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Walking through Edam

  • The Netherlands
  • North Holland
  • Edam-Volendam
  • 3.04 km (Approximately 00:45 u)
  • Hiking route 746385
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Walking through Edam

  • The Netherlands
  • North Holland
  • Edam-Volendam
  • 3.04 km (Approximately 00:45 u)
  • Hiking route 746385

In Edam you can admire many monuments. Put on your walking shoes and come and enjoy a unique historical atmosphere.

Purmer Polder
From here you walk a bit through the Purmer, a former inland sea that was finally drained in 1622. Here you have wide views over vast grasslands and ditches that are lined with trees. You will also see some authentic farmhouses. What a nice quiet walk here!

Historic Edam
The old city center of Edam is located within a former fortress. From the former city walls you have a beautiful view of the beautiful harbor. Because of the many old buildings, Edam enjoys a protected cityscape. Walk along the canals and beautiful facades at your leisure and enjoy that unique historical atmosphere. You pass the Zuidpolder, a polder mill from 1635. The fifteenth-century Grote Kerk is the largest hall church in the Netherlands.

Directions

# Description Distance
15
 15 (1135AS, Edam-Volendam, North Holland, The Netherlands) 0.00 km
16
 16 (1135AA, Edam-Volendam, North Holland, The Netherlands) 0.05 km
6
 6 (1135AA, Edam-Volendam, North Holland, The Netherlands) 0.08 km
67
 67 (1135AD, Edam-Volendam, North Holland, The Netherlands) 0.41 km
Zuidpolder (Zuidpoldermolen, 1135EB, Edam-Volendam, North Holland, The Netherlands) 1.17 km
23
 23 (1135VN, Edam-Volendam, North Holland, The Netherlands) 1.54 km

Sights

Zuidpolder

Zuidpoldermolen
1135EB Edam-Volendam

This Zuidpolder mill was built in 1670 and was powered by the water of the Schermerboezem. The mill was decommissioned in the second half of the twentieth century, but the mill is still working.

Grote Kerk Edam

Grote Kerk 59
1135BC Edam-Volendam
http://www.grotekerkedam.nl

The Grote or St. Nicolaaskerk dominates on the northwestern outskirts of Edam. This hall church in late Gothic style was started in the first half of the 15th century. The church building, plus tower and portals, was completed around 1518. In 1601, a major fire destroyed the hoods and much of the interior. Because of its wealth and large donations, the church building was quickly restored. The 'new' 32 stained glass glasses come from the period 1602 -1627, a heyday of stained glass and are executed in renaissance style. From about 1590 to 1830 there are burials in the church. Napoleon forbade it. Afterwards, burials took place in the monumental cemetery adjacent to the church.

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