Deventer City Tour Preview

Deventer City Tour start - Parking

There are 2 parking areas here with plenty of spaces, the one on the right is free of charge but the one on the left cost only 1 euro for a whole day.

Pillows Luxury Boutique Hotel

Situated on the river IJssel, near the ferry in Deventer, is a neoclassical 19th century building that has had many different functions over the past 160 years. From casino to bowling alley, from discotheque to Chinese restaurant, sadly all without great success. Since 2007 it has been used as a hotel, a purpose which has proven the best way to showcase the splendour of the building.The history of the IJsselhotel dates back to 1862. It was initially a coffee house and was called Het Wapen van Deventer. The busy traffic between Amsterdam, Deventer, and Hamburg had to pass the IJssel and generated a lot of customers. This led to it being known locally as 'Little Scheveningen’.

The ferry

A fully electric Ferry from Hotel Pillows to the city of Deventer.The ship is 16 meters long, 5.20 wide and has a draft of 1 meter. The ship is powered by an electric motor with a maximum power of 55KW (75HP). But because we don't sail that fast with this ferry, we have reduced the ship's power to 35KW (48HP).If more power is needed during storms or very high water, we can arrange this via the on-board computer.With a total power of 345KW/h, they can theoretically sail for almost ten hours straight. This is enough for them to sail the fifteen-hour service for two days without loading the batteries.

The City Gates of Deventer

The City Gates of Deventer were created after the growth and rise of Deventer as a city and the subsequent construction of the city walls. The first stone city walls were built during the 13th century and a surrounding wall was added from 1360 onwards. Deventer was therefore one of the few cities in the then Netherlands that had a double city wall. In total, Deventer had about 17 different city gates. Of all these gates, only one remains, the Buiten-Bergpoort, which is no longer in Deventer, but in the garden of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. As a result of the fact that Deventer had double city walls, many gates consisted of both an inner and outer gate. Deventer was a fortified city until 1874, the city gates that were still present at that time were demolished in the period that followed.

The Proosdij - The oldest stone house of The Netherlands

The Proosdij in Deventer is the oldest existing stone house in the Netherlands. Building history research has shown that the oldest core of the building dates from around the year 1130. The house is located on Sandrasteeg and Stromarkt, in the center of the old city of Deventer.Construction began around 1130 by order of the provost Philip of Katzenelnbogen, who became bishop of Osnabrück in 1141.[1][2] The building is constructed from trachyte and tuff, types of stone that were imported from the Eifel. On the second floor there are the remains of three Romanesque windows on the gable end. Until the Reformation it was the residence of the provost of the chapter of the Lebuïnus Church. The provost was in charge of this college. On the ground floor was a chapel dedicated to Boniface, with reception rooms and living quarters located next to and above it. The building was part of the immunity, the church area, near the Lebuïnus Church.After the Calvinist Maurice of Orange conquered the city from the Catholic Spaniards through the siege of Deventer in 1591, the deanery was withdrawn from the Catholic Church and fell into the hands of the States of Overijssel. The house was used for various other purposes and was finally sold in 1677 to Major Hendrik de Sandra, a high-ranking soldier from the Dutch army, who went to live there with his family. He also owned two neighboring properties; the name 'Sandrasteeg' is derived from these possessions.[3] At the same time, an area behind the Proosdij that had been part of the Bisschopshof was designated as a market square and has since been called Stromarkt.The building stood empty in the 1970s and was then occupied as a squat for decades. It was completely restored in the 1990s and in 1994 the alley adjacent to the facade was covered over to protect the nine-hundred-year-old walls against further weather influences.

