Kampen Travel Guide

 punaise Says:  The Kamper Kogge is a ship which is build accordign historical information during the time Kampen has trade partners in Germany and Denmark and so on.This type of ships was used for transportation of the goods.The ship is built on the koggewerf with original techniques.On... 

 punaise Says:  During the summer Kampen has a lot of activities. the famous Kamper ui(t)-dagen are one of them.During july and august these days are organised by the local people.There is a big market into city centre and several activities around it.The name kamper ui(t)-dagen has... 

 punaise Says:  in the centre of the city you will find the smallest house. It is unbelievable that a big family with a lot of children lived here. It is now a (very) small museum. 

 OlafS Says:  The Onze Lieve Vrouwe Kerk ('Church of Our Lady'), also known as Buitenkerk, is a Gothic church dating from the 14th century. It replaced a chapel which at that time still stood outside (Dutch: 'buiten', hence the name) the walls of the town. After having been protestant... 

 OlafS Says:  The Broederenkerk was the church of the Franciscan monastery ('Broederen' or 'brothers' refers to monks) and dates from the first half of the 14th century. In 1578 the new protestant rulers forced the monks to leave Kampen, after which the church was adapted for protestant... 

 OlafS Says:  The Nieuwe Toren ('new tower') was built between 1649 and 1663. It's main function was to house a big carillon of 35 bells. The upper part of the tower was designed by Philip Vingboons and originally was part of his design for a new town hall in Amsterdam. Vingboons design... 

 OlafS Says:  The Cellebroederspoort dates from ca. 1466. Like the Broederpoort it was altered in Manneristic style after it lost its defensive function in 1615. Today the gate houses a club of students. 

 OlafS Says:  The Bovenkerk or St. Nicolaas as its former catholic name is, is a big Gothic church that since 1580 has been Kampen's major protestant church. During several restorations most of the church's outside skin has been replaced, resulting in a rather new look. Thankfully the... 

 OlafS Says:  Another gate is the Koornmarktspoort ('grain market gate'), which dates from ca. 1380. It constitutes of a rectangular gate building and two big round towers facing the river. In the 19th century the gate was painted white, as can be seen on many older pictures including... 

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 rsilva Says:  We went for what we were hoping would be a fast lunch, but endend up taking longer than expected.This is a typical Dutch restaurant with dark wooden walls and floors and we went for a typical Dutch dish - the Uitsmijter (Bread with fried egg on top). We were, however, not... 

 rsilva Says:  As usual, in a place we did not know, we resorted to local knowledge for suggestions on where to eat, so we asked a girl on the street who advised 4 restaurants in the area, but since we did not feel like having Italian or Chinese we ended up in this restaurant.We had a nice... 

 egonwegh Says:  On Good Friday 2005 we had a quick lunch at De Groene Vlinder (in English that would be The Green Butterfly) in Kampen. Jennie had toasted bread, and I had an 'uitsmijter' i.e. fried eggs served on slices of bread. 

 OlafS Says:  Only few restaurants and bars were open that Sunday. Conservative protestants not only have rules for themselves but often frown upon other people who do not follow their rules. We did find a pizzeria with tables outside, but unfortunately the Kampen municipality had put a...