Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #3 in Delft, Netherlands
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Experience Delft in Netherlands in a whole new way with our 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 DelftSight 1: Stanislaskapel
The Sint-Stanislas Chapel is a Roman Catholic chapel in the city of Delft, in the Dutch province of South Holland. The chapel is connected to the adjacent Stanislas College and the community of the Jesuit Fathers.
Sight 2: Het Prinsenhof
The Prinsenhof in the city of Delft in the Netherlands is an urban palace built in the Middle Ages as a monastery. Later it served as a residence for William the Silent. William was assassinated in the Prinsenhof by Balthasar Gérard in 1584 - the holes in the wall made by the bullets at the main stairs are still visible.
Sight 3: Gemeenlandshuis
The Gemeenlandshuis in Delft, in the Dutch province of South Holland, is the headquarters of the Delfland Water Board. The late Gothic house at Oude Delft 167 was built in 1505. The first owner was Jan de Heuyter, who was bailiff of Delft and bailiff of Delfland. He was also a tenant of excise duty on hops. The house was therefore also called "House with the bells" after the interior decoration with hop cones. Because of the collaboration of the De Huyter family with the Spaniards, they were evicted from their house in 1572 and the house was confiscated. Subsequently, the house provided temporary accommodation for the Hof van Holland before it was transformed into s Heeren Herberghe, a lodging house for important guests of the city and the States of Holland. Later, the building was the residence of Philip, Count of Hohenlohe who was married to Maria of Nassau, a daughter of William of Orange. Since 1645, the Delfland Water Board has been located there.
Sight 4: Old Church
The Oude Kerk, nicknamed Oude Jan and Scheve Jan, is a Gothic Protestant church in the old city center of Delft, the Netherlands. Its most recognizable feature is a 75-meter-high brick tower that leans about two meters from the vertical.
Sight 5: Poelbrug
The Poelbrug, in the Dutch province of South Holland, is a masonry arch bridge in the center of Delft near the Oude Kerk. The bridge is a national monument and dates from the 18th century and bridges the water of the Voorstraat.
Sight 6: Hof van Delftsebrug
The Hof van Delftbrug is a masonry arch bridge in the center of the Dutch city of Delft, in the province of South Holland. The bridge is a national monument and was built in the 18th century.
Sight 7: Génestetkerk
The Génestetkerk is a Remonstrant church built in 1896 in the city of Delft, in the Dutch province of South Holland. The church is located behind a gate on the Oude Delft in a courtyard on the site of the former hidden church. It was designed by Leonard Couvée. The church is named after the preacher and poet P.A. de Génestet.
Sight 8: Mauriciusbrug
The Mauricius Bridge is a bridge in the city of Delft, in the Dutch province of South Holland. The arch bridge, presumably designed by C.J. de Bruyn Kops, was built in the style of eclecticism around 1872. The bridge spans the Oude Delft between the Binnenwatersloot and the Peperstraat. The last restoration took place in 2000.
Sight 9: Haverbrug
The Haverbrug is a masonry arch bridge with iron front plates in the center of the city of Delft, in the Dutch province of South Holland. The bridge is a national monument and was probably built in the year 1872.
Sight 10: Sociëteit Tyche
Society "Tyche" is part of the Delftsche Studenten Bond (DSB) and is located in the monumental building Oude Delft 123 in Delft, in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is the building that has served as a society in the Netherlands for the longest time. Before the Delftsche Studenten Bond moved into it in 1953, it had been the Standvastheid society since 1803. The building is a national monument.
Sight 11: Sint Hippolytuskapel
The Saint Hippolytus Chapel is a chapel in the old city of Delft. It is one of the oldest buildings in Delft, and since 1967 it has been designated the Rijksmonument.
Sight 12: Oudemanhuisbrug
The Oudemanhuis Bridge is a masonry arch bridge in the center of the city of Delft, in the Dutch province of South Holland. The bridge, which spans the Voldersgracht, is a national monument. It is not known what year the bridge came from.
Sight 13: Hugo Grotius
The statue of Hugo Grotius was erected in memory of the Delft-born jurist and Remonstrant leader Hugo Grotius. The statue, dating from 1886, was commissioned by a national committee, which had organised a competition for this purpose. The design, chosen from seventeen entries, is by the Haarlem sculptor F.L. Stracké jr. The bronze statue was cast in the Van Merkelbach factory of Enkhuizen & Co. in Breda and is placed on a high pedestal that was carved in Berlin at the Kessel & Röhl stonemasonry. The statue stands in the middle of the Markt and faces the town hall and has its back to the Nieuwe Kerk. The statue is part of the protected cityscape of Delft and is a national monument.
