Photography -Enkhuizen - Holland: May 2006

Wilhelmina Plantsoen Snouck van Loosen Park Enkhuizerzand Westerstraat Kaasmarkt IJsbaan Vest Dijk Breedstraat Zuiderhavendijk Venedie Kuipersdijk Monuments

The Wilhelmina plantsoen was opend by and named after queen Wilhelmina in 1936. Plantsoen is Dutch for park.

The Venedie has several restaurants with terrace.

In the winter this area is used for ice skating.

The Kaasmarkt offers a few bars and discos.

To protect the city against the often violent sea and enemy invasion two walls were built in the 16th and 17th century. Called "The Sea wall" and "the Vesting wall".

The Enkhuizerzand is the beach in Enkhuizen, a nice view on the boats and the IJsselmeer.

The dijk is best described as the promenade of Enkhuizen.

The Zuiderhavendijk is one of the first harbours in the Netherlands. Most of Amsterdam was based on this design.

- a house

- fresh fish

- ancient navigation

- soccer madness

- selekt hifi

- walking bird

- vijzelstraat

- the white house

- gracht garden

- baanbreker

- lilley II

- 3 herrings

- cat IIV

- bridge

- alley

- bakker

- mini tree's

- even older house

- glass in lood

- contrast

- water lillys

- flags over the watter

- boat

- cat II

- schuit

- a hold

- flags over Noorderboerenvaart

- cat

- next to the vest

- ball shaped tree

- roofs

- tree

- tree

- wethouder westerdorppad

- vesting wall

- volkstuintjes

- overvest

- vesting

- sheep

- ducks

- goat

- grass drive

- horses

- van der linden van sprankhuizen

- monument 650 years enkhuizen

- bus stop

- zone 30

- brandweer

- the wetness

- stairwell

About Enkhuizen

A well preserved city in The Netherlands granted its city-rights in 1355. In the 16th and 17th century the city prospered, mainly due to trading by the East and West-Indies Company. Of wich peroiod many structures remain.

Classic Dutch canals bridges and harbours. Enkhuizen is the largest Dutch port for traditional sailing recreation.