8 Sights in Zwolle, Netherlands (with Map and Images)
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Explore interesting sights in Zwolle, 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 8 sights are available in Zwolle, Netherlands.
Sightseeing Tours in Zwolle1. TOP Zwolle
A Tourist Transfer Point (TOP) is a 'natural junction', where various cycling, sailing, skating and walking routes start. Each TOP is recognizable by its landmark, a kind of obelisk is used in the east of the country, a blade of grass in the Green Heart and a remarkably large information column in the Gooi & Vecht region and the Rivierenland region. At TOPs there are often also some seats, a bicycle rack and a signpost. TOPs in the Gooi & Vecht region are also always equipped with bicycle rental, catering, (free) toilets, an ANWB Bicycle Service Box and a VVV information point.
2. Ter Pelkwijkpark
The Ter Pelkwijkpark is a park in the centre of the city of Zwolle, named after the Overijssel politician Johannes Pelkwijk. It is built on the eastern part of the former Zwolle fortification belt, which was dismantled from 1790. This was later the Ter Pelkwijkstraat. The park contains a memorial monument to a design by Titus Leeser for the more than 700 Swolleners who died during World War II by persecution and violence.
3. Monument aan de Meppelerstraatweg
The monument on the Meppelerstraatweg, which is located on the street of the same name in Zwolle, was erected in memory of five residents of Kampen, Zwolle and Zwollerkerspel who were executed on 31 March 1945 in reprisal for an act of resistance. They were the last of a total of 19 men who were executed in Zwolle between 3 October 1944 and 31 March 1945.
4. De Passiebloem
The Passiebloem is an octagonal scaffolding oil mill with storage sheds from 1776 on the Vondelkade in Zwolle. The mill could store 50 loads (100,000 kg) of seeds, 80,000 cakes and 530 barrels of oil in three oil cellars. There was room for 50,000 peats in the attached barn, according to an announcement of sale in 1864.
5. Potgietersingel
The Potgietersingel is a park in the city of Zwolle. The park was created at the beginning of the nineteenth century on former fortifications, dating from the seventeenth century. The park is named after the Zwolle-born writer-poet and De Gids editor Everhardus Johannes Potgieter.
6. Sassenpoort
The Sassenpoort is a gatehouse in the city wall of Zwolle, the Netherlands. It was built in 1409 out of dimension stone, mostly trachyte and tuff, and restoration work was done in 1893-1898. The gatehouse is a rijksmonument and is part of the Top 100 Dutch heritage sites.
7. Diezerpoort
The Diezerpoort is a former city gate in the city wall of Zwolle, which was demolished in 1828 and 1829. Today, only the contours in the road surface remain where the gate once stood. The start in the form of a curve has also been incorporated into the city wall.
8. Hoge Spoorbrug
The Hoge Spoorbrug over the railway yard of Zwolle Station, intended for pedestrians, handcarts and cattle according to the specifications, was built in 1883, and connected the city with Schelle, which was then still almost entirely agricultural.
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