Covered butter market hall

The covered butter market hall (Botermarkt), located on Hofstraat, is a striking appearance in Deventer with its 6 meters wide, 30 meters long and 5 meters high. What was this used for before?The covered open market hall was made of wood, glass and iron in 1899 and was built by city architect Mulock Houwer. The hall served as a butter market. It is a wooden roof with a ridge that rests on cast iron pillars in Renaissance-inspired shapes. The striking forging and construction work is from the Nering Bögel iron foundry, which can be seen on the pillars.The farmers from the area came to sell their homemade butter. The images of barrels of butter in the cornice are a reminder of the purpose of this hall. Councilor H.W.J. van Marle was an alderman of Deventer at the time and donated the building to the city.A memorial stone placed in the wall on Hofstraat states:1889, OUT OF INTEREST IN THE FLOWER OF AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCK AND TRADE, MR. H.W.J. BYMARLE GIVEN THIS BUTTER MARKET TO THE MUNICIPALITY OF DEVENTER.Lost beautyThis location only served as a Butter Market for a short time. It was abolished shortly before the First World War. And much of the original beauty has been lost. During the bombing of December 15, 1944, the right wing was bombed and never rebuilt. Only the attachment points of the missing part can still be seen. On a sign at the front is the Latin motto: FIDE SED QUI VIDE. This means: “Trust, but be careful who you trust”.Butter production then increasingly took place in dairy factories. In the years after its closure, the Botermarkt had many functions. For example, the building served as a bicycle shed for theater visitors, an emergency shed for the fire brigade and a home for the barrel organ “de Turk”.

Friends of the Past / Vrienden van Vroeger

Vrienden van Vroeger (Friends of the Past) is the smallest lunch cafe in Deventer.

Bussink Koek

This building originally housed a bakery. This biscuit bakery, "De Kroonde Almansgading", was built in 1839 by Teunis Hissink.The building was built in Neo-Romanesque style with a striking design in the form of a Renaissance palazzo.Deventer is also called the Cookie City, because there were traditionally many cookie bakeries. In 1623 there were already 25. The guild books show that Jacob Bussink started his bakery in 1593 under the name 'In de traditionally krone Allemansgading'. According to a secret recipe, gingerbread, spice cakes and sucade cakes were baked in this bakery. Over time, Bussink grew by taking over several small cake bakeries.From 1910 Bussink also supplied gingerbread. In 1952 the company moved from the city center to the Hanzeweg. It then bore the name Jb Bussink's Koninklijke Deventer Koekfabrieken NV. A cookie shop on the Brink remained.In 1975 the company was taken over by a large American company (Continental Bakeries). The name Bussink remained, as did the well-known cookies with that name. In 1993, the 400th anniversary was celebrated with the presentation of a cake with a length of almost 28 m.

St. Jansstraat

A small dead end street with two stone arches and a plaque on the wallOn the facade stone in St. Jansstraat we see a voluptuous woman. Her window is open, she leans on the window frame, showing off her full breasts and red lips. If you look closely at the facade stone you may be able to guess where this story is going.Ladies of easy virtueThe stone was made by Ton Mooy. The text is by poet J.C. van Schagen.Eens halve kous heet nu St.Janmaar wat er bleef dat af en an...wat ik u brom u keert weer om.But what does that text mean: A half stocking is now called St. John's, but what remains is that and an... What I hum to you makes you turn around again. The image of the voluptuous woman and the word 'stocking' refer to the past of this location. Ladies of easy virtue practiced their profession here.'patch her stockings'In the 17th century, the word 'stocking' had the connotation of female genitals or whore. Obscene expressions such as 'patching her stockings' were then regularly used to indicate sexual intercourse. 'Piskous' was a term for slut.Dead endThe second part of the saying refers to the dead-end alley to Sint Jansplaats. You always return to this place.

St Lebuïnus Church

The current church, a Gothic hall church, was built between 1450 and 1525. It was richly decorated with murals and was full of statues of saints and altars. This Catholic splendor came to an end when the Calvinists took possession of the church in 1580 and renamed it the Grote Kerk. The interior was seriously destroyed and finally plastered white. The consequences of the Calvinist iconoclasm are still visible in various places in the church.

Deventer's town hall

Deventer's town hall is a beautiful piece of architecture. The current town hall consists of several buildings: the original town hall from 1693, the Landshuis (dating from 1632, but was only added to the town hall at the end of the twentieth century) and a more recently added modern part. The latter part opened in 2016 and was designed by the architects Willem Jan Neutelings and Michiel Riedijk. They chose to provide the exterior with enormous frames in which the fingerprints of 2,264 residents of Deventer are incorporated. Be sure to step into the courtyard to get a good idea of this special design.

Brons 3D map of Deventer

This bronze model shows the complete buildings of the city center to scale. The three-dimensional city map with a diameter of one and a half meters is a gift from the 75-year-old Rotary Deventer to the city.The 2.5 ton model is unique to the Netherlands. Other cities have maps in bronze, but nowhere do they show all the buildings. The creator is the German artist Egbert Broerken. Blind and visually impaired people receive 'tangible' information about the city through this model. There is also additional information in Braille, including about the history of Deventer.

