Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #1 in Vlissingen, Netherlands

The Prison Tower on the boulevard in Vlissingen, in the Dutch province of Zeeland, is a remnant of the Westpoort from the 16th century. The tower, which is also called the 'Bomb-Free', is alternately built of layers of brick and natural stone and has a pointed roof. Nowadays, the national monument is used as a café-restaurant.

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Saint James the Great Church is a large Protestant church in the city of Flushing, Netherlands. The building is on the Old Market ; around are the streets called Branderijstraat and Lepelstraat. The original Roman Catholic church of the city, it has belonged to the Dutch Reformed Church since 1572, which became the Protestant Church in the Netherlands in 2004.

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Reptile Zoo Iguana is a foundation that collects and exhibits reptiles, amphibians and arthropods.

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The Beursgebouw is located on the Beursplein in the Dutch town of Vlissingen, in the province of Zeeland.

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The statue of Michiel de Ruyter is located on Boulevard de Ruyter in his birthplace Vlissingen, in the Dutch province of Zeeland. The cast-iron statue from 1841 was made by the Flemish sculptor Louis Royer. The image shows De Ruyter standing on a ship's deck with his back to the steering wheel, with one pair of binoculars in his hand and the other hand at his side. For years, the story has been circulating in Vlissingen that De Ruyter, as a joke of the sculptor, has a small dog under his arm. Presumably, however, this is a roll of paper. The statue is affectionately known as 'Michieltje'. The Hungarian city of Debrecen also has a statue of the Vlissingen naval hero. On 11 February 1676, De Ruyter saved 26 Hungarian Reformed ministers, who were on a Spanish galleon in the Mediterranean, from slavery.

Wikipedia: Standbeeld Michiel de Ruyter (Vlissingen) (NL)

The Lampsins were an aristocratic family in the Netherlands, who attained notability in the trading and colonial worlds in the 17th century. The most notable members of the family were brothers Adrian and Cornelius Lampsins, who were granted letters of patent by Louis XIV and became the Barons of colonial Tobago in 1662.

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The Zeeuws Maritime MuZEEum is a maritime museum in the center of Vlissingen, situated on the marina of the city. It is the successor of the Stedelijk Museum in Vlissingen. It is housed in a building once owned by the Lampsins family, prominent in the shipping business in the 17th century.

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The Lutheran church in Vlissingen, in the Dutch province of Zeeland, is located at Walstraat 23.

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Vlissingen Navy Drydock is a dry dock in Vlissingen. It is the oldest dry dock of the Netherlands, and is now a tourist attraction known as Dok van Perry.

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The Oranjemolen is a flour mill and former peeling mill on the Oranjedijk in Vlissingen, in the Dutch province of Zeeland. Due to its location, this mill is both a good wind catcher and an eye-catcher. It is a tower mill that was described in 1699, and must therefore have been built earlier. Since 1968 the mill has been owned by the municipality of Vlissingen. It is covered with roofing felt and has a radius of 24.50/24.60 meters. Since 2014, the mill has been able to grind and is still used to grind grain on a voluntary basis. Of the 23 city mills in Vlissingen, the Oranjemolen is the only one left. It is the closest mill to the sea in the Netherlands. The mill has suffered from war violence several times. A bullet from the English fleet in 1809 is said to still be in the southwest side of the mill wall. Traces of the Second World War can also still be found - the Allies landed near the mill in 1944.

Wikipedia: Oranjemolen (Vlissingen) (NL)