Weesp is a municipality and town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. The territory of Weesp is over 2000 years inhabited. Weesp its strategic location on the river Vecht, on the border of Holland and Utrecht, the city has acquired in the year 1355 town rights. Battle has always played a big role, first as a transport route and today especially for boating.The municipality of Weesp consists of the following cities, towns, villages and/or districts: De Horn, Uitermeer, Weesp.
Weesp lies next to the rivers de Vecht and Smal Weesp and also next to the Amsterdam-Rhine Canal. It is in an area called the "Vechtstreek". It is only 3 km from the end of the Amsterdam metro, but the wide Amsterdam-Rhine Canal keeps it geographically separate. Weesp is a rail junction, and very easily accessible. The town is surrounded by open grassland.
Weesp a paradise for photographers. First: the mills, the fort, the silhouette of the city and then appear behind the trees along the High Street the stately houses. Moreover, from the towers of the churches.
In the old town of Weesp exchange bustle and rest apart. The quiet Old Canal and across its stores with its Metropolis. The Achtergracht her through traffic across the canal and the Roskamstraat. The Slijkstraat a busy shopping street nearly opposite the Medieval Middenstraat.
In Weesp you have the right to see ruins of the ramparts of the Old and New Holland Water Line and the Defense of Amsterdam. In the center is the tower Ossenmarkt fort, which was recently renovated. This fort lies within the fortifications of the fortress in the 17th century were built of Weesp to make a real fortress. If you follow the Vecht from the center to the south you'll fort against Uitermeer. The land surrounding the fort is accessible by foot and by boat.
