Harderwijk: Former University Town and Dolphinarium on the Veluwemeer
Harderwijk has about 40,500 residents and lies in Gelderland on the shore of the Veluwemeer, a lake created when the Flevopolder cut off a strip of the former Zuiderzee. The town once hosted a university, the Academie van Harderwijk, where Carl Linnaeus obtained his medical degree in 1735 in just over a week. The institution closed in 1811 during the Napoleonic reorganisation.
The Dolfinarium, opened in 1965, is the largest marine mammal park in Europe and the town's best-known attraction. Harderwijk's old centre retains its medieval street plan with the Vischmarkt, town wall remnants, and the Grote Kerk. The Veluwe forest begins directly east of the built-up area.
Amersfoort is roughly 30 kilometres southwest. Zwolle lies about 40 kilometres northeast. The Veluwemeer coast offers beaches and marinas.
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Harderwijk has about 40,500 residents and lies in Gelderland on the shore of the Veluwemeer, a lake created when the Flevopolder cut off a strip of the former Zuiderzee. The town once hosted a university, the Academie van Harderwijk, where Carl Linnaeus obtained his medical degree in 1735 in just over a week. The institution closed in 1811 during the Napoleonic reorganisation.
The Dolfinarium, opened in 1965, is the largest marine mammal park in Europe and the town's best-known attraction. Harderwijk's old centre retains its medieval street plan with the Vischmarkt, town wall remnants, and the Grote Kerk. The Veluwe forest begins directly east of the built-up area.
Amersfoort is roughly 30 kilometres southwest. Zwolle lies about 40 kilometres northeast. The Veluwemeer coast offers beaches and marinas.
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