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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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
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
On Stadhuisstraat, the layout of the mediaeval building complex can still be clearly seen. At the front is the old town hall, behind it the former...
Gasthuiskapel
What began in 1971 as a collection of bridge magazines and books is now the world's one and only museum wholly devoted to the classic card game.
Museum van het Kaartspel & Bridgemuseum
Take a walk down Voorstraat and you really can’t miss it: the town pump, also known as the Large Pump.
Stadspomp Vianen
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
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
The church in Hagestein is not only one of the oldest in the Vijfheerenlanden region, but it also played a key role for some time as the mother chu...
Kerk Hagestein
Together with Everstein Castle, it was Hagestein Castle in Gasperden (now Hagestein) that formed the centrepiece of this line of defence. The castl...
Kasteelterrein Hagestein
Hendrik van Brederode built a summer residence in the year 1560 for his wife Amalia, Countess of Nieuwenaar. He named this castle located in the Vi...
Amaliastein
View the most beautiful glass art made in De Oude Horn!
Galerie De Vlietskant
Leerdam's origins as a fortified city are still evident in the south ramparts with their ‘mouse towers’.
Zuidwal met muizentorens
Jan Blankenweg, Jan Blankenbridge and the Jan Blanken funerary monument at the general cemetery on Sparrendreef: the name of Jan Blanken can be fou...
Grafmonument Jan Blanken
Experience a unique collection of Dutch cultural-religious heritage in the form of antique and early Bibles.
Bijbelmuseum Leerdam
The former chapel the Helsdingen district is situated at the junction of Voorweg and Achterweg in Helsdingen. This chapel was probably founded in t...
Kapel Helsdingen
Since 1997, the statue of Hendrik van Brederode has stood on the church square with its back almost against the Grote Kerk. The bronze statue by Ut...
Standbeeld Brederode
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
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
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 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
To commemorate the construction of the connecting canal between Vianen and Gorinchem, a memorial stone was laid on the Buitenlandpoort’s retaining...
Gedenkteken Buitenlandpoort
With the reclamation of the peatlands in the 11th Century in the area of today’s Vianen, the Lek was also diked.
Lekdijk
The Lekpoort is the only remaining town gate of Vianen. Together with the Oostpoort and the Landpoort, it formed the gateway to the walled town cen...
Lekpoort
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