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182  WESTERN NE THERLANDS

just like the St Jans Gashuis. of the gardens. To explore the
Hoorn’s historic past is set out village and surroundings from
in the Westfries Museum. A a different perspective, canoes
glimpse of the more recent and electric motorboats can
past and a nostalgic trip be rented from Kano &
down memory lane can be Electroboot Waterland (Drs. J.
experienced at the Museum van Disweg 4, 020-4033209,
van de Twintigste Eeuw www.fluisterbootvaren.nl).
(Museum of the 20th Century).
Boats moored at Hoorn harbour
E Westfries Museum w Medemblik
9 Enkhuizen Rode Steen 1. Tel 0229-280022.
Open 11am–5pm Tue–Fri (Apr–Oct: Road Map C2. * 8,000. @
Road Map C2. * 18,100. @ £ also Mon), 1–5pm Sat & Sun. n 072-5114284. ( Mon.
n Tussen Twee Havens 1 (0228- Closed 1 Jan, 27 Apr, 3rd Mon in ∑ medemblik.nl
313164). ( Wed. Aug, 25 Dec. ∑ wfm.nl
∑ enkhuizen.nl Many pretty 17th-century
E Museum van de Twintigste houses can still be found in
Enkhuizen is still a major port. Its Eeuw Medemblik. Also worth a look
many fine buildings are evidence Krententuin 24. Tel 0229-214001. is Kasteel Radboud, built in 1288,
of the wealth of the Golden Age. Open 10am–5pm Mon–Fri, from noon and its museum. On the town’s
The most famous building is the Sat–Sun & holidays. Closed 1 Jan, 27 outskirts, an old pumping station
Drommedaris, dating back to Apr, 25 Dec. ∑ museumhoorn.nl is home to Het Nederlands
1540, used to keep watch over Stoommachinemuseum, a
the old port. The city walls also q Broek in hands-on collection of steam-
date back to the 16th century. driven industrial machinery.
Enkhuizen has two splendid Waterland
churches, the Westerkerk and Road Map C3. * 2,350. @ n 0229- E Het Nederlands
the Zuiderkerk. Summer boat 820046. ∑ waterland.nl Stoommachinemuseum
trips to Medemblik, Stavoren and Oosterdijk 4. Tel 0227-544732.
Urk are especially pleasant. Broek in Waterland’s status in Open end Feb–early Nov: Tue–Sun.
the 17th century – as a retreat ∑ stoommachinemuseum.nl
for sea captains of the East India
0 Hoorn Company – can still be seen
everywhere in the village’s
Road Map C3. * 68,000. @ £
n Schuitjeskade 1 (0229-855761). ( crooked streets. The ornate
Sat; Jun–Aug: Wed. ∑ hoorn.nl clapboard villas are colour- coded:
the captains lived in the pastel-
Hoorn’s rich past, as the capital tinted houses and non-seafarers
of the ancient province of West in the ones painted grey. Along
Friesland and one of the great the Havenrak, the road winding
seafaring towns of the Golden along the lake, fine examples of
Age (see pp54–5), has produced kralentuinen, mosaics made from
many beautiful buildings. The blue glass beads brought back The 13th-century Kasteel Radboud
Late Gothic Oosterkerk has a by merchants from the East in Medemblik
marvellous Renaissance façade, Indies, can be seen in several
e Den Helder
Road Map B2. * 57,000. @
£ n Willemsoord 52A (0223-
616100). ( Jul & Aug: Tue.
∑ topvanholland.nl
This town, the base for the Dutch
Royal Navy, has a Marinemuseum
that displays marine history from
1488. At the North Sea Aqua-
rium at Fort Kijkduin, a glass
tunnel weaves among the fish.

E Marinemuseum
Hoofdgracht 3. Tel 0223-657534.
Open May–Oct: daily; Nov–Apr: Tue–
Sun. Closed 1 Jan, 27 Apr, 25–26 Dec.
Riverside setting of Broek in Waterland & = ∑ marinemuseum.nl

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