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A collection of links on the Netherlands, its history and culture, what to discover, and how. With a special focus on the relatively rural region just outside and southeast of Amsterdam.
Links to sites that are (partly) in English, unless mentioned otherwise. This page deals with the small fortified town Naarden.
For more backgrounds of its' unique old centre : Naarden history.
Naarden

Naarden

  • www.vestingmuseum.nl : Netherlands Fortress Museum in one of Naardens forts. Very interesting place to visit. Website in Dutch only.
  • www.vestingvaart.nl : boat excursions in and around fortified Naarden.
  • www.naardenvesting.com  : General info on Naarden, Dutch only.
  • www.vestingnaarden.nl : Loads of pictures of the whole fortress. Texts in Dutch but the very detailed drawings give a clear idea of the function of every part.
  • www.stelling-amsterdam.nl : Amsterdam, as a major trading city and capital, was protected by a city wall since the 15th century. Later by several lines of defence consisting of earthworks. The last line, build between about 1885 and 1914, is mostly intact: the Defence Line of Amsterdam. Its defensive works are inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
  • www.hollandsewaterlinie.nl : The Nieuwe Hollandse Waterlinie was a military line of defence that extended from the former Zuiderzee near Muiden to the Biesbosch (in the south of Holland). The line was established as a protective ring approximately 85 km long and 3-5 km wide. Weesp and Muiden are the only towns in Holland that are part of both defence lines.
  • www.bedandbreakfast.nl  : online source of information on Bed & Breakfast in the Netherlands. B&B listed in Weesp + in region (Nederhorst, Naarden, Bussum).

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