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VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
Practical Information
Road Map B4. * 95,000.
∑ delft.nl
n Hippolytusbuurt 4. ( Tue,
Thu, Sat. _ Mooi Weer Spelen
(street theatre): mid-Jun; Delft
Chamber Music Festival: early Aug.
Transport
£ Stationsplein.
View of Delft (c.1660)
Johannes Vermeer’s painting captures Delft on a cloudy
summer afternoon. The original tower of the Nieuwe
Kerk can be seen in the distance.

C H O O R S T R A A T The church was built in several
. Nieuwe Kerk
phases spread over many
years. This statue of William
of Orange stands in the
middle of his opulent
mausoleum.

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Koornbeurs (1650)
P E P E R S T R A A T The façade of the
old meat hall is
decorated with Stadhuis (1618)
animal heads. After The Renaissance-style town hall was
1871, the building designed by Hendrick de Keyser.
was used as a The building is erected around
corn exchange. a 13th-century Gothic tower.

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