Emilie's Guidebook
Sightseeing
Zaanse Schans
KraaienestMuseum of the Canals - fun & interactive
Here you will experience 100 years of canal history. The Amsterdam canal district makes the city. Money and arts has been made here for centuries, parties are celebrated and life is lived. This story is told in an adventurous way in the completely renovated Museum of the Canals Amsterdam. In the monumental building on the Herengracht you travel with a dazzling tour through 400 years of history. Museum of the Canals Amsterdam not only shows what was so special about the origin of the Amsterdam canals, but also why they still are today.
The museum is for anyone who loves the city or is about to fall in love with it. In the rooms you will discover one of the largest urban expansions in the world: the 17th century canals in Amsterdam. With the renewed interactive multi-media exhibition you can travel through 400 years of history in 45 minutes. The museum shop offers souvenirs that are linked to the Amsterdam canals and the museum. Books, jewelery, scarves, cups, notebooks, pens and wine; this is just a selection from the wide range. The store is freely accessible, you can also visit the store without an entrance ticket.
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Grachtenhuset
386 HerengrachtMuseum of the Canals - fun & interactive
Here you will experience 100 years of canal history. The Amsterdam canal district makes the city. Money and arts has been made here for centuries, parties are celebrated and life is lived. This story is told in an adventurous way in the completely renovated Museum of the Canals Amsterdam. In the monumental building on the Herengracht you travel with a dazzling tour through 400 years of history. Museum of the Canals Amsterdam not only shows what was so special about the origin of the Amsterdam canals, but also why they still are today.
The museum is for anyone who loves the city or is about to fall in love with it. In the rooms you will discover one of the largest urban expansions in the world: the 17th century canals in Amsterdam. With the renewed interactive multi-media exhibition you can travel through 400 years of history in 45 minutes. The museum shop offers souvenirs that are linked to the Amsterdam canals and the museum. Books, jewelery, scarves, cups, notebooks, pens and wine; this is just a selection from the wide range. The store is freely accessible, you can also visit the store without an entrance ticket.
Edam
Harbour Hoorn
153 VisserseilandAlways charming and filled with history, as well as lovely restaurants
Hoorn was founded in the early 8th century and soon became a centre of trade for the area, due to its excellent port and good links with other trading centres and nations. The town continued to grow and to make its way by trade and other seafaring means and must have grown quite substantially as in the mid 1300’s, the Count of Holland accepted a payment from Hoorn so that it could become a city.
In the centuries after this, ships that sailed from Hoorn traded all over the world, Bringing back new and valuable commodities such as spices, from places such as Indonesia. Not all of their trading was done on an equal footing with the locals and captains such as Jans Pitersoen Coen who founded the capital city of Indonesia, now called Jakarta, acquired a reputation for violence among the locals during his voyages at the beginning of the 1600’s. In 1618 another Hoorn seafarer ,Willem Ysbrandtsz Bontekoe, rounded the southernmost tip of South America going through massive storms and huge seas and named it Kaap Hoorn, or Cape Horn, in honor of his city home.
After this enduring period of prosperity Hoorn went downhill and the city turned, once again, to its original profession of fishing to keep the economy going. But after the war with Napoleon, the city began to prosper again, but through trade on the land, rather than the sea. A market mainly in dairy produce started and took off well and eventually became the main source of income for many traders in the town. This only increased when the railway came to Hoorn in the mid 1800’s, along with the building of proper roads in the and around the area which facilitated even better trade links with the local region.
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Hoorn
Hoorn was founded in the early 8th century and soon became a centre of trade for the area, due to its excellent port and good links with other trading centres and nations. The town continued to grow and to make its way by trade and other seafaring means and must have grown quite substantially as in the mid 1300’s, the Count of Holland accepted a payment from Hoorn so that it could become a city.
In the centuries after this, ships that sailed from Hoorn traded all over the world, Bringing back new and valuable commodities such as spices, from places such as Indonesia. Not all of their trading was done on an equal footing with the locals and captains such as Jans Pitersoen Coen who founded the capital city of Indonesia, now called Jakarta, acquired a reputation for violence among the locals during his voyages at the beginning of the 1600’s. In 1618 another Hoorn seafarer ,Willem Ysbrandtsz Bontekoe, rounded the southernmost tip of South America going through massive storms and huge seas and named it Kaap Hoorn, or Cape Horn, in honor of his city home.
