Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #1 in Schiedam, Netherlands

De Walvisch is a windmill in Schiedam, the Netherlands. The mill on the Westvest was built in 1794 and the foundation stone layer was A. Nolet. The mill is named after the Greenland whaling industry, which flourished at the end of the 18th century. The Walvisch was leased by 26 distillers. He ground grains for the gin. Around 1900 the mill lost a piece of inner rod during a storm; It took eight months before he had 4 blades again.

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The Zaalkerk in Schiedam is a church building that was built for the local branch of the Dutch Protestant Union. The church was designed by architect Henri Evers and was consecrated on December 26, 1909.

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Since 1996, the National Jenever Museum Schiedam has been located in a former malt wine distillery and distillery De Locomotief at Lange Haven 74 in the South Holland city of Schiedam, the city that became known as the gin capital of the world.

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The St. John the Baptist Church was a Roman Catholic parish church in Schiedam. The church is better known as the Havenkerk.

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De Plantage, a park in the South Holland town of Schiedam, is located between the Lange Nieuwstraat and the Tuinlaan. It was built in 1767 by city architect Arij van Bol'es. At the time, the area was the green zone on the outskirts of Schiedam. In 1826, the Plantage was redesigned under the direction of landscape architect Jan David Zocher. Around 1954, the Plantage was redesigned by Jan Bijhouwer, who removed many nineteenth-century elements and, if requested, added a playground and a music stage. Bijhouwer worked together with the head of the Schiedam parks department, Jan Jacob Schipper.

Wikipedia: Plantage (Schiedam) (NL)