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 😉
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| Kamperbinnenport – one of the city gates |
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| First glimpse of the Onze-Lieve-Vrouwetoren |
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| Street of the Muurhuizen (Wall-houses) |
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| Museum Flehite |
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| Koppelport from the city |
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| Koppelport from outside |
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| This port controlled the entrance into the city by land and by water |
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| Flehite Museum at 3 renovated wall houses from the 16th century |
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| 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 😉
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| Teehuis Rhynauwen |
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| Restaurant garden at the river |
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| That’s what you need to eat your pannenkoeken! |
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| First the ingredients, then the dough |
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| … 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!
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| Flower of the Day |
