Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #6 in Delft, Netherlands

The Van Leeuwenhoek Park is a (future) park in the South Holland city of Delft. The park was built on the former railway line of the Amsterdam - Rotterdam railway line. The first phase of the construction of the park started in September 2022.

Wikipedia: Van Leeuwenhoekpark (Delft) (NL)

The Hoogbrug is a brick arch bridge in the center of the city of Delft, in the Dutch province of South Holland. The bridge, located near Achterom, is a national monument and was probably built in the 16th century.

Wikipedia: Hoogbrug (Delft) (NL)

The Zuiderkerk in Delft, in the Dutch province of South Holland, is a former Dutch Reformed church. The church was built in 1888 to a design by G. van der Kaaden, and has elements borrowed from classicism and Renaissance. The church is located in a courtyard.

Wikipedia: Zuiderkerk (Delft) (NL), Website

View of Delft is an oil painting by Johannes Vermeer, painted c. 1659–1661. The painting of the Dutch artist's hometown is among his best known. It is one of three known paintings of Delft by Vermeer, along with The Little Street and the lost painting House Standing in Delft, and his only cityscape. According to art historian Emma Barker, cityscapes across water, which were popular in the Netherlands at the time, celebrated the city and its trade. Vermeer's View of Delft has been held in the Dutch Royal Cabinet of Paintings at the Mauritshuis in The Hague since its establishment in 1822.

Wikipedia: View of Delft (EN)

The Koninklijke Porceleyne Fles N.V. is a Dutch manufacturer of Delftware, a type of earthenware, headquartered in Delft, the Netherlands. It is the only remaining factory out of 32 that were established in Delft during the 17th century. Today, the company has been active for over 360 years without interruption. Despite the name, its products are not in fact porcelain.

Wikipedia: De Koninklijke Porceleyne Fles (EN), Website

Until October 2013, the Immanuel Church was a Protestant community located on Schoemakerstraat in the city of Delft, in the Dutch province of South Holland. Since then, the building has been freed up in the hands of the Reformed Churches, which merged into the Dutch Reformed Churches in 2023. Together with the Peace Church and the now demolished Maranatha, this church formed the church triangle.

Wikipedia: Immanuëlkerk (Delft) (NL), Website

The Church of Peace or Church of the Holy Sacrament is a Roman Catholic parish church in the Wippolder district in the city of Delft, in the Dutch province of South Holland. The church is part of the Sint Ursula parish and is located at the intersection Nassaulaan/Julianalaan (Poortlandplein). The building was designed by the architects H. Thunnissen, J.H. Hendricks and Th. van Rossum.

Wikipedia: Vredeskerk (Delft) (NL)

The TU Delft Hortus Botanicus, until 2022 Botanical Garden TU Delft, is a botanical garden that is part of the Delft University of Technology in Delft. The hortus was founded in 1917 by Gerrit van Iterson as a 'Culture Garden for Technical Crops'. The organization is affiliated with Botanic Gardens Conservation International and the Dutch Association of Botanical Gardens.

Wikipedia: TU Delft Hortus Botanicus (NL), Website