Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #4 in Amersfoort, Netherlands

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Tour Facts

Number of sights 9 sights
Distance 6.2 km
Ascend 77 m
Descend 74 m

Explore Amersfoort in Netherlands with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Individual Sights in Amersfoort

Sight 1: Amersfoort NCS

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Amersfoort NCS is the old railway station of Amersfoort, which was used by the Nederlandsche Centraal-Spoorweg-Maatschappij until 1904.

Wikipedia: Station Amersfoort NCS (NL)

575 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 2: Onze Lieve Vrouwetoren

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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.

Wikipedia: Onze Lieve Vrouwetoren (EN), Website

242 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 3: Vishal

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The fish hall of Amersfoort 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 moved back to its original and current location after it had been moved to the Lieve Vrouwenkerhof from 1856.

Wikipedia: Vishal (Amersfoort) (NL)

29 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 4: Evangelisch-Lutherse kerk

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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 members, from the Eemland and the northwest of the Veluwe.

Wikipedia: Lutherse kerk (Amersfoort) (NL), Website, Facebook

431 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 5: Amersfoortse Kei

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The Amersfoortse Kei is a large boulder in Amersfoort, to which the city owes the 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.

Wikipedia: Amersfoortse Kei (NL)

284 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 6: Rietveldpaviljoen

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Rietveldpaviljoen John Boers / CC BY-SA 3.0 nl

The Zonnehof is an exhibition building in the city of Amersfoort in Utrecht, designed by Gerrit Rietveld. The building in the style of the new building was opened in 1959. Rietveld also designed furniture and showcases for the building.

Wikipedia: De Zonnehof (NL)

1395 meters / 17 minutes

Sight 7: Bergkerk

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The Bergkerk is a church building in the Dutch city of Amersfoort, and is located at the address Dr. A. Kuyperlaan 2. The church that uses the building is part of the Protestant municipality of Amersfoort.

Wikipedia: Bergkerk (Amersfoort) (NL), Website

1333 meters / 16 minutes

Sight 8: Cavaleriemuseum

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Cavaleriemuseum

The Dutch Cavalry Museum is located in the centre of The Netherlands in the city of Amersfoort. The museum is hosted in two large buildings at the Bernhardkazerne army barracks.

Wikipedia: Dutch Cavalry Museum (EN), Website

1945 meters / 23 minutes

Sight 9: Grafheuvel Monnikenbosch

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Burial mound Monnikenbosch 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.

Wikipedia: Grafheuvel Monnikenbosch (NL)

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