersfoort) (NL), Website
5. Kamperbinnenpoort
The Kamperbinnenpoort is an existing city gate in the Dutch city of Amersfoort. The Landpoort is on the north side of the city center between Langestraat and the camp and is one of the first city wall of Amersfoort. It is one of the last remains of this first city wall, the structure of which can largely still be seen in the wall houses, where the gate is attached.
6. Sint Ansfriduskerk
The Sint-Ansfriduskerk 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 Our Lady of Amersfoort, in which all Roman Catholic churches of Amersfoort and the surrounding area have merged. The church is a municipal monument.
7. Sint-Joriskerk
The Sint-Joriskerk is a three-aisled Hallenkerk in the Utrecht city of Amersfoort, located on the Hof. The church is used by the reformed district municipality of Sint Joriskerk of the Protestant municipality of Amersfoort. This neighborhood municipality is counting among the current of the Reformed Bond.
8. 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 center. The gate consists of two towers, which are connected by a gate arch, and stands on the east side of the city center.
9. Belgenmonument
The Belgenmonument is a monument on the Amersfoortse Berg in Amersfoort. Belgian soldiers built it in memory of 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 size.
10. 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 through the Amersfoortse Berg at Utrechtseweg 106. The front is aimed at the meeting point of five roads.
11. Museum Nederlandse Cavalerie
The Dutch Cavalry Museum is located at the Bernhard barracks in the Utrecht city of Amersfoort. A cavalry museum gives an impression of the operation of soldiers on horseback or under armor. Attention is paid to the history and traditions of certain combat units.
12. Voormalig Retraitehuis Sint Alphonsus
The Retreat House Sint Alphonsus was, together with the monastery Sint Joseph, a complex inhabited by the Redemptorist Fathers, located at barchman Wuytierslaan 53 in Amersfoort. The monastery is located next to it, at Barchman Wuytierslaan 55.
13. 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.
14. Evangelisch-Lutherse kerk
The Lutheran Church in Amersfoort is a church building on the Langestraat, in use by the Lutheran community of Amersfoort. The municipality consists of about 120 registered people, coming from the Eemland and the northwest of the Veluwe.
Wikipedia: Lutherse kerk (Amersfoort) (NL), Website, Facebook
15. Zonnehof
De Zonnehof is an exhibition building in the Utrecht city of Amersfoort designed by Gerrit Rietveld. The building in the style of the new construction was opened in 1959. Rietveld also designed furniture and showcases for the building.
16. 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.
17. 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.
18. De Viking
The Viking is a sculpture by the Swedish sculptor Calle Örnemark. The assembly of wood refers to the legendary Viking Björn Järnsida and is located in the Dutch city of Amersfoort, in the Liendert district.
19. Grafheuvel Monnikenbosch
Monnikenbosch Burial Mound is a prehistoric burial mound on the Zandlaan in Soest, between Amersfoort and Soest. The hill is located in the middle of the Monnikenbos nature reserve and is a national monument.
20. Nationaal Monument Kamp Amersfoort
National Monument Camp Amersfoort is a monument and museum Ter Commemoral to Camp Amersfoort in Leusden, one of the concentration camps in the Netherlands occupied by the Germans during the Second World War.
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