After this enduring period of prosperity Hoorn went downhill and the city turned, once again, to its original profession of fishing to keep the economy going. But after the war with Napoleon, the city began to prosper again, but through trade on the land, rather than the sea. A market mainly in dairy produce started and took off well and eventually became the main source of income for many traders in the town. This only increased when the railway came to Hoorn in the mid 1800’s, along with the building of proper roads in the and around the area which facilitated even better trade links with the local region.
Station stoomtram Medemblik
2 Dam
Enkhuizen
Stories of a rich culture
The Zuiderzee Museum in Enkhuizen brings stories of the people who once lived on the shores of the Zuiderzee to life. See, hear, feel, taste and smell everyday life round the Zuiderzee as it was before the Afsluitdijk (the great IJsselmeer Barrier Dam) turned the former inland sea into what we now know as the IJsselmeer, in 1932. The Zuiderzee Museum focuses on the history, current situation and future of the region. Themes such as water, crafts and communities occupy centre stage. These stories are visualized the Outdoor Museum with its historic buildings, and in the Indoor Museum through thematic exhibitions.
Outdoor Museum
Walk a hundred years back in time along the cobbled streets of the Outdoor Museum. More than 140 historic buildings from around the former Zuiderzee form a complete village here. Watch the craftsmen at work, experience the daily life of yesteryear and enjoy the authentic atmosphere. Come and discover it! And don't miss the contemporary design presentations inspired by the life and work of the past. Become peckish after all that history? Then have a delicious freshly smoked fish at the fish smokehouse. You can also order a packed lunch when booking an entrance ticket. You can pick it up during your visit at the Amsterdamse Huis restaurant and enjoy it on one of the benches or one of the picnic sets scattered throughout the Museum.
Indoor Museum
The Indoor Museum is the treasure house of the Zuiderzee; here the various collections are presented with a modern approach. Dive into a Sea of Stories and experience life on the former Zuiderzee in this interactive exhibition. Also admire the large collection of historic boats in the Ships' Hall. Curious? Take a look at what exhibitions you can currently visit.
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Zuiderzeemuseum
ZuiderzeemuseumStories of a rich culture
The Zuiderzee Museum in Enkhuizen brings stories of the people who once lived on the shores of the Zuiderzee to life. See, hear, feel, taste and smell everyday life round the Zuiderzee as it was before the Afsluitdijk (the great IJsselmeer Barrier Dam) turned the former inland sea into what we now know as the IJsselmeer, in 1932. The Zuiderzee Museum focuses on the history, current situation and future of the region. Themes such as water, crafts and communities occupy centre stage. These stories are visualized the Outdoor Museum with its historic buildings, and in the Indoor Museum through thematic exhibitions.
Outdoor Museum
Walk a hundred years back in time along the cobbled streets of the Outdoor Museum. More than 140 historic buildings from around the former Zuiderzee form a complete village here. Watch the craftsmen at work, experience the daily life of yesteryear and enjoy the authentic atmosphere. Come and discover it! And don't miss the contemporary design presentations inspired by the life and work of the past. Become peckish after all that history? Then have a delicious freshly smoked fish at the fish smokehouse. You can also order a packed lunch when booking an entrance ticket. You can pick it up during your visit at the Amsterdamse Huis restaurant and enjoy it on one of the benches or one of the picnic sets scattered throughout the Museum.
Indoor Museum
The Indoor Museum is the treasure house of the Zuiderzee; here the various collections are presented with a modern approach. Dive into a Sea of Stories and experience life on the former Zuiderzee in this interactive exhibition. Also admire the large collection of historic boats in the Ships' Hall. Curious? Take a look at what exhibitions you can currently visit.
Alkmaar
Marken
Volendam
IJssel meer is great for sup / paddle boarding and swimming in the summer. It also very beautiful to bike along this inner sea.
Sups / paddle boards can be rented by orange buiten and bikes across the street.
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IJsselmeer
25a SuderséleaneIJssel meer is great for sup / paddle boarding and swimming in the summer. It also very beautiful to bike along this inner sea.
Sups / paddle boards can be rented by orange buiten and bikes across the street.
Food scene
Madame Cheung
53 Kleine Noord
HAVN
7 Oude DoelenkadeBest food in town
Beach bar in Hoorn with paddle boards + sups ect.
Lovely beach bar for lunch or dinner, with possibilities to rent fun water gear.
Strandpaviljoen Oranje Buiten
4 Schelphoek
Bergen Aan Zee