Kampen Old Town
Binnenstad Kampen
A wealthy Hanseatic city at the mouth of the IJssel, with its riverside skyline, three city gates and old town hall well preserved.
In the 14th and 15th centuries Kampen was one of the most prosperous Hanseatic cities in the Netherlands, and the old town still retains more than 500 historic buildings. The riverside skyline seen from the IJssel Bridge is the most classic view. Along Oudestraat, the old town's main street, you pass the old town hall with its ornate stone carvings (dating from the 1350s, with the judges' chamber open to visitors), the leaning tower 'Nieuwe Toren' and the 14th-century Bovenkerk (Upper Church). The three gates on the north, west and south sides of the old town, Koornmarktspoort, Broederpoort and Cellebroederpoort, still stand beside the green moat zone. Kampen is about 45 minutes' drive from Deventer, and about 10 minutes by train from Zwolle.
Opening hours
All day
Nearby sights
- Bovenkerk Kampen
- Kampen City Gates
- Elburg
- Hattem
- Peperbus Zwolle
- Museum de Fundatie
- Sassenpoort
- Lebuïnuskerk