Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #1 in Enkhuizen, Netherlands

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Number of sights 5 sights
Distance 1.7 km
Ascend 15 m
Descend 11 m

Experience Enkhuizen in Netherlands in a whole new way with our free 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.

Sight 1: Koepoort

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Koepoort

The Koepoort or Westerpoort is a city gate in Enkhuizen. The gate used to be the main western entrance of Enkhuizen and is a part of the old fortifications of the city.

Wikipedia: Koepoort (EN)

239 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 2: Boerenboom

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Boerenboom

The Boerenboom and the Oude Gouwsboom are two water gates in the Dutch town of Enkhuizen. These gates, which were closed with a wooden partition and could thus also function as a sluice, were built in 1593, when the current ramparts were built during a major urban expansion. The Boerenboom ends on the city side on the Noorder Boerenvaart, in the so-called Boerenhoek, and the Oude Gouwsboom flows outside the city onto the Oude Gouw.

Wikipedia: Boerenboom en Oude Gouwsboom (NL)

565 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 3: Ontmoetingskerk

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The Ontmoetingskerk is a church building of the Reformed municipality on Klopperstraat in Enkhuizen, built in 1904 to a design by Huibertus Bonda. The church was built as a Reformed Church. In 1982 the church space was split into two floors so that meeting rooms and a kitchen could be achieved on the ground floor. The church space is on the first floor. Because the Reformed people gathered with the Dutch Reformed as a Protestant Church in the Netherlands (PKN), the building became overcomplete and in 2012 it was sold to the Reformed Congregation of Enkhuizen; This municipality decided to merge with the Reformed municipality of Andijk. The church buildings of the two congregations were too small to be able to accommodate the newly created merged municipality. The municipality of Andijk met in a small barn church on the Kerkepad in Andijk behind the houses. The municipality of Enkhuizen Kerkte in the church building that stands on the corner of the Van Bleiswijkstraat/Wegje. This church building has been sold to the Living Water Municipality.

Wikipedia: Ontmoetingskerk (Enkhuizen) (NL)

384 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 4: Westerkerk

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Westerkerk

The Westerkerk or Sint-Gommaruskerk is a church in Enkhuizen from the 15th century. The church was originally, before the Reformation a church dedicated to Saint Gummarus of Lier. Parishioners from this church in Enkhuizen were allowed to help in Lier to carry the bones of Gummarus in the procession every year. After the Reformation that took place in Enkhuizen in 1572, the church was tacitly taken over by the Calvinists. There was no iconoclasm in Enkhuizen. From that moment on, the church was called the Westerkerk. The church is in the 'Top 100 of the Rijksdienst voor de Monumentenzorg' from 1990. Until the nineties of the 20th century, it was the summer church of the former Dutch Reformed Church in Enkhuizen, which later merged into the PKN and has weekly worship in the other medieval Zuider or Sint-Pancras church. Nowadays the Westerkerk is managed by the Westerkerk Foundation in Enkhuizen.

Wikipedia: Westerkerk (Enkhuizen) (NL)

543 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 5: Zuiderkerk

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The Zuiderkerk, also called Sint-Pancraskerk is a late Gothic hall church in Enkhuizen, in the Netherlands, currently used by the Protestant Church in the Netherlands.

Wikipedia: Zuiderkerk (Enkhuizen) (EN)

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