Museum De Waag

The Waag is a building that has been a defining feature of the center of Deventer since 1531. According to the fact checkers, this is the oldest weighing building in the Netherlands that was built for that purpose. Older weighing buildings elsewhere previously had a different function. The Waag is a late Gothic building whose landing at the front is dominant, partly due to the stairs on either side. In the past, goods were weighed in the Waag to determine the amount of tax to be paid. Nowadays it houses a museum: Museum De Waag. These are mainly pieces from the urban collection of Deventer that you can admire here.A cauldron of boiling oil against counterfeitingThe oldest weighing building in the Netherlands, the Waag on the Brink in Deventer, has a grim history of counterfeiting. The Waag was built between 1528 and 1531 and served to weigh the goods sold on the market before merchants bought them, with the idea that it protected the customer from getting what he was entitled to. This weighing had to be paid for. So you can actually see it as a kind of tax that the city levied on trade. The weighing house was newly built in 1528 because more and more merchants came to the city and a larger weighing house was therefore needed. On one of the side walls of the weigh house in Deventer hangs a large copper cauldron, which is apparently of very old age. It has had its place there for as long as memory goes and every passer-by who sees it inevitably asks about its history. Many Deventer residents know that the large copper cauldron hanging on the Waag was once used to execute a criminal. Many listeners can hardly believe that a villain was cooked in piping hot oil. Yet the facts provide a solid basis for the true and sad story of the counterfeiter. Over the years, the Waag has always had a public function. The weighing house served, among other things, as a place where the main guard was stationed, but also as an office where counterfeiting was prevented. Deventer used to have its own money. From the fourteenth century onwards, the criminal law of many Dutch cities included a specific punishment for coin fraud. This involved tampering with the composition of precious metal coins. This crime was particularly bad when a mint master in office committed it. For him it was very tempting to scrape an edge of gold or silver from the side of the coin or to mix inferior metal with the gold or silver when composing the food. It is equally understandable that thus bringing legal tender into disrepute was considered a serious offence. Criminal law prescribed that the fraudster was 'soaked' in boiling oil. Whether the delinquent was put into the cauldron alive or whether only his head was immersed in the boiling oil is not clear. In any case, it would not have been pleasant for the mint master of the powerful Gelderland lord of Batenburg when his deception was discovered in 1434. The city accounts for that year give an idea of the state of affairs. For example, the unfortunate mint master was served a portion of wine in prison, the external advisor who determined the crime and the executioner received their fees and the coppersmith Johan Peterszoon received his payment for a new boiler weighing 146 pounds. An old and probably worn-out boiler was delivered to the city. Peterszoon's cauldron, which shows the characteristics of being created in the fifteenth century, still hangs at the Waag. The city accounts of 1434 only state that he was not buried in “a decent coffin”, but was buried in “a barrel” in the ground. To deter others, this cauldron was certainly displayed in public later. The sight of the cauldron certainly gives us an unpleasant sensation when we remember the cruel punishment that was once carried out in it, but it will also be accompanied by the pleasant idea that we live in times and countries in which such barbarities, however severe, the crimes may have been, can never take place again. Not only because both criminal law and the composition of the coins have changed, but also because the kettle now looks more like a colander. It is said that they were soldiers of the occupying Napoleonic army who practiced their shooting skills there in 1813 with the boiler as a target. Since Groningen students kidnapped the colossus as a joke, it has also been firmly attached to the wall.

Deventer Cake shop / Deventer Koekwinkel

The well-known delicacy “Deventer koek” has given the city a special nickname: Koekstad (cake city). Since the end of the Middle Ages, the Deventer cake has been baked according to carefully recorded and strictly adhered to municipal instructions. Nowadays, the Deventer biscuit is produced in the Continental Bakeries factory. If you want to take the famous cookie home as a souvenir, you can visit the Deventer Cookie Shop on the Brink. Here you can also purchase the delicacy in special gift packaging.The history of the Deventer cake goes back to the Middle Ages. According to a note from the city secretary Nicolaas Verheyden from 1534, the first ordinance on the baking of Deventer cake dates from 1417. This ordinance determines in detail the appearance and weight of the large and small cakes: they must be long and narrow and three respectively. and weigh two pounds. The ordinance had a protective character, because no one was allowed to produce cakes in another city or have cakes baked outside Deventer. The cookie was a Deventer product and had to remain so. The cake bakers had to swear an oath to the ordinance, and the polder people monitored compliance on behalf of the guild...

