Het Nederlands Vestingmuseum
Hilversum, Netherlands Museum
Top-rated.online cuts through the clutter, highlighting only the reviews that are most helpful, earn the most likes, or come from the most active contributors. To be honest, this is a rather boring museum. Entry is free with the card, but without it, I wouldn't recommend spending money on a visit. You can walk around the grounds and even try shooting a cannon (by pumping a plastic bottle with a pump—be careful not to get dirty), but there are hardly any interesting exhibits or stories. The indoor areas of the smell very damp. You get a sense of how people felt inside the fortress, but you won’t want to stay for long. Very nice experience. It takes you back to war era. Beautiful city surrounded by water, greenery, tunnels and warfare history. Good walk, lush green gardens, small cafe with snacks and coffe available. The dutch and english tour audio is available. Pre booking of tickets is recommended and with card its covered. The long underground tunnels make you stunned! Another visit since five years ago. Nothing has changed since then, except for an audio tour. The displays could really use a bit of modernisation. But it's worth a visit. History the fort was built in 1795 after the Spanish sacked and burned the town and killed all the citizens in 1572. Walk the ramparts of the city walls. A living museum! The re-enactment of Napoleon's visit with period dress and firing of musket and canon was a sight to behold ! A wonderful place located in the historic fortress walls and grounds of the ancient city of Naarden Vesting. The portrays the environment of the military defense force that was located here in all aspects. Today at the exposition of the so called bombing of march 31st on the hotel Bosch van Bredius by the English ally who suspected that the German staff was still staying there. Followed a few days later with a bombing on the Hotel Jan Tabak. Unfortunately innocent civilians and families who lived in a few villa's adjacent died. I finally also visited the inside after having visited a few times the outside part of the museum. While I really like seeing the star shaped fortification which you can walk over, get a very good impression of how it was build and why, I thought that the level of the inside museums was a bit lower. Especially if you have to pay for the ticket. Nice is when you go on a day there is the cannon demonstration. Very cool place. You tour under the citadel, in the tunnels, and walk above the top. Really nice view, and very interesting. Not super big so it doesn't take a lot of time. Should see it if you're in Naarden! Beautiful and peaceful place. We really wanted to do the boat tour but there were no shipmates available on the day we went, which was unfortunate. They showed the history really well, and were more than happy to give us explanations. Great experience! Despite the vesting being flooded with carnival the itself was quiet enough to enjoy, and large enough to spend a few hours in; given you read most things. The stairs are numerous and rather steep so might be a challenge for some Open-air with historical collection of armaments and history of the city of Naarden. A Dutch or English audio guide is provided and dogs are welcome if they are leashed. This bastion is also home to the Dutch Land Goats, which roam the area. For me it was a 2-hour experience. Afterwards, the city of Naarden itself can be explored. Well worth to visit the UNESCO heritage site of the best preserved bastion of the Netherlands. Website change monitoring Monitor any webpage for changes – get instant email alerts when prices drop, new jobs are posted, products come back in stock, or competitors update their sites. See how the number of reviews and average review scores have changed over time. Historical landmark Museum
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- Address
- Westwalstraat 6, Naarden, North Holland, NL
- Phone
- +31 35 694 5459
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