Zwolle Discovery Tour: Hanseatic Walls and Towers
150 min
2.5 km
10 stops
About this tour
A Hanseatic town still shows its church, pepperbox tower, art cloud, bookshop church, and the Sassenpoort that kept the south road. A self-guided centre walk with quizzes in the StepQuests app.
Itinerary
10 guided stops on this route
Grote Markt
The Grote Markt is a public square, free to visit. Zwolle received its city rights in 1230. Hanseatic trade on this square included Baltic timber and stockfish…
Grote Kerk
The square is public. The Academiehuis opens the nave at published times, usually free of charge; concerts need a ticket. The Grote Kerk is a Gothic hall churc…
Melkmarkt
The Melkmarkt is a public street, free to visit. The river Grote Aa once flowed here. In the fifteenth century it was vaulted over, creating extra market space…
Peperbus
The Ossenmarkt is public; climbing the Peperbus tower is paid, and the basilica's opening times vary. The church was built in phases between 1394 and 1454, and…
Museum de Fundatie
Museum de Fundatie is a paid museum; on busy exhibition days, book a time slot. The building was the Palace of Justice, built between 1838 and 1841 to a design…
Thorbeckegracht
The quays along the Thorbeckegracht are public and free. The canal is named after J.R. Thorbecke, who was born in Zwolle 14 January. It already appears in 1351…
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GPS-guided walking route
Interactive quizzes at each stop
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