Muiden Heritage Walk: The Castle, the Poet and the Waterlines
59 min
2.9 km
9 stops
About this tour
Muiden is a fortress town on water, and the walk starts at the Muiderslot, the castle where P.C. Hooft kept a literary table in the 1630s. Café Ome Ko has sold drinks to sailors since 1810. Self-guided in the StepQuests app: GPS between stops, stories you read on your phone.
Itinerary
9 guided stops on this route
The Muiderslot
Built around 1285 by Count Floris V, destroyed after his murder in 1296, and rebuilt from around 1370 under Duke Albrecht of Bavaria, the castle you see today…
Café Ome Ko
Tavern licence since 1810. The building itself is a rijksmonument protected by the Dutch heritage authorities. Known locally as 'de huiskamer van Muiden', Muid…
The Great Sea Lock
Built in 1673–1674 to replace an older lock at Hinderdam, directly after the French invasion of 1672. Rebuilt entirely in stone between 1809 and 1813. The five…
The Westbatterij
Built in 1852 as an oval brick tower battery, 19 × 22 metres, two stories high. A stair tower was added in 1868. 🇫🇷 An older earthen battery was put here in…
Amsterdam Gate Bridge
Of the original Amsterdam Gate, only the foundations remain underground, the gate itself was demolished when the Fortress of Muiden was formally abolished in 1…
Herengracht & the Kazerne
The Herengracht is a working canal, moored sailing boats replaced fishing smacks long ago. The Kazerne (barracks designation D) is roughly 70 × 10 m with eleve…
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GPS-guided walking route
Interactive quizzes at each stop
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