Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #2 in Middelburg, Netherlands
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4.6 km
46 m
Experience Middelburg in Netherlands in a whole new way with our free self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.
Individual Sights in MiddelburgSight 1: Kuiperspoort
The Kuiperspoort is a street in Middelburg in the province of Zeeland. The name refers to the coopers' guild that was established here in the 17th century.
Sight 2: Monument Nieuwe Haven
The Monument for the New Harbour is a national monument on the Rouaanskaai in Middelburg in the province of Zeeland.
Sight 3: Oostkerk
The Oostkerk is a Protestant church in Middelburg. The church can be spotted on the Middelburg horizon by its characteristic round dome.
Sight 4: Koepoort
The Koepoort in Middelburg is, of the eight city gates once present, the only one that has been preserved in its entirety. The gate, built in the late Louis XIV style, was designed by architect Jan Pieter van Baurscheidt the Younger and city architect Jan de Munck. The gate was built in the first half of the eighteenth century and was the successor of several earlier cow gates. Where the earlier gates served as defensive works, the new gate mainly served as an ornamental gate.
Sight 5: Jan Morks
Johannes (Jan) Morks was a Dutch composer, music pedagogue, conductor, organist, carillonneur and clarinetist. He is best known as the conductor and composer of the melody of the Zeeland national anthem on a text by Daniël Adrianus Poldermans.
Sight 6: Zeeuws museum
The Zeeuws Museum is a museum in Middelburg about the province of Zeeland. Since 1972, the Zeeuws Museum has been located on the Abdijplein in the Abbey of Middelburg.
Sight 7: Bevrijdingsmonument
The liberation monument in the Dutch city of Middelburg is a monument in memory of the liberation from the German occupation.
Sight 8: Nieuwe Kerk
The Nieuwe Kerk is a church that is part of the former abbey of Middelburg in the center of the Zeeland capital Middelburg. Next to the church is the tower Lange Jan and the Koorkerk. The Nieuwe Kerk was used by the parishioners, the Koorkerk by the monks.
Sight 9: Lange Jan
The Abbey Tower is a 90.4-metre-high church tower that belongs to the abbey complex in Middelburg. It is curiously situated against the south wall of the single-nave Choir Church. The tower is nicknamed the Lange Jan and is number ten on the list of tallest church towers in the Netherlands.
Sight 10: Koorkerk
The Koorkerk is part of the former abbey of Middelburg. The church is so called because it consists of the choir of the abbey church; the rest of the church forms the Nieuwe Kerk. Until the Reformation, the church was reserved for the monks and the Nieuwe Kerk for parishioners.
Sight 11: Gistpoort
The Gistpoort is a late Gothic gatehouse in the Dutch city of Middelburg, located at Sint Pieterstraat 48.
Sight 12: Gasthuiskerk
The Gasthuiskerk is a Protestant church of the Christian Reformed Churches in Middelburg in the province of Zeeland.
Sight 13: Herenstraat
The synagogue of Middelburg is located in the area between the Sint Janstraat and the Herenstraat. It was built in 1705 in the backyard of the home of the Jewish merchant Benjamin Levie. The entrance is now in the Herenstraat. It is the first synagogue built outside of Amsterdam on Dutch soil.
Sight 14: Een gestolde herinnering
A Solidified Memory (1990) is a memorial in the Dutch city of Middelburg, in the province of Zeeland.
Sight 15: Petrus en Pauluskerk
The Peter and Paul Church is a Roman Catholic church in Middelburg, and parish church of Walcheren, located on the Lombardstraat. The building, built in neo-Romanesque style after the Bossche School, was put into use in 1951.
Sight 16: Stadhuis
Middelburg Town Hall is situated at the market of Middelburg, Zeeland. It is considered one of the finest Gothic buildings in the Netherlands. Construction began in 1452 and was supervised by several generations of the Flemish family of architects Keldermans. Construction was completed in 1520, the town hall received a facade with Gothic windows, red-white shutters, smaller turrets and twenty-five statues of Zeeland's counts and countesses. The building has one main tower, which the Middelburgers call 'Malle Betje'. This mocking name comes from the fact it used to run behind the town's other clock tower, the 'lange Jan'. A meat-auction or 'meathall' used to be situated in the building, which had a separate entrance. Whereas the town hall itself is still used for weddings, since 2004 its spaces are in use by the University College Roosevelt, the local university. The former meat hall has been in use as an exhibition space for the SBKM since 1980.
Sight 17: English Church
The English Church or Église Wallonne is a Protestant church in Middelburg in the province of Zeeland.
Sight 18: De Seismolen
The Seismolen is a (former) flour mill on the Seisbolwerk in the Dutch city of Middelburg. It is a round stone tower mill that was built in 1728 and is therefore the oldest of the mills still present in Middelburg. After a serious storm in November 1940 and subsequent neglect, the mill fell into disrepair. From 1955, when the mill became the property of the municipality, the masonry was restored. It was only after a restoration in 2000-2001 that the mill became millable again: in the Seismolen there are 2 pairs of 16der artificial stones and 1 pair of 16der blue stones.
Sight 19: De Hoop
De Hoop is a former corn and hulling mill on the Vlissings Bolwerk in Middelburg in the Dutch province of Zeeland.
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