In 2019 it will be 400 years since Batavia was founded. The Westfries Museum in Hoorn reflects on this historical fact in their programming this season. The museum has launched a sensational new Virtual Reality program.

The Westfries Museum is a museum about the Golden Age, housed in one of the most beautiful monuments of Hoorn, the States College built in 1632. As impressive as the building is on the outside, as intimate it is inside. You can wander through no less than 27 rooms.

The compact and well kept Zoo is located between Alkmaar and Schagen with a variety of animals such as camels, alpacas, guanacos, various watoesi the unique pigmy marmoset, cattle, Capybaras, rheas, beautiful tropical birds, flamingos and many other animals.

At Land van Fluwel, every child & parent is free to have a new adventure. Playing & fiddling at the Beach of Fluwel and make wild adventures on the 1 km long Bare Foot Path. The fairytale-like route through the forest is also unique, where you get to know the history of the tulip with an audio tour!

Huis Bonck has a special history: people have lived and worked here for almost 400 years. Houses like this one, with so many historical parts, can be counted on the fingers of one hand in the Netherlands. Will you also sit at the desk in the hanging room? Book through our site!