Vesting

Vesting is a neighborhood in Voorne aan Zee, South Holland. Vesting is situated near the locality Land van Paling, as well as near the quarter Hellevoet.

Places of Interest

Highlights: Nationaal Brandweermuseum and HNLMS Buffel.

HNLMS Buffel is a 19th-century ironclad ram ship. She was one of the main attractions of the Maritime Museum Rotterdam, also known as the Prince Hendrik Museum, named after its founder, Prince Henry "The Navigator", who had a naval career and established the basis of the museum back in 1874.

Noord Hinder

Museum

Photo: SanderK, CC BY-SA 2.5.

Noord Hinder is a museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hellevoetsluis and Nieuw-Helvoet.

Hellevoetsluis

Town

Photo: Michiel1972, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Hellevoetsluis is a town and former municipality in the west of Netherlands. It is located in Voorne-Putten, South Holland. The former municipality covered an area of 61.20 km of which 20.10 km was water and it included the population centres of Nieuw-Helvoet, Nieuwenhoorn, and Oude en Nieuwe Struiten, all former municipalities.

Nieuw-Helvoet

Quarter

Nieuw-Helvoet is a former village in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is now a neighbourhood in the north of the town of Hellevoetsluis. Nieuw-Helvoet was a separate municipality until 1960, when it became part of Hellevoetsluis.

Nieuwenhoorn

Suburb

Nieuwenhoorn is a village in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is located in the municipality of Voorne aan Zee, about 3 km north of Hellevoetsluis city centre. Nieuwenhoorn is situated 3½ km north of Vesting.

Vesting

Type: Neighborhood
Category: locality
Location: Voorne aan Zee, South Holland, Western Netherlands, Netherlands, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude

51.82536° or 51° 49′ 31″ north

Longitude

4.12973° or 4° 7′ 47″ east

Open location code

9F36R4GH+4V

OpenStreetMap ID

node 6632347282

OpenStreetMap feature

place=neighbourhood

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Land van Paling and Hellevoet.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Vesting Hellevoetsluis and Stichting Stadsmuseum Hellevoetsluis.

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