Bergkwartier
One of the best-preserved medieval neighbourhoods in the Netherlands, with cobbled lanes, bell-shaped gables and the twin-towered Bergkerk. It is the stage for the Dickens Festival.
The Bergkwartier lies on a small hill southeast of the Brink. In the 1960s it was among the first old-town districts in the Netherlands to be fully restored and protected. Winding cobbled lanes are lined with brick merchant houses dating from the medieval period to the 18th century, with bell-shaped and stepped gables, plus antique shops, galleries and small cafés. Its centrepiece is the twin-towered Romanesque Bergkerk (St Nicholas Church), now used as an exhibition venue. Every year in mid-December, the Dickens Festival sees hundreds of actors in 19th-century costume recreate scenes from Dickens' novels in the district's lanes. It draws more than 100,000 visitors, who need to queue to get in.
Opening hours
All day
Nearby sights
- Brink & De Waag
- Deventer Toy Museum
- Lebuïnuskerk
- Zutphen Old Town
- Librije Zutphen
- Bronkhorst
- Doesburg
- Hattem