RONDVAART DELFT / DELFT BOAT TOUR
At the end of a long Delft city walk, a boat ride to conclude the day was a wonderful reward! A chance to recap what I have learned about the […]
At the end of a long Delft city walk, a boat ride to conclude the day was a wonderful reward! A chance to recap what I have learned about the […]
One of the oldest buildings in Delft is this corner building, Sint-Hippolytuskapel or Saint Hyppolytus Chapel. The chapel was built on the foundation of the older chapel that was consecrated […]
On the side wall of a house on Delft’s market square, Markt 52, there is a commemorative plaque that reads: “On this place the house Mechelen once stood where in […]
King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima of the Netherlands immortalized on a cast-iron manhole cover, found on Sint Agathaplein, in Delft. This Coronation Cover was designed by Aquafix Milieu for the […]
Perhaps the oldest shop in Delft … A drugstore called Drogisterij De Salamander, since 1759. It all started out with Cornelis Ruygrok van de Werve (Hellevoetsluis 1753 – Amsterdam 1798). He […]
A visit to Delft is not complete without understanding and seeing the famous blue earthenware we called Delft Blue. Beginning of the Earthenware in NL It started in the Netherlands […]
Hofje van Pauw was built in 1707 at the request of Elisabeth Pauw, daughter of Delft’s mayor, Jacob Pauw, who died a year earlier. She was the widow of Johan van […]
The Hofje van Gratie was founded in 1571 by order of mayor Pieter Sasbout. Initially, there were six charity houses located on the street of Korte Geer, but the almshouse […]
📍Kloksteeg A huge 250m² of art work featuring 10 icons of Delft such as William the Silent (a.k.a. William of Orange), Hugo de Groot, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Pieter de Hoogh […]
The Oostpoort or the Eastern Gate is the only remaining city gate in Delft. It was built around 1400. The structure was later raised and heightened with Gothic spires in […]