The brick of the Koornmarktspoort, the 15th-century, the red, the 50,000 bricks that the form the gatehouse on the IJssel river, the two towers that are the unequal (the larger is the 21 metres, the smaller is the 12 metres, the original 14th-century gate, and the addition of the 15th century), and the sense that the Kampen is the forgotten Hanseatic city that is the more beautiful and the less visited than the Amsterdam, is the essential Kampen experience. The Kampen is the city in the Overijssel province of the Netherlands (the 1.5 hours from the Amsterdam by the train), the 13th-century, the Hanseatic League (the 14th–16th centuries, the North European trading confederation that the made the Kampen the one of the richest cities in the northern Europe), the 500 monuments in the city centre, and the most beautiful Hanseatic city in the Netherlands after the Amsterdam and the Deventer. Here is your guide.

Kampen, City with Rich Hanseatic History

• The Kampen, the essential Hanseatic city: The Kampen is the essential Dutch day-trip for the Hanseatic history: the 3 city gates (the Koornmarktspoort, the river-gate, the most beautiful, the Cellebroederspoort, the 1465, the red-and-white the brick, the most photographed, the Broederspoort, the 1472, the smallest), the Oude Raadhuis (the Old Town Hall, the 1543, the Renaissance façade, the Schepenzaal, the aldermen’s hall, the most beautiful room in the Kampen, and the essential city museum, the €5), the Sint-Nicolaaskerk (the Bovenkerk, the upper Church, the 14th-century, the Gothic, the 82-metre tower that is the visible from the 20 km, the organ, the 1676, the Hinsz, the 3,000 pipes, the best Baroque organ in the Netherlands), the glass (the 16th-century stained-glass, the “the glass of the 72 guilds”, the most important stained-glass in the northern Netherlands), the Nieuwe Toren (the New Tower, the 1649–1664, the 47 metres, the carillon, the 47 bells, the climb: the 202 steps, and the best view of the Kampen and the IJssel river. The €3), and the essential Kampen experience: the walk along the IJsselkade (the river, the warehouses, the bridge, the IJsselbrug, the 1902, the railway bridge, and the best view of the Kampen from the bridge). The Kampen is the not the day of the crowded Dutch canals and the queues, the Kampen is the quiet, the local, and the authentic. More Netherlands →
• The Kampen and the IJssel, the essential day-trip: The IJssel river and the Hanseatic route: the Kampen is the on the IJssel river, the river that is the heart of the Hanseatic Netherlands, and the essential Hanseatic day: the Kampen the in the morning, the Zwolle (the 10 km, the 15 minutes by the train, the Sassenpoort: the 1408, the most beautiful city-gate in the Netherlands, and the Museum de Fundatie, the €12, the modern, the golden egg on the roof, the most unusual museum in the Overijssel), the Deventer (the 20 minutes from the Zwolle, the most beautiful Hanseatic city in the Netherlands: the Bergkwartier, the hill, the medieval houses, the best Hanseatic quarter in the country, the Deventer Koek, the spice-cake, the €8 for the loaf, and the essential Deventer food), and the Zutphen (the further south, the most intimate Hanseatic city). The essential Hanseatic IJssel route: the 1 day by the car, the Kampen, the Zwolle, the Deventer, the 60 km, the 3 cities, and the best Hanseatic day in the Netherlands. The alternative: the bike, the Netherlands is the bike country, and the IJssel bike-route: the 45 km from the Kampen to the Zwolle and the return, the 90 km, the 1 day, and the best bike ride in the eastern Netherlands. The Kampen food, the essential: the Dikke van Dale (the restaurant in the former prison, the 1845, the €30 for the 3-course, and the best restaurant in the Kampen), the De Heeren van de Campen (the €15 for the lunch, the herring, the broodje, and the best Dutch lunch in the Kampen). The essential Kampen accommodation: the Hotel Celluloid (the boutique hotel, the 3 rooms, the €120/night, and the best place to stay in the Kampen).