Fort Velsen
Fort Velsen is a fort in Beverwijk Municipality, North Holland. Fort Velsen is situated nearby to DekaMarkt, as well as near the fire station ‘Wout’.Photo: Marcelmulder68, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include DekaMarkt and Engelmunduskerk.
DekaMarkt
Photo: Wvveen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
DekaMarkt is a Dutch retail company which operates a chain of supermarkets in the country. DekaMarkt is a member of Superunie, a Dutch purchasing organization for supermarkets. DekaMarkt is situated 520 metres northwest of Fort Velsen.
Engelmunduskerk
Church
Photo: Goodness Shamrock, CC BY 3.0.
Engelmunduskerk is a church, which is situated 1¼ km west of Fort Velsen.
Beverwijk Bazaar
Photo: Dqfn13, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Beverwijk Bazaar is a covered market in Beverwijk, the Netherlands. With over 2000 shops and stalls on 75,000 m2, it claims to be the largest recreational covered market in Europe. Beverwijk Bazaar is situated 1½ km north of Fort Velsen.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Velsen and Velsen-Noord.
Velsen
Village
Photo: Gmhogervorst, CC BY 1.0 nl.
Velsen-Zuid is a town in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Velsen, and lies about 9 km north of Haarlem. Velsen-Zuid developed around the church founded by Willibrord in the 8th century.
Velsen-Noord
Village
Photo: Debot, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Velsen-Noord is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Velsen, and lies about 10 km north of Haarlem. From 1865 on, when the construction on the North Sea Canal began, the town of Velsen, which originated in Roman times, was split in two parts.
Hofgeest
Hamlet
Hofgeest is a town in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Velsen, and lies about 7 km north of Haarlem. The statistical area "Hofgeest", which also can include the surrounding countryside, has a population of around 110.
Fort Velsen
- Type: Fort
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Beverwijk Municipality, North Holland, Western Netherlands, Netherlands, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
52.46416° or 52° 27′ 51″ northLongitude
4.66619° or 4° 39′ 58″ eastInception
1900Open location code
9F46FM78+MFOpenStreetMap ID
way 225385493OpenStreetMap feature
historic=fortWikidata ID
Q17461632
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to German—“Fort Velsen” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Fort bij Velsen”
- Dutch: “Fort Velsen (onderdeel Stelling van Amsterdam)”
- Dutch: “rijksmonumentnummer 510703”
- German: “Fort bei Velsen”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include ‘Wout’ and HarryHugo.
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