Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #2 in Schiedam, Netherlands

St. John's Church, also known as the Grote Kerk, is a three-aisled hall church in Schiedam, which was built on the site of a church in the 13th century.

Wikipedia: Grote of Sint-Janskerk (Schiedam) (NL)

The Old Town Hall of Schiedam is located on the Grote Markt. The building, built in 1538, was rebuilt after a fire (1604) in 1606, and in 1637 it was given the current gables. The double staircase dates from 1717-1718. In 1782 it was modernized by the then city architect Rutger van Bol'es.

Wikipedia: Oude stadhuis (Schiedam) (NL)

The Zakkendragershuisje is a former guild house of the Zakkendragersgilde in Schiedam. It was built in 1725. The building has a tower with an accompanying clock.

Wikipedia: Zakkendragershuisje (Schiedam) (NL)

The Schiedammer Korenbeurs or Koopmansbeurs is a national monument from 1786-'92. In the Korenbeurs, malt wine, grains and swill were traded. This trade was directly related to the distilleries for gin located in Schiedam. The Beurs is seen as one of the monuments of Schiedam's gin industry.

Wikipedia: Korenbeurs (Schiedam) (NL)

De Drie Koornbloemen from 1770 is the oldest surviving windmill in Schiedam and is owned by 18 burners. It is the only mill with a miller's house attached to the mill.

Wikipedia: De Drie Koornbloemen (NL)

De Vrijheid is a windmill in Schiedam, the Netherlands. The mill at Noordvest 40 is the "neighboring mill" of mill De Noord and was built in 1785 on behalf of a number of burners as a stone scaffolding mill between the mill De Noord and the former mill De Star, but against the wishes of several other burners. They were afraid that the new mill would obstruct the windage for other mills due to its width and size. The mill milled for the distilleries until 1917.

Wikipedia: De Vrijheid (Schiedam) (NL)

Dutch: De Noord is a windmill located on the Noordvest 38 in Schiedam, Netherlands. It is the tallest windmill in the world with a roof height of 33.3 metres (109 ft) and a wing span of 26.6 metres (87 ft). The mill is one of the five remaining windmills in Schiedam, and has been a national monument since 29 May 1969. Today De Noord houses a restaurant.

Wikipedia: De Noord (EN)

The Palmboom is a windmill in the South Holland city of Schiedam that was originally built in 1781 to grind raw materials for gin production. In 1901, during a fire on the other side of the Vest, a spark struck and the mill burned down completely. The mill stump remained standing and was rebuilt in 1991-1993. The rebuilt mill was then given the name De Nieuwe Palmboom (The New Palm Tree).

Wikipedia: De Palmboom (molen) (NL)

The Saint Jan de Doperkerk was a Roman Catholic parish church in Schiedam, built in 1965 and designed by J.A. Lelieveldt. The church was also known as the Nolens Church because it was located on the Mgr. Nolslaan. The parish is the continuation of the Saint Jan de Doperkerk or Port Church in the city centre.

Wikipedia: Sint Jan de Doperkerk (Schiedam Nieuwland) (NL)

The Babbersmolen is located along the Poldervaart in the municipality of Schiedam in South Holland. It is the oldest stone polder mill in the Netherlands. For a long time, only the 16-metre-high hull was still intact, but since 2013 the polder mill has been restored to its original state. The mill is located on the allotment complex 'Vijfsluizen'. It can be seen from the metro to Hoek van Holland and from the Poldervaart.

Wikipedia: Babbersmolen (NL), Website