Amersfoort and the Pannenkoekenhuis

From Utrecht, we went to explore the town of Amersfoort, just a short drive to the north-east, before we explored the Rhijnauwen near Utrecht and visited a lovely Pannenkoekenhuis directly at the river Kromme Rijn.

All the P&R places had a height limit so we drove in direction of the centre and were lucky to find a parking along the street where we could stay for 2 hours. Not always easy to leave a car of our size 😉

Kamperbinnenport – one of the city gates
First glimpse of the Onze-Lieve-Vrouwetoren
Street of the Muurhuizen (Wall-houses)
Museum Flehite
Koppelport from the city
Koppelport from outside
This port controlled the entrance into the city by land and by water
Flehite Museum at 3 renovated wall houses from the 16th century
Onze-Lieve-Vrouwetoren

This tower once belonged to a church, which was destroyed by a gunpowder explosion in the 18th century. If the story is true, the fire was caused by a soldier scraping rust from his gun. The Late Gothic building is 98.33 metres tall and the third-highest church tower in the Netherlands.

Back to Utrecht we went to the Rhijnauwen – a park like forest along the river which is a favourite recreational area for the people of Utrecht. At the riverbank, a popular Pannenkoekenhuis serves Pannenkoeken – Dutch pancakes – with every kind of filling. Of course, we couldn’t visit the Netherlands without going at least once to a Dutch Pannenkoekenhuis 😉
Teehuis Rhynauwen
Restaurant garden at the river
That’s what you need to eat your pannenkoeken!
First the ingredients, then the dough
… and flip it over!
We went first for savoury ones and then the sweet ones. Our favourite was with apple, cinnamon and roasted almonds, very delicious!
Flower of the Day

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