Discover 11 hidden attractions, cool sights, and unusual things to do in Zwolle (Netherlands). Don't miss out on these must-see attractions: Museum de Fundatie, Vrouwenhuis, and Sassenpoort. Also, be sure to include Great Church in your itinerary.
Below, you can find the list of the most amazing places you should visit in Zwolle (Overijssel).
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Museum de Fundatie
Museum in Zwolle, Netherlands. Museum de Fundatie is a museum for the visual arts in Zwolle, Netherlands. Museum de Fundatie forms part of the Hannema-de Stuers Foundation, to which Kasteel het Nijenhuis in Heino also belongs. Museum de Fundatie possesses a collection of visual arts, with works ranging from the end of the Middle Ages until the present day, collected by Dirk Hannema, former director of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen. As well as the permanent collection, Museum de Fundatie organises new, wide-ranging exhibitions every three months. Museum de Fundatie recorded a record number of 310,000 visitors in 2015.[1]
Address: Blijmarkt 20, 8011 NE Zwolle (Binnenstad)
Vrouwenhuis
Museum in Zwolle, Netherlands. The Vrouwenhuis on Melkmarkt 53 in the Dutch city of Zwolle is a former old age home for women. It is now rented as separate apartment units for students, while housing a small museum on the ground floor that is only accessible by special request.[2]
Address: Voorstraat 46, Zwolle (Binnenstad)
Sassenpoort
Historical landmark in Zwolle, Netherlands. The Sassenpoort is a gatehouse in the city wall of Zwolle, the Netherlands. It was built in 1409 out of dimension stone, mostly trachyte and tuff, and restoration work was done in 1893-1898. The gatehouse is a rijksmonument and is part of the Top 100 Dutch heritage sites.[3]
Address: Zwolle, Sassenstraat 51, 8011 PB, Zwolle, Netherlands
Great Church
Also known as: Grote Kerk
Church
Address: Grote Markt 18, 8011 LW Zwolle (Binnenstad)
Potgietersingel
The Potgietersingel is a park in the city of Zwolle. The park was constructed in the early nineteenth century on former fortifications, from the seventeenth century. The park is named after Everhardus Johannes Potgieter.
Bonami SpelComputer Museum
Museum, Specialty museum
Address: Westerlaan 51a, 8011 CA Zwolle (Assendorp)
Dominicanenklooster
Church
Address: Assendorperstraat 29, 8012 DE Zwolle (Assendorp)
Ter Pelkwijkpark
The Ter Pelkwijk Park is a park in the center of the city of Zwolle, named after the Overijssel politician Johannes ter Pelkwijk. It was built on the eastern part of the former fortress belt of Zwolle, which was dismantled from 1790 onwards. This is also where the Ter Pelkwijkstraat later came into being. In the park stands a memorial to a design by Titus Leeser for the more than 700 Zwolle citizens who died during the Second World War due to persecution and violence.
Students from several elementary schools in the neighborhood organize an annual ceremony at the monument in the park on April 14, the day Zwolle was liberated by Allied troops in 1945.
Synagoge Zwolle
Synagogue
Address: Samuel Hirschstraat 8, 8011 PT Zwolle (Binnenstad)
De Passiebloem
The Passion Flower is an octagonal rack oil mill with storage barns from 1776 on the Vondelkade in Zwolle. The mill could store 50 loads of seeds, 80,000 cakes and 530 barrels of oil in three oil cellars. In the attached barn there was room for 50,000 peats, according to an announcement of sale in 1864.
Address: Vondelkade 175, 8023 AD Zwolle (Wipstrik)
Zwollerkerspel
Municipality. Zwollerkerspel is a former municipality in the province of Overijssel, Netherlands. It covered the countryside around the city of Zwolle. Zwollerkerspel was a separate municipality from 1802 until August 1, 1967, when it became a part of Zwolle, Hasselt, Heino, IJsselmuiden and Genemuiden.[4]