Kasteel de Haar near Haarzuilens, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Zaandam, The Netherlands
City hall Middelburg
Sense of scale, city hall The Hague, The Netherlands
End of the waterway
Sailing along the Muiderslot
The Muiderslot is a castle in the Netherlands, located at the mouth of the river Vecht, some 15 kilometers southeast of Amsterdam. The history of the Muiderslot (Castle Muiden, where muiden means rivermouth) begins with Count Floris V who built a stone castle at the mouth of the river back in 1280, when he gained command over an area that used to be part of the See of Utrecht. The River Vecht was the trade route to Utrecht, one of the most important tradetowns of that age. The castle was used to enforce a toll on the traders.
