Visit to Naarden
Naarden is a municipality and a town in the Gooi region in the province of North Holland in the Netherlands.
Overall : Naarden is Its strategic, but also vulnerable location Naarden has a rich and special history. Naarden has one of the coolest and most original fortifications of the world that have been preserved. Thanks to extensive restoration was well preserved original character. This makes Naarden one of the finest Dutch cultural monuments.
Naarden was granted its city rights in 1300 (the only town in Het Gooi to have been done so) and later developed into a fortressed garrison town with a textile industry. Naarden is the home of the Netherlands Fortress Museum (Nederlands Vestingmuseum). Every year Naarden hosts the national photograph festival and, on Good Friday, a performance of Bach's St. Matthew Passion in the local church, which is called the Great Church or St. Vitus Church. Despite its earlier importance, Naarden population size was surpassed by Hilversum in the 18th century and today is smaller than its neighbour Bussum.
Naarden is a municipality and a town in the Gooi region in the province of North Holland in the Netherlands. Overall : Naarden is Its strategic, but also vulnerable location Naarden has a rich and special history. Naarden has one of the coolest and most original fortifications of the world that have been preserved. Thanks to extensive restoration was well preserved original character. This makes Naarden one of the finest Dutch cultural monuments.
Naarden was granted its city rights in 1300 (the only town in Het Gooi to have been done so) and later developed into a fortressed garrison town with a textile industry. Naarden is the home of the Netherlands Fortress Museum (Nederlands Vestingmuseum). Every year Naarden hosts the national photograph festival and, on Good Friday, a performance of Bach's St. Matthew Passion in the local church, which is called the Great Church or St. Vitus Church. Despite its earlier importance, Naarden population size was surpassed by Hilversum in the 18th century and today is smaller than its neighbour Bussum.