Sight 14: Het Blauwe Hart
The Blue Heart is a work of art in the center of the Dutch city of Delft from 1998, designed by Marcel Smink. The artwork consists of blue glass panels on a stainless steel frame. The artist wants to refer to the technical 'heart' of Delft, namely the Technical University. The colour of the glass refers to Delft blue.
Sight 15: Maria van Jessekerk
The Maria van Jessekerk is a neo-Gothic Roman Catholic parish church in the city of Delft, in the Dutch province of South Holland. The church was built in the period 1875 - 1882 and designed by Evert Margry, a student of P.J.H. Cuypers. Originally, this church was dedicated to Saint Joseph, but since 1971 it has been dedicated to Mary of Jesse. The church is now part of the Sint Ursula parish, which includes all Catholic parish churches in Delft. The church is built in the shape of a cross.
Sight 16: New Church
The Nieuwe Kerk is a Protestant church in the city of Delft in the Netherlands. The building is located on Delft Market Square (Markt), opposite to the City Hall. In 1584, William the Silent was entombed here in a mausoleum designed by Hendrick and Pieter de Keyser. Since then members of the House of Orange-Nassau have been entombed in the royal crypt. The latest are Queen Juliana and her husband Prince Bernhard in 2004. The private royal family crypt is not open to the public. The church tower, with the most recent recreation of the spire which was designed by Pierre Cuypers and completed in 1872, is the second highest in the Netherlands, after the Domtoren in Utrecht.
Sight 17: De dreye Claveren
The dreye Claveren is a house in the center of the city of Delft, in the Dutch province of South Holland. The building is a national monument.
Sight 18: Schout van der Meerbrug
The Schout van der Meerbrug is a concrete arch bridge in Delft, in the Dutch province of South Holland. The bridge connects the water of the Vrouwenregt and the Oosteinde and the streets Oude Langendijk and Nieuwe Langendijk. The bridge is a national monument
Sight 19: Gereformeerde Gemeente Delft
The building Oosteinde 175 is a simple church in the city of Delft, in the Dutch province of South Holland. Originally, the building was built in the second half of the 17th century as a residence. The house was previously part of the pottery factory De Porceleyne Fles. The church building is a national monument, in which a congregation from the federation of Reformed Congregations currently meets.
Sight 20: Hopbrug
The Hopburg is an iron and stone footbridge in the centre of the Dutch city of Delft, in the province of South Holland. The bridge is a national monument and was probably built in 1865.
Sight 21: Drogerijbrug
The Drogerijbrug is an arch bridge in the center of the city of Delft, in the Dutch province of South Holland. The bridge spans the Vlamingstraat and is a national monument. The bridge was lowered in 1950.
Sight 22: Straatje van Vermeer
The Little Street is a painting by the Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer, executed c. 1657-1658. It is exhibited at the Rijksmuseum of Amsterdam, and signed, below the window in the lower left-hand corner, "I V MEER".
Sight 23: Drapeniersbrug
The Drapeniersbrug is a bridge in the center of the Dutch city of Delft, in the province of South Holland. The bridge is a national monument. The bridge may date from the 18th century and spans the moat.
Sight 24: Rapenbloembrug
The Rapenbloem Bridge is a stepped bridge with a stone deck on iron girders, in the center of the Dutch city of Delft, province of South Holland. The bridge is a national monument. and was built in 1891.
Sight 25: Visbrug
The Visbrug is an iron footbridge from the late 19th century, in Venetian-like neo-Renaissance forms, in the center of the Dutch city of Delft, province of South Holland. The bridge is located at the Voorstraat, and is a national monument.
Sight 26: STALPAERT van de WIELE
Johannes Stalpaert van der Wiele studied in Rome and Louvain and became a priest in Delft. In addition to the priesthood, he was a writer. He wrote hymns of praise to saints. He was also an important writer of the Counter-Reformation, writing poems against the Reformed doctrine. He was buried in the Oude Kerk in Delft.
Sight 27: Oud-Katholieke Parochie van de HH Maria en Ursula
The HH. Maria en Ursula Church is an old Catholic parish church in the city of Delft, in the Dutch province of South Holland.
Sight 28: De Roos
De Roos is the last remaining windmill of the fifteen windmills that once stood on the city walls of the city of Delft, in the Dutch province of South Holland. The mill serves as a flour mill and runs regularly.
Sight 29: De Delftse Donderslag, 1654
Delft is a city and municipality in the province of South Holland, Netherlands. It is located between Rotterdam, to the southeast, and The Hague, to the northwest. Together with them, it is a part of both the Rotterdam–The Hague metropolitan area and the Randstad.
Sight 30: Delftse Hout
Delftse Hout is a district in the northeast of Delft, Netherlands. Delftse Hout has about 300 inhabitants.
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