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I Got To Know Het Gooi In My Youth
I Got To Know Het Gooi In My Youth
I have known Naarden-Vesting since my youth, when I was living in The Netherlands with my parents. From the winter of 1984 to the summer of 1988 I lived in Almere-Haven. Every Friday and Sunday, and sometimes on Wednesday, I had to be in Bussum to swim. First I swam for my swimming diplomas B, I, II and III and soon I was training for competitive swimming and water ballet. After swimming on Sunday, Naarden-Vesting was a detour back to Almere-Haven.
The Playground I Can't Find In Naarden-Vesting
The Playground I Can't Find In Naarden-Vesting
On Sunday, after a few hours of swimming (1984-1988) before my family went back to Almere-Haven or my family visited my uncle and his family in Almere-Buiten or my aunt in Arnhem or my aunt (deceased in 2019) and her family in Heerhugowaard, my two sisters and I were allowed to play in the playground in Naarden-Vesting. Since I moved back to The Netherlands in 1997, I have been to Naarden-Vesting a few times, but I can no longer find the playground where I played as a child.
Children's Farm De Pluimgraaf
Children's Farm De Pluimgraaf
On a very sunny day I asked a friend if she wanted to cool off somewhere by the water. She asked if she could bring her child, because her child was with her that day and not with the father of the child. I said yes and we ended up at Children's farm De Pluimgraaf in Naarden-Vesting. Her child could pet the animals and run around, and my friend and I could chat, rest and eat and drink.
Hiking Outer Ring Naarden-Vesting
Hiking Outer Ring Naarden-Vesting
Naarden-Vesting is one of the fortified cities in The Netherlands. The fortress in Naarden-Vesting is one of the best preserved. Naarden-Vesting has two fortress rings, the inner and outer ring, both of which are walkable. Both walks run completely around Naarden-Vesting and are accessible for everyone. It is an easy hike although there is some climbing involved. A map is not necessary, but can be useful to point out the correct parts of the fortress and the area surrounding of Naarden-Vesting.
City Walk Naarden-Vesting
City Walk Naarden-Vesting
At the VVV I bought the City walk Naarden-Vesting, a 4 km walk that starts at the inner ring of the Naarden-Vesting fortress and goes through a few streets in Naarden-Vesting. By walking the entire City walk Naarden-Vesting, all the important museums, buildings, parts of the fortress, etc. can be seen and visited.
Gele Loods
Gele Loods
The Gele Loods is a good starting point for a visit to Naarden-Vesting, because the information center is located in the Gele Loods. That is not all, the Gele Loods itself is part of the history of Naarden-Vesting. When in the Gele Loods walk past the shop and information center to visit the exhibition about Naarden-Vesting and the Water lines (Waterlinies).
Nederlands Vestingmuseum
Nederlands Vestingmuseum
One of the museums I visited in Naarden-Vesting was the Dutch Vestingmuseum. It is an indoor and outdoor museum, so be aware of that with the Dutch weather in mind. The view from the hills on the museum grounds are beautiful and gives an overview of the fortress. In the museum there is a lot of information about why the fortress was built and the waterlines. The museum has also a few goats walking around in the garden of the museum. There are even climbing areas for the goats, which people cannot climb on.
Weegschaalmuseum
Weegschaalmuseum
The Scale museum (Weegschaalmuseum) in Naarden-Vesting is full of scales. It is a museum full of objects about measuring. Not all displayed in a friendly way, but take the time and dig into the collection. The Scale Museum is informative and there are treasures to be found in the huge amount of objects displayed.
Comenius Museum
Comenius Museum
The Comenius museum is not only a museum. It has a monastery garden, a small church and the tomb of Comenius. I liked the stained glasses (glas in lood) in the small church and the monastery garden is very beautiful. The garden is a nice place to rest for a while or have lunch.
Westerborkpad Stage Muiderberg - Naarden-Bussum Station
Westerborkpad Stage Muiderberg - Naarden-Bussum Station
Although the Westerborkpad doesn't pass through Naarden-Vesting, it is worth mentioning, as it passes close by and is a short stage of 8.6 km. It is easy to make a detour to visit Naarden-Vesting and see the history of World War II in Naarden-Vesting and then continue on the Westerborkpad to Naarden-Bussum station.
Naardermeer
Naardermeer
Is a beautiful piece of Dutch nature to hike in. I hiked through it when I hiked Westerborkpad from Amsterdam -Muiderberg to the east part of The Netherlands. There are also other hikes in Naardermeer area. I have done a few of which I don't remember the names, because they are not the big hikes and the routes change over the years.
*Hogeschool Economische Studies Amsterdam ( HES Amsterdam) merged in 2004. I graduated in the summer of 2004, before the merger.
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