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Easy to walk around, plenty to see
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the rain
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WATER AND BOATS AND....THE BOTTLE SHOP MUSEUM....
King_Golo Says: Zuiderkerk (also called Sint Pancras) is the most easily visible landmark of Enkhuizen. It's a beautiful church with an interestingly designed spire. Built from 1423 to 1524 in late Gothic style, the church is the centre of the legend of the "Greedy Lady". She is said to...
King_Golo Says: Always full of impressive yachts and antique ships, Enkhuizen's harbours (there are actually several) are a pleasant place to go for a walk. They are located as centrally as possible: Buitenhaven is just outside the train station, next door to the Drommedaristoren, the...
Bottleship Museum II - How to build a bottleship
King_Golo Says: When you see a bottleship for the first time you will most likely scratch your head about its very absurdity. First of all, how did it get into the bottle? How is it possible that a ship of some 10cm height fits through a bottleneck that measures no more than 3cm in...
King_Golo Says: The Bottleship Museum is one of the most impressing museums I've seen in my life. It's home to the world's largest collection of bottleships (in Dutch: Flessenscheepjes), among them the smallest bottleship that has ever been built plus lots of other incredibly complex...
No doubt about it: the Zuiderzeemuseum
ATLC Says: This is definitely the museum to go to when visiting Enkhuizen. As a matter of fact, it is a highlight of The Netherlands, I kid you not. It's right there along the flower shows at Keukenhof, the WorldHeritage site Kinderdijk windmills...it shows you how life used to be in...
Twan Says: The 17th century was the heyday of Enkhuizen. The city had the largest herring fleet of the Netherlands, and also possessed a chamber of the VOC. The West India Company was represented in the city. By trading on the Baltic Countries, England, West Africa and India was rich...
nighthawk Says: At the outskirts of Enkhuizen is a huge car park, where you can park your car for a fee. Then go into some kind of transit hall where there is lots to look at, buy a ticket for the ferry and get on it! Why? So you can travel over water to the Zuiderzee Museum! It is a nice...
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Eethuis Vrienden: Not recommended
ATLC Says: During the Shantyfestival (2013) one of the meals was catered by this restaurant. I cannot recommend the food. It had a burnt taste, the pasta was soggy, dessert had nice fresh fruit but a problem with the cream meant that some of us hardly got any.We had to pay 25 euro per...
Nooit Gedacht: Recommended cafetaria/bistro
ATLC Says: A very friendly and clean place. The bistro and cafetaria are next to each other but separate. I also saw an attractive patio for warmer days.The owner is an Egyptian lawyer who ended up in the restaurant business and decided to make his own croquettes (kroketten). Kroketten...
Royal Indian Restaurant, Ekhuizen: Great Indian Food in Ekhuizen
PaulBerg Says: I am very fond of Indian food especially Tandoori and Royal Indian Restaurant, Ekhuizen was a real treat.. Excellent mouth watering good, quality was reaaly good.. It's a calm cosy, small restaurant ..I bet you would love it.. Tandoori and Indian food is special..
ATLC Says: You need to heed the parking signs if you park anywhere in Enkhuizen. However, there's free unlimited parking behind the train station, which itself is a short walking distance (5 minutes) from the town center.
balhannah Says: It is quite easy to get here. You can either come by Train direct from Central Station, in Amsterdam, (18.5euro return ticket) or as I did, because I wanted to stop at some Towns on the way.I caught the "Arriva" Bus to Hoorn. Bought the "Waterland" bus ticket from the Driver...
Bakkerij Rood: The best of... bakery
ATLC Says: I asked at the cheese shop about the best bakery in town. And I was pointed here. What's special about this bakery is that they bake everything themselves (nothing prefab or coming from a big bakery plant somewhere else). The bakery is next to the shop, you can look right...
De Graaff van Enkhuyzen: The best of... cheese
ATLC Says: Very nice shop, a warm welcome and lots of choice. Do have a look at the website since it says more than I could write here. I bought a typical cheese of the region, the round 'Edammer'. It's significantly different from Gouda cheese, a wee bit less fatty in taste. Gouda...
Vishandel Theo Schilder: The best of ... fish
ATLC Says: Ask around for the best fishmonger in this harbor town and the locals all point you towards this one. Freshly smoked eel (gerookte paling) is my favourite so that's what I bought. Smoked eel is expensive, one could easily fetch 4 euro.
Kringloopwinkel Best Goed: Second hand merchandise
pieter_jan_v Says: Kringloopwinkel Best Goed is a thrift shop housed in a former glass hot house at the edge of the Enkhuizen industrial area.The shop sells second hand household goods, furniture, books and music and clothing at low prices.Business hours:Mo: ClosedTu-Fr: 10AM - 6PMSa: 9AM -...
ATLC Says: Carillon music is a typical Dutch street sound. In Enkhuizen there are 2 carillons, both manufactured by Hemony in the 17th century. Each quarter of the hour they both play. Interestingly, they 'reply' to each other. The lighter carillon (smaller bells, higher sounds) in the...
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My Dutch friends were telling me about trouble on late night trains on the Amsterdam / Hoorn / Enkhuizen line. Apparently there are some troublesome youths in the area, especially in Hoorn, and it is known for them to attack train conductors on Enkhuizen bound trains late at night. Such violence is virtually unknown in England and this was a real shock to me in such a delightful area.
I can only assume people should be vigilant when travelling on late trains on the Enkhuizen line.
Updated Jul 21, 2011
egonwegh Says: This restaurant, called Checkpoint Charlie (what's in a name?), is located right along the dike between Enkhuizen and Lelystad, the Houtribdijk, a very unlikely spot for a restaurant. Unfortunately, it was closed when we arrived, so we didn't get the chance to eat something...
Twan Says: The Zuiderzee Museum was founded in 1948 for the fishing culture around the former Zuiderzee from the period 1880-1932 to capture. The museum has several years the objective of Dutch art, culture and heritage at the interface of land and water present. The museum consists of...
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Enkhuizen - VOC and three herrings
Spending some days in Flevoland, it is logical to try and find out a way to get over the Markerwaarddijk to the other side of the Ijsselmmer. Looking from Flevoland, the place on the other side is...
Enkuizen is a Harbour Town that was important when the East Indies Company was trading. It received city rights in 1355.
Enkhuizen dates between 1000-1200 and received city rights in 1355. Famous due to the herring fishing and trading of the VOC, East and Westindia Company, Enkhuizen has some very beautifull old...
Enkhuizen and the Zuiderzee museum
The Zuiderzee museum is an open air museum which shows you life around 1900 in the fishing villages at the Zuiderzee. And it actually felt if I was there during that time. It was like I could see...
Southern Sea centre where VOC met the fishermen
Sorry, thousand times sorry. However much I would like to only sit behind my pc and finish all my pages about the recent travels, my priorities lay with Irina and Ilja first. No doubt, slowly but...
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