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The "Merwede" side bastion works
Pavlik_NL Says: Most impressive are the bastion fortress works on the "Merwede" river side. From here the most possible enemy attacks were to be expected as the Spanish and French were due South and over the river that was as well dangerous at high water levels, as protective against...
Pavlik_NL Says: Gorinchem was never besieged, but according to the bastion works and citywalls, this could have been a long siege, before the citizens would give up their positions. Water was always available and this means of transport often also couldn;t be cut of completely, so food also...
You enter ... so you've got to pay
Pavlik_NL Says: The road to the river, where ships brought and took people to other destinations, was one of the most important and so was the gateway through the citywalls. Here was the "tolhuis" (tole house) where everyone that entered the town bringing goods and products, had to pay for...
Airpunk Says: As an old trading town, Gorinchem is full of canals leading from river Linge and Merwede through the town. Some of them aren’t used by ships anymore and just look pitturesque while you will see houseboats in some other.
Airpunk Says: This windmill was built in 1764 as a gristmill and is still in use. As many other windmills, it was damaged during WWII. Since 1949, the mill is owned by the town of Gorinchem. Machines were installed in the second half of the 20th century and after a long break and several...
Airpunk Says: Gorinchem’s old town is full of beuatiful houses with many of them dating back to the “gouden eeuw” – the golden 17th century. Just to mention two of them: “’t Coemtal van God” is the nickname of this renaissance warehouse from 1563. The name means “all comes from God” and...
Airpunk Says: Gorkum’s town hall is large, but compared to other dutch town halls, it is not very impressive. Give it a chance and have a look at its façade which mixes baroque and neorenaissance styles. It was finished in 1860, replacing a 15th century building. Today, it houses the...
Airpunk Says: Gorinchem’s star-shaped earth walls are almost entirely preserved, but of it’s four original city gates, only one still exists: Dalempoort. It is located in the southwest of the old town, facing river Merwede. Dalempoort was constrcuted in 1597, but replaced in 1770 by its...
Airpunk Says: This was the place where Hugo de Groot hid after his legendary escape from the prison at Slot Loevestein. The original building does not exist anymore, but the baroque door is still there. Hugo de Groot arrived here on and continued his fled on. He chose a day on which the...
Airpunk Says: Gorinchem’s “grote kerk” (big church) was built between 1450 and 1517. Its tower, called St. Janstoren (St. John’s tower) is the town’s landmark. It has a height of 61 meters in height and is equipped with a carrillon counting 49 bells. Two of them are hundrrdes of years...
Restaurant at fortress Vuren: Intriguing interior
egonwegh Says: Among other curious meals they also serve a 'KNIL hap', apparently inspired by the exploits of the Royal Dutch Army of the East Indies (KNIL) in Indonesia - it's Indonesian sate with bread. My father was with the KNIL in the 1950s, which is one reason why I would have loved...
Pannekoekenhuis Brusse: Well, you know how fond I am of pancakes
Pavlik_NL Says: "Eet tevree ... bij Brusse", says the slogan of this pancake restaurant, which means something like "eat well ... at Brusse". A wide range of pancakes will no doubt have your favourite taste as well. Sweet and spicy ... Brusse offers you whatever you like. All kinds of...
Use your feet, the best to see the old town
Pavlik_NL Says: Gorinchem's inner town, the old historical part, is easily done on foot. Distances are all relatively small and this way you intensily enjoy the surroundings. Stop here and there to have a drink or something to eat. Gorcum offers a great day out.
For other boat lovers: take a tour
Pavlik_NL Says: Along the Linge river near the large sluzes that can cut this Betuwe river off from the town, is the possibility to hop on a touring boat that shows you a bit of Gorinchem from the many waterways that surround the town. An example is Vita Nova that organises daily tours from...
A standard variety with some surprises: Gorinchem, regional shopping centre
Pavlik_NL Says: Gorinchem has the function of regional shopping centre and attracts people from an area that takes roughly a 25 (to the West and North) to 40 (to the East and South) kilometers in it's surroundings. The main shopping streets are in the old town centre, for example:...
Tijd van Toen = Time of Once (upon a time): Surprising shops in town
Pavlik_NL Says: This shop is definately from grandmother's time and brings you back a century. these shops always have things that make people go "ooo" and "aaa", so why not take a look inside and find yourself leave with a little original surpirse from Gorinchem ... to take home as a...
Gorinchem and the "Holland" house facades
Pavlik_NL Says: Old town centres always have the remarkable Dutch facades that Amsterdam is so famous for. Gorcum as well has a vast collection and variety of these typical architectural house fronts and tops. Behind the staircases and clockforms is often a simple triangular roof with the...
Living with rising water needs ... heigth
Pavlik_NL Says: Housinghas always been effected by possible floadings and even now-a-days one has to reckon with the inevitable. In Gorinchem's old town centre one has built new appartment complexes close to the riverside of the Linge, a small river that however is known for it's enormous...
Pavlik_NL Says: In medieval times floadings of the wide river Merwede had a disasterous effect on Gorinchem and surrounding area's. Dike breeches appeared regularly and it called for a stronger and better organisation to maintain a safe waterlevel and take care of proper measurements...
In the shade of the other churches
Pavlik_NL Says: The Rehoboth church is a relatively new church in the old centre of Gorinchem. It was built in 1909 and houses the Christian Society. The name Rehoboth is surrounded with mystery and originates from the United States area around Rhode Island or Massachusets. Services in the...
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On the innerkay near the statue of Hamel one finds two adjecent buildings with large letters on them saying "Badhuis" and "Pomphuis". Two facilities that were...
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Gorcum or Gorinchem, what will it be
Gorinchem thanks it's importance in medieval times especially from it's situation on the river "Merwede" (actually a part of the "Waal", which is the main flow of the Rhine in NL) and the smaller...
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Somewhere in the east of the Province of Zuid-Holland, there’s s small town with a large history. Many Dutch only know it, because it appears quite often in the traffic news. The town is called...
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We visited Gorinchem (it's pronounced 'Gor-kum') on 9 February, 2008. From here we made a walk of 21 kilometers to the town of Leerdam. I was surprised to find so many old town houses here and a city...
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Gorinchem and its surroundings
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1000 AC: fishers and farmer founded a living place on the higher land at the delta of the river Linge into the river Merwede. 1224 : first known mention of the name Gorinchem in a document,...
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