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Veere is beautifully situated on the Veerse lake. When this lake was not yet closed from the sea by the Veerse Gatdam, there was a lot of trade here with foreign ships. For example, richly laden ships from Scotland once lay here. Nowadays you will mainly find pleasure boats in the ports at this lake. Veere flourished in the 16th century when the town served as a trading point for Scottish wool. At that time a Scottish colony also settled in Veere. Later Veere lost her exclusive right in the Netherlands to trade wool and as a result the trade decreased. Today Veere is a tourist town.

Nowhere else in the world can you experience the complete history of water management as well as in Kinderdijk. The extensive polder area with its dikes, reservoirs, mills and pumping stations is proof of the human ingenuity in draining and protecting the land. That is why Unsco has put Kinderdijk on the World Heritage List.

This monumental town hall from 1588, built after the destruction by the Spanish army, is still in use today. Iconic is the furie painting 'The Murder on Oudewater'.

The house was about twenty feet wide and about nine feet deep. It was built transversely in front of the stable so that a building with an L-shaped floor plan was created, thus resembling the capital 17th century cross house common in the river area.

This historic farm was built in 1682 as a homestead for a wealthy Amsterdammer. The stately front house was occupied by the owners in the summer. The farm section behind it was inhabited by a tenant farmer and his family.

Exactly one hundred years after construction in the Northern Front, Fort aan de Nekkerweg started a new life as a hotel and wellness resort. The sleeping quarters where the soldiers' bunks stood a century ago have been transformed into luxurious hotel rooms. The contrast with history could hardly be greater. In 1918, conscientious objectors were held in the same rooms and shortly after World War II, NSB members and other collaborators were imprisoned here under appalling conditions. Despite this radical change in function, the history is still visible in many places. By preserving all original materials and details you still imagine yourself in a robust military defense.