Between Lek & Linge
Between Lek & Linge surprises you with a diverse range of culture and heritage. With one of the oldest cities in the county of Holland, Ameide, Vrijstad Vianen and the Glass City of the Netherlands, Leerdam there is plenty to do between Lek & Linge.
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Be amazed by all the possibilities of glass!
Nationaal Glasmuseum
The oldest traces of habitation in the immediate surroundings of Vianen are not in the town itself, but just outside the current hamlet of Helsding...
Buurtschap Helsdingen
The pump was built in the year 1648 on the orders of Johan Wolfert van Brederode during a major operation to renovate and beautify the castle.
Waterpomp Hofplein
To commemorate the construction of the connecting canal between Vianen and Gorinchem, a memorial stone was laid on the Buitenlandpoort’s retaining...
Gedenkteken Buitenlandpoort
In the context of the Rhine canalisation, the Rijkswaterstaat constructed 3 almost identical weir complexes on the Lek near Hagestein, Amerongen an...
Stuwcomplex Hagestein
The bronze horse on Voorstraat recalls the long history of the Paardenmarkt in Vianen.
Het paard
With the reclamation of the peatlands in the 11th Century in the area of today’s Vianen, the Lek was also diked.
Lekdijk
At first, drainage was performed by windmills. In the 19th Century, the windmills were replaced by steam-powered pumping stations, which in turn ma...
Gemaal de Biezen
One of the most remarkable buildings on Voorstraat is the Anduspand, also known as the former cantonal court. This national monument with its class...
Voormalig kantongerecht/Anduspand
Take a walk down Voorstraat and you really can’t miss it: the town pump, also known as the Large Pump.
Stadspomp Vianen
The post and telegraph office was situated on the ground floor of Voorstraat 106 in Vianen between 1911 and 1975.
Oude postkantoor
The Vianen forest and the Bolgarian forest consist of willow and poplar with sections of deciduous forest. The Vianen forest was the hunting forest...
Griendenlandschap en het Bolgarijnse bos
Before the arrival of today’s care homes, the elderly could go to live in Old Men’s Homes and Old Women’s Homes. These houses were built from the 1...
Oude Mannenhuis
Opposite the guesthouse chapel, at Kerkstraat no. 2, lies the former Vianen weigh-house. The 17th Century building was restored between 1975 and 19...
De Waag
The Grote Kerk in Vianen is not only a church, but also the last resting place of at least 24 members of the Van Vianen and Van Brederode families
Grafmonument Grote Kerk
Together with the historic church, the former town hall of Hagestein cannot be missed between the simple houses.
Raadhuis Hagestein
The Vianen water tower stands in a meadow on the outskirts of the town. The tower was built in 1909 by the Koninklijke Rotterdamsche Betonijzer Maa...
Watertoren
Leerdam's origins as a fortified city are still evident in the south ramparts with their ‘mouse towers’.
Zuidwal met muizentorens
The Jewish cemetery on Sparrendreef, two Stolpersteine on Voorstraat and the former synagogue at no. 6 Bakkersstraat: these are the still visible r...
Voormalige synagoge Vianen
Originally, the town hall consisted of a spacious hall, the civic hall, which was also used as a market hall, with a smaller space at the rear of t...
Stadhuis
Batestein Castle was commissioned by Gijsbert van Beusichem in the year 1370, after it was decided that Vyanen Castle no longer met the needs of th...
Kasteel Batestein
Today, ‘Molenstraat’ is just a ‘normal’ street name in Vianen town centre. The windmill from which the street gets is name burned down in the night...
Voormalige Wipkorenmolen
The first reference to Vianen is a document from 1271 in which Zweder I van Beusichem received permission to hold a market twice a year at his Vyan...
Burcht Vianen (kasteel Vyanen)
Between 1335 and 1336, Heilwich van Vianen and her husband Willem van Duivenvoorde granted various town rights to Vianen. They also ordered Vianen...
Stadskern Vianen