Dordrecht, oldest city of Holland
Events, Museums and the Dutch National Park The Biesbosch
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Museums
Dordrechts Museum
The Dordrechts Museum, where they have a decent tea room with a view on a
spacious garden, you can see old paintings from Dutch painters from the 15-19th
century, including Albert Cuyp.
Old well in the garden of the Dordrecht's museum at
the Museumstreet
The most perfect collection of paintings from famous Dutch painters. some
of them born at Dordrecht, you can find at
Museum.dordt.nl, only
in Dutch but worth a visit to look at the beautiful paintings yourself. You
can also look at some famous paintings and drawings from painters who were born
and lived at Dordrecht on my
Painters pages.
Museum Mr. Simon van Gijn
Museum Mr. Simon van Gijn at the New Harbor
Mr. Simon van Gijn, was a banker and accumulator (1864-1922). In his testament
he left all his positions to Dordrecht. A nice museum with old dolls and toys
of the 19th century, worth a visit.
Museum van Gijn.
There are several other museums in Dordrecht like :
Museum 1940-1945
Museum The Sleutel (beer museum)
In Zwijndrecht, oppesite to the river Old Meuse, a nice museum about World-War
2 with many original Tanks, Cars, etc.
Events in Dordrecht
In Dordrecht are many events every year such as :
The Nights of poems and magic during Summertime.
Old books market during Summertime.
The Monument days in September.
The Belcanto opera festival, in September.
July and August. Street theater at several locations all over the old city
Yearly Christmas Market in December.
Christmas market, the greatest market of Europe with Music, fire-places and
hundreds of shop-stalls.
DORDT IN STOOM, next May 2006
Dordt in Steam, the greatest steam festival of Europe, held every 2 years.
3 days of Steamboats, Trains, Machines, Mills and all related to Steam. A MUST
VISIT.
Panorama Old Meuse river with Old Meuse bridge and
steam-train, in the backgroud the Big Church
Take a tour with a real Steamboat or an old Bus from the Station or take
a trip by Steam-train. The festival is free to visit but take a trip-card to
(Rondje Dort) to participate in all events, costs about Euro.15. The next Steam
festival will take place in May 2006, for more information go to the website
Dordt
in Stoom.
Panorama Merwede river with view on the Groothoofds
gate
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| Kuipers harbor
view to the river |
Kuipers harbor
view to the Big Chuch |
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| Kuipers harbor |
Wolwevers harbor |
A trip by train |
Wolwevers harbor by night
Dutch National Park the Biesbosch
Biesbosch, a fairly large nature reserve, partly on and opposite to the Island
of Dordrecht. In former days the whole Biesbosch was part of the province of
South-Holland and Dordrecht but in the 19th century part of the Biesbosch was
assigned to the province of North-Brabant. The river New Merwede flows now between
the northern and southern part of it.
The Biesboch came into existence in the 15th century, during the St. Elizabeth
Floods in 1421, and is the furthest inland body of water where the tides are
still experienced. Until the 60s the tide between ebb and flood had a difference
of almost 3 meters, after the finishing of the Delta works the difference is
about 1 meter.
Panorama view of The Biesbosch
If you like more information about a visit, a trip by boat or a trip with
a rent-boat to sail through the Kreken (Canals) yourself, go to the website
of the Visitors-Center of The Biesbosch and you find a lot of information about
travel routes and a permanent exposition etc.
HERE and
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| A bridge |
The Biesbosch at
dawn |
Evening in the
Biesbosch |
Nature |
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| Kreek (nature canal) |
Water nature |
Kreek (nature canal) |
Water nature |
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| Water nature |
Kreek (nature canal) |
Little island |
Road at the border |
