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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Together with Everstein Castle, it was Hagestein Castle in Gasperden (now Hagestein) that formed the centrepiece of this line of defence. The castl...
For centuries, the area where Vianen is now located was almost uninhabitable. It was a so-called ‘wasteland’: an almost impenetrable peat bog. In a...
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...
The past is never far away on a walk in and around Vianen town centre. The remains of the original defences can be found in various places: the Lek...
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If you are walking through Leerdam, this beautiful Art-Deco church is not to be missed.
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...
Discover the wonderful underwater world from up close without a wetsuit! Aqua Zoo Leerdam boasts more than forty aquariums and terrariums with a wi...
The bronze horse on Voorstraat recalls the long history of the Paardenmarkt in 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...
The post and telegraph office was situated on the ground floor of Voorstraat 106 in Vianen between 1911 and 1975.
Step inside the Jukebox Gallery and take a trip back to the fifties and sixties.
The extensive development ribbon with a number of old farms is still clearly visible today. One of these farms is Rustenburg near Everdingen. The n...
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...
The name Zijderveld, from which Zijderveldselaan is derived, is closely related to the cope reclamations that took place in this area between the 1...
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...
Opposite the guesthouse chapel, at Kerkstraat no. 2, lies the former Vianen weigh-house. The 17th Century building was restored between 1975 and 19...
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...
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...
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