Breda Heritage Walk: Nassau City, the Peat Boat and the Princely Gardens
150 min
3.0 km
10 stops
About this tour
Before Amsterdam was Amsterdam, Breda was a Nassau city. Self-guided in the StepQuests app: GPS between stops, stories you read on your phone.
Itinerary
10 guided stops on this route
Grote Markt
The town hall on the Grote Markt got a Louis XVI façade by Philip Willem Schonck in 1766-1768. Markets on Tuesday and Friday mornings continue a tradition docu…
Grote Kerk
The Grote Kerk is Brabant Gothic: the choir was begun in 1410 and the 97-metre tower rose between 1468 and 1509. The vault paintings of 1533 are by Tommaso Vin…
Begijnhof & Waalse Kerk
The Begijnhof was founded around 1267. It has houses, a chapel and a herb garden with some three hundred species. Protected by the Nassaus, it survived the Ref…
Kasteelplein
In 1536 Henry III had the castle rebuilt as a Renaissance palace by Tommaso Vincidor. Later Oranges altered it; since 1826 it has housed the Royal Military Aca…
Spanjaardsgat
The Spanjaardsgat has two round towers with a water gate between them. It was only built around 1610, twenty years after the Peat Ship ruse of 1590. The name p…
Haven & Nieuwe Vismarkt
The harbour is a navigable arm of the river Mark. After the town fire of 1490 the Nieuwe Vismarkt was laid out here. The basin was dug out again in 2007-2008 a…
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