Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Harderwijk, Netherlands

Dolfinarium Harderwijk, better known as the Dolfinarium, is a marine mammal park in Harderwijk, the Netherlands. It is the largest marine mammal park in Europe. Visitor numbers were steady from 2005 to 2011, numbering between 700,000 and 800,000, with only the opening of new attractions responsible for a surge in numbers. In 2012 the Dolfinarium made €12 million in sales, which was around €2,4 million lower than the year before. This was mainly due to a decline in visitor numbers because of orca Morgan leaving the park, and the park temporarily closing down due to the start of construction at the end of the year.

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The Vischpoort or Vispoort is a late-14th-century city gate and former lighthouse in Harderwijk, Netherlands. The gate, which is located on the historical seaside of the Zuiderzee, is the only one of five gates in the city walls that remains. Between 1851 and 1947 the Vischpoort served as a lighthouse. The Vischpoort is listed as a national heritage site.

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The Grote Kerk in Harderwijk is a cruciform basilica in Gothic style that partly dates from the 14th and 15th centuries. The originally much larger church was initially called the Church of Our Lady and was dedicated to Mary. Since the Reformation in 1578, when the Catholic religion was banned and suppressed, the church has been used for Protestant worship.

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Marius van Dokkum Museum is an art museum in Harderwijk, the Netherlands. The museum is owned by Stadsmuseum Harderwijk and is located in a former dissecting room of the former University of Harderwijk. The museum is entirely focused on the work of painter Marius van Dokkum.

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The windmill De Hoop is located at Havendijk 2 in Harderwijk. The windmill was built as a replacement for an earlier mill from 1911 on the Strandboulevard, which burned down in 1969. Although the plan to rebuild at another location came quickly, rebuilding took a long time due to various circumstances. For the new windmill De Hoop, the hull of the Windmill of Reerink in Oldenzaal was used. It was purchased in 1993 by the Harderwijker Molenstichting. The mill was rebuilt by the company Vaags from Aalten. In 1998 De Hoop was put into operation and in 1999 it was opened to the public.

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