Out and about around Hellevoetsluis

The old fortified town of Hellevoetsluis is wonderful to explore on foot. In the museum harbour you get a good idea of the activity of the past.

Molen Zeezicht Just above Hellevoetsluis you pass Molen Zeezicht. This corn mill was built in 1717 as a replacement for a fallen post mill. The name suggests that you can see the sea from the mill, but nothing could be further from the truth. The story goes that the name once appeared under the layers of paint on a gate. A gate that is said to have come from a house in Scheveningen...

Hellevoetsluis Lighthouse Hellevoetsluis used to be a prosperous town thanks to its harbour, until a canal was built to open up the harbour of Rotterdam. During the Second World War, the town suffered another heavy blow: the Germans demolished a large part of Hellevoetsluis to improve their field of fire. There is a lot to see in the harbour: you will find a lighthouse from 1822, a corn mill from 1801 and Dry Dock Jan Blanken that was built between 1798 and 1822.