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
Those wishing to learn more about Vianen, the history of the town and the artistic, cultural and historical heritage have reached the right place a...
Stedelijk Museum Vianen
The name Everdingen certainly goes back to the 13th Century. In the year 1284, the five Lords of the later Vijfheerenlanden held a meeting in the c...
Dorpskern Everdingen
In the year 1829, Sparrendreef General Cemetery was opened in Vianen. This cemetery consisted of 3 parts separated by hedges, namely the general ce...
Algemene begraafplaats Sparrendreef
In a majestic lotion overlooking the Linge river lies Museum Hofje van Mevrouw Van Aerden – a hofje, or courtyard, and museum in Leerdam.
Hofje van Mevrouw van Aerden
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
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
Behind the Lek Dike in Everdingen lies the 19th Century Petrus and Pauluskerk. Together with the presbytery and coach house, a school building and...
Kerk en Pastorie Everdingen
The Hofpoort, together with the water pump on Hofplein, forms the last visible remains of Batestein Castle. It formed the western entrance to the c...
Hofpoort
De Oude Horn is a former water pumping station. These days, it's where Bernard Heesen creates his artworks in the kiln's blazing fire.
Glasblazerij de Oude Horn
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
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 sundial located on Lijnbaan is one of the last remaining tangible memories of the former Amaliastein pleasure garden.
Zonnewijzer Lijnbaan
After a fire in the year 1540, the church (de Grote Kerk) was rebuilt in its current form almost immediately (as a combination of a hall church and...
Grote kerk Vianen
The Essensteyn farm lies at the bottom of the Lek Dike, on the edge of Everdingen. The farmhouse was originally built in a T-shape, with the front...
Boerderij Essensteyn
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 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
The post and telegraph office was situated on the ground floor of Voorstraat 106 in Vianen between 1911 and 1975.
Oude postkantoor
Like many other villages and towns in the region, the origins of Zijderveld go back to the Middle Ages. The village was built at a crossroads of pe...
Dorpskern Zijderveld
Destroyed towns and castles, plundering and domestic (and foreign) wars: every town and village has its own story to tell. Everdingen was put on th...
Fort Everdingen
In the context of the Rhine canalisation, the Rijkswaterstaat constructed 3 almost identical weir complexes on the Lek near Hagestein, Amerongen an...
Stuwcomplex Hagestein