Schiedam Discovery Tour: Grain Distilled on the Quays

Nationaal Jenevermuseum

The National Jenever Museum is in a 1794 warehouse on the Lange Haven. The old distillery still makes malt-wine jenever to a 1700 recipe. Schiedam has the tall…

Havenkerk

The Havenkerk is a neoclassical church of 1822-1824. It was built for the Catholics along the quay after the old St John's stayed Protestant. The organ is by M…

Lange Haven 110

The Lange Haven was the heart of jenever distilling. In the nineteenth century there were hundreds of stills and dozens of tall stone mills. The Damsluis lock…

Korenbeurs

The Korenbeurs was built in 1786-1792 to a cheaper design by town architect Rutger van Bol'es. The exchange closed in 1918. The library is here now.

Grote of St. Janskerk

The Grote or St John's church is a hall church of 1335-1500. The pulpit dates from around 1550 and the windows are by Richters, 1952. It is Schiedam's oldest c…

Oude Stadhuis

The Old Town Hall stands free on the Grote Markt. After a fire in the early seventeenth century it was rebuilt; the cupola came in 1782. The council left in 19…