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The Dom Tower, canals with wharf cellars and the Centraal Museum.
Route by public transport ↗
Mondrian, wall houses and a boulder dragged into town.
4 museumsPiet Mondrian was born in Amersfoort. The medieval centre is almost round, with houses built into the old town wall and a tower that is the zero point of the Dutch national map grid.
Amersfoort is approx. 15 minutes by train from Utrecht and approx. 35 minutes from Amsterdam. From the station you walk into the old town in ten minutes. Start at the Mondriaan House, the painter's birthplace, then follow the Muurhuizen to the Koppelpoort, a gate over the water. Museum Flehite tells the town's history, and Kunsthal KAdE shows modern art and design. Just outside the centre is the Dutch Cavalry Museum, about horses, tanks and soldiers. Everywhere you look, the Onze Lieve Vrouwetoren rises above the roofs.
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Piet Mondrian's birthplace. See how he moved from landscapes to his famous planes and lines.
The town museum about Amersfoort and its region, from the Middle Ages to today, by the old town wall.
Exhibitions on art, design and architecture in an old warehouse on the Eemplein.
The museum of the Dutch cavalry, with uniforms, carriages and armoured vehicles.
The Koppelpoort is a combined land and water gate from around 1400. The Muurhuizen were built where the first town wall stood.
The tower is the reference point of the Dutch national grid used on Dutch maps. Climbs are possible with a guide.
Buy your tickets online and plan the rest of your day around them.
All museums in Amersfoort. Click a museum for the route.
Amersfoort sits between the Utrecht Hill Ridge and the Veluwe. Palaces, forests and Utrecht are close.
The Dom Tower, canals with wharf cellars and the Centraal Museum.
Route by public transport ↗Paleis Het Loo, the Orange palace on the Veluwe.
Route by public transport ↗A country estate with a park and exhibitions about nature and landscape.
Route by public transport ↗Travel times are indicative. Live times on 9292.nl ↗.
Amersfoort has hotels for every budget, some in historic buildings. It is a major rail hub: Utrecht, Amsterdam, Apeldoorn and Zwolle are close. In the evening the old town is lively around the Hof and the canals.
Restaurants, shops and hotels near the museums, picked for museum visitors.