Opposite the station, on an island in the middle of the canal, a superb multi-faceted building (1992-1994) contains the regional museum. The collections on display are perhaps lacking in unity, but not interest: archaeology, decorative art (in part..

This museum, set up in a pair of Medieval merchant's houses, is devoted to sea-faring and coastal navigation in the northern Netherlands since the 6th Century. There are very attractive and comprehensive displays of model ships, maps, pictures, navig..

This graceful Renaissance building was erected in 1653 and has elegant facades with finely crafted gables. Shells surmount the impressive windows. Initially this monument was used as an office for the collection of local taxes, then as a workshop for..