Bergen op Zoom Discovery Tour: The Citadel Gates and Square
120 min
1.8 km
10 stops
About this tour
A Brabant fortress town whose compact inner streets still hold the gates, square, and church of the old citadel. A self-guided centre route with quizzes in the StepQuests app.
Itinerary
10 guided stops on this route
Grote Markt
On the Grote Markt stand the town hall, the great church and De Maagd. The church tower was rebuilt after the French siege of 1747. Locals call the church towe…
Stadhuis
Behind the stone front of 1611 is more than you think, including the aldermen's house of 1398-1403. The bell of 1614 is by Peeter van den Gheyn.
Sint-Gertrudiskerk
St Gertrude's church was finished in 1477. Keldermans's New Work stopped in 1563. The top of the tower was added after the 1747 fire.
Theater De Maagd
De Maagd was a Catholic Waterstaat church of 1824-1829, with a façade from 1846. The parish closed in 1987. The theatre opened in 1990, keeping the columns and…
Lievevrouwestraat
The Lievevrouwestraat is an old route out to the west. The name stayed even after the gate became a prison.
Gevangenpoort
The Gevangenpoort is a west gate of around 1335, in Gobertange limestone. When the harbour came inside the walls in 1484, it lost its role in the wall.
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GPS-guided walking route
Interactive quizzes at each stop
Fascinating stories and facts
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