INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE AND THE DUTCH SPIRIT OF COMMERCE

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INTRODUCTION Water is incontrovertibly linked to life in the . On the one hand because we have to continally protect ourselves from it due to the fact that over half of the Netherlands lies below sea level. On the other hand, in economic terms the water has been of considerable benefi t to us over the centuries. It made us tremendous shipbuilders and we found ways of using the water to drive machines, mills and pumping stations. Unsurprisingly, much of our industrial heritage is to be found on river banks, often fully restored, sometimes in the form of a museum, sometimes as a place of residence, studio or workshop. Industrial heritage is, in fact, everything produced by the industrial revolution for the purposes of day-to-day work, i.e. bridges, sluices/locks and machines as well as factory buildings. Driving by car, you will pass from CAR RENTAL huge shipbuilding hangars to such things as a chocolate factory and AVIS Autoverhuur gasworks as well as the hustle and bustle of world trade in the large Nassaukade 380, Amsterdam & Schiphol T +31 (0)20 683 60 61 sluice complex. Feel like deviating from the route? Go for it! On the way you will encounter plenty more interesting places. Hertz Autoverhuur Overtoom 333, Amsterdam T +31 (0)20 612 24 41

Sixt Rent a Car Prins Hendrikkade 20A, Amsterdam T +31 (0)20 624 29 55

TOURIST INFORMATION VVV/City Marketing Verwulft 11, Haarlem T +31 0900 616 16 00 www.haarlem.nl

VVV Agentschap IJmuiden Central Library, Dudokplein 16, IJmuiden T +31 (0)20 201 88 00 www.ijmuidenaanzee.nl

VVV Amsterdam •Noord-Zuid Hollands Koffi ehuis, Stationsplein 10, Amsterdam •Amsterdam Airport Schiphol/Holland Tourist Information, Arrivals hall 2 T +31 (0)20 201 88 00 www.vvvamsterdam.nl

Touristic routes Amsterdam Metropolitan Area Industrial Heritage route ROUTE & ATTRACTIONS STARTING POINT OF THE ROUTE: 3 Teylers Museum The rich banker Pieter Teyler left all his NDSM shipyard Amsterdam Noord money to the promotion of art and science. Tt. Neveritaweg 15, Amsterdam He thought that there should be a place GPS: 52.40108, 4.89558 where people could discover the world for themselves. And so it came to be that 1 NDSM shipyard the Teylers Museum opened in 1748, the The industrial charm of this area in Amster- Netherlands’ fi rst museum. In addition to dam Noord has already attracted a variety of the fossils (which are millions of years old), trendy TV producers. But it still retains its raw scientifi c instruments and coins, prints and edge, with its huge shipbuilding hangars, paintings, the museum’s interior is also cranes and undeveloped ground full of po- worth the effort. tential. The Nederlandse Dok en Scheeps- bouw Maatschappij (Dutch Dock and Go to the following address: Shipbuilding Company) built substantial Noordersluisweg 20, IJmuiden. ships. Shipbuilding found itself GPS: 52.46856, 4.60613. Tip: Select the with competition from air traffi c, shortest route on your navigation device. however, and due to trade with Indonesia declining the 4 Sluizencomplex IJmuiden last ship was launched in IJmuiden is the only 1979. Now it is a site for gateway to Amster- festivals, jumble sales and dam’s harbour for 250 artists, as well as for large sea-going companies, two restaurants vessels and cruise and 380 container fl ats for boats. An impor- students. Here you have a tant starting point great view of the Kraanspoor for Dutch world (‘Crane Track’), a 21st-century trade. Four locks offi ce on industrial heritage. operate here round the clock. Go to the following address: The Zuidersluis Max Euweplein 1, Haarlem. from 1876 is GPS: 52.38680, 4.65042 the oldest of the complex and is in fact 2 Droste Haarlem only suitable for smaller Say the name Droste and every Dutch boats. There is an infor- person will lick their lips as they tell you mation centre at the Noor- about the wonderful chocolate they make. dersluis, where you The Droste factory on the River can get an explanation still bears the image of the world-famous of how the sluice nurse who also features on the Droste gates and locks cocoa tins. The chocolate fragrance work. has since disappeared from Haar- lem, as it is produced elsewhere, but luckily the factory is still there.

Go to the following address: Spaarne 16, Haarlem. GPS: 52.38035, 4.64034

Touristic routes Amsterdam Metropolitan Area Industrial Heritage route Touristic routes Amsterdam Metropolitan Area Industrial Heritage route Go to the following address: Go to the Sluisplein 80, IJmuiden. following GPS: 52.46329, 4.58337 address: Van Bleiswijk- straat 8, 5 Forteiland Amster- The sluice gates naturally had to be defended dam. and for that reason Fort IJmuiden was built at GPS: the end of the 19th century, part of the defen- 52.38469, sive works that make up the Stelling van 4.86433 Amsterdam. Later on the fort became an Park up island - hence the name, which literally means your car ‘fort island’. Architects have restored the fort and walk from 1885 to the state it was once left in: 100 me- completely empty and with tres back an extensive system of to Haarlem- corridors over three merweg. In fl oors. This laby- front of you lie rinth is what the Cultuurpark makes a visit Westergasfabriek to the fort (Wester gasworks) (which has limited opening 6 Cultuurpark Westergasfabriek times) so Architect Isaac Gosschalk had an elaborate exciting. architectural style that could be called Dutch Neo-Renaissance. He built the Westergasfa- briek (Wester gasworks) in 1883, which at the time was the largest gasworks in Amsterdam. The gas was primarily used for street lighting. The eye-catcher is still the round gas tank on the grounds, where festivals and dance parties are now held. With its restaurants, galleries, theatre and cinema, the grounds of the Wes- tergasfabriek are great fun for young and old. FACT! The Amsterdam - Haarlem line was opened on 20 September 1839 and was the fi rst Dutch railway line. 1 CAFE RESTAURANT NOORDERLICHT Tt. Neveritaweg 33, Amsterdam T +31 (0)20 492 27 70 I www.noorderlichtcafe.nl

2 KOP VAN DE HAVEN Sluisplein 80 3 HET KOETSHUIS 1975 AG IJmuiden Rijksweg 136, -Zuid T +31 (0)255 53 48 18 T +31 (0)255 51 44 69 I www.kopvandehaven.nl I www.ttuin.nl

This route is part of the project ‘Visit Amsterdam, See Holland’ and is fi nanced by: City Region of Amsterdam, Dutch Ministry of MSRP Economic Affairs, Noord-Holland, Flevoland, , Almere, , Amsterdam, Haarlem, , Lelystad, Ouder-Amstel, Velsen, , , Councils of the ISW (Intermunicipal Cooperative Body). 1,75

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