By train

Hindeloopen station is the station of the Frisian town Hindeloopen .The station was opened on 8 November 1885 and is situated on the railway from Stavoren to Leeuwarden . This railroad is operated by Arriva .

By bus

line 44:Bolsward-Tjerkwerd-Parrega-Workum-Hindeloopen-Koudum-Bar-Sondel-Lemmer

Mennonite Church, Bathing pavilion, Sylhus, Lock Hindeloopen, Great Church, Museum Hindeloopen, Old Town Hall

Mennonite Church

The Mennonite Church of Hindeloopen was built in 1653. At that time it was the largest Baptist church in Friesland. Originally a tweebeukige church, but the nave on the west side in 1838 transformed into verger. What was left was a church hall right closed in 1931, the Gardens had a new facade. The business- expressionist style of reddish brown brick facade is symmetrically divided. Besides the slightly forward-catching wide entrance party in the middle are two small rectangular windows. Above the entrance are four large rectangular windows batch made. The two largest windows in the middle, flanked by two smaller ones. In the middle of the gable a smaller window. At each corner is a lombard strips applied. In the old back wall are two windows with pointed arches and wooden rods in the gable above is a rondbogig window boxes for decoration along the arc. The gable has the form of a pilaster .

Bathing pavilion

The bathing pavilion in the Frisian town Hindeloopen is a monumental building that was built in the year 1913/1914 at the former Zuiderzee dike between Hindeloopen and Stavoren .In 1912 there was a wooden bathing pavilion near Hindeloopen built to meet the increasing demand for places in those years in order to recreate in the wild. That demand for space was so big, that Badvereeniging Hindeloopen all year then ordered the construction of a new bathing pavilion. The building on the former Zuiderzee dike is characterized by elements of Art Nouveau . The concrete structure of the building consists of several blocks on the top block with four corner towers are placed with a pavilion roof .

Sylhus

It is Sylhus monumental lock keepers house located on the east at 12 Hindeloopen .In the 17th century lock-keepers house was built in 1785 on the gable side of the dike a " lie bank "inserted. This bank serves as a meeting place primarily for the older male population of Hindeloopen.The bank was built between two stone walls under a roof resting on wooden pillars. The facade below the roof of the bank is the city arms of Hindeloopen bricked with the year 1619. At the top of the building is an open wooden bell tower with spire placed.

Lock Hindeloopen

Hindeloopen lock is a lock in Hindeloopen.The lock is the link for the recreational boating between the center and the harbor and IJsselmeer.The lock in Stavoren was already in the 17th century . Over the lock is also a bridge .When the lock is a lock-keepers house with a wooden 19th-century bell tower . On the north side is called a lie bank with a plaque which depicted the miraculous catch. In the seventies these buildings restored.

Great Church

The Great Church in the Frisian place Hindeloopen is an aisled church built in 1632 on the foundations of its predecessor.The ancient church of Hindeloopen was in 1570 during the Eighty Years' War destroyed. This old church was dedicated to St. Gertrude . Around 1590 the church was rebuilt. The church tower dates from this period and was finished in 1593. In 1632 this church was replaced by a larger building. In 1658 the church was extended south to tweebeukige a church hall . That extension was demolished in 1892. From this past year tribes rondbogige the windows of the church. The spire was lost in 1701 after a lightning strike. In 1724 was to crown the tower spire on the current tower. On top of the spire is octagonal dome fitted with a wind vane in the shape of a sailing ship. The pinnacle of the tower was designed by Claes Piters. In 1685 there were bells in the tower, which were made ​​by the bell of Peter Overney from Leeuwarden. Of these two clocks could after the war a copy will be found.

Museum Hindeloopen

The Museum Hindeloopen is a cultural history museum in the Dutch town of Hindeloopen , one of the Frisian eleven cities .The Museum Hindeloopen, on July 16, 1919 was opened as the Hidde Nijland museum, is one of the oldest museums in Friesland . The creation of the museum was initiated by the couple and Hidde Nijland Adriana-Volker . Nijland was an art and antique collector, who in 1917 his extensive collection of Bishop Hind objects to the then municipality Hindeloopen gave, under the condition that in the old town hall would be exhibited. The municipality accepted this offer and Nijland collection was exhibited on the top floor of the building.

Old Town Hall

The Old Town Hall in the Frisian place Hindeloopen was until 1919 located at the northern port 3 and in the period from 1919 to 1984 at the New Meadow 1.

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