Berg Church / Bergkerk

The St. Nicholas Church or Bergkerk in Deventer is originally a Romanesque cross basilica.The Bergkerk was built in the years 1198-1209, close to the then Deventer harbor district. It was founded in the heyday of the Hanseatic city by Norbertines from Westphalian Varlar (near Coesfeld). The church, a Romanesque cross basilica, was dedicated to Saint Nicholas, the patron saint of boaters. The building is very similar to churches from the Baltic Sea countries. It was consecrated by the Bishop of Livonia.There is a legend that describes how the Bergkerk was built. Two Deventer sisters, Martha and Beatrix, were impressed by a knight who had come to Deventer. They both competed for this man's favor. Beatrix eventually married the knight, leaving Martha alone. Martha then had the church built with two towers, one slightly higher than the other, since the two sisters also differed in height. This would explain the alleged difference in height between the two west towers.In the 15th century, the Bergkerk underwent various renovations, giving it a late Gothic character. The two characteristic spiers were built in that period (the lower part of the towers is still original).In 1580 the church passed into the hands of the Protestants; From then on, the building belonged to the Dutch Reformed Church. As usual, the interior was immediately stripped of its Catholic features. The wall and vault paintings disappeared under a layer of whitewash.During a major restoration from 1915 to 1924, led by Wolter te Riele, the old paintings were exposed and restored. The paintings on the east wall of the old Romanesque transept date from the early 13th century.[1] In 1967, the church council sold the church for the symbolic amount of 1 guilder to the municipality of Deventer, which thus took responsibility for its expensive maintenance. In 2010, restoration work was again carried out on the church towers.The current organ was built in the years 1841-1843 by the Deventer Johann Heinrich Holtgräve. Nowadays the Bergkerk is used for exhibitions, meetings and concerts. In 2016, climate control and security meet the standards of the Cultural Heritage Agency.

Harbour hous

The apartments in the house consists of several floors that are all constructed in a different way, making each of the four houses different. The ground floor and the first floor are the same, then the floors rotate a quarter turn. Everyone was allowed to give their own interpretation to the home and so you see one with a larger balcony, the other with a bay window.

Former Roto Smeets print factory

The old print factory which printed the famous Donald Duck and Libelle magazines in its time.The factory is being demolished and will make room for new housing and shops

MuralPUNT Street art

In 1900, the Bergweide industrial estate with a harbor and an industrial track was located here. The old buildings now house small businesses and catering establishments. The artwork is inspired by the story of the Havenkwartier and the history of the building.The Bodenloods (built in 1958) was the first business complex in Deventer. General cargo was processed in the Bodenloods to and from Amsterdam and there was a garage in it. The painting also refers to what is happening now in POINT.

Innovative architecture

Lucy Galaxy - hotel wiith a view

Lucy Galaxy is the smallest hotel in the Netherlands with only 1 room.

Epifyt-D sculpture

The temporary work of art that Niels Albers is building for the IJsselbiennale 2023 makes the history of grain transport experienceable again. Epiphyt-D is a walkable sculpture that seems to clamp around the elevator building, like roots do. If you climb it you can look inside through the windows on different levels. The substance refers to the grain storage that took place here in the 20th century and represents the consequences of the industry: pollution, smog and drought. Epifyt takes a cloudy look into an uncertain future.The Elevator Building is part of a grain silo complex in the old port of Deventer. Fragile and worn, it stands orphaned in time and space on the waterfront. It looks vulnerable. Way past the shelf life of its functionality. The port area, which once belonged to the four largest inland ports in the Netherlands, is rapidly transforming into a popular residential/work area. The building is a protected industrial heritage that should not be lost. The last remaining industrial relics keep the port history alive and help determine the identity and unique atmosphere of the Havenkwartier.Entering the Elevator Building is out of the question, but embracing is allowed, Niels Albers must have thought when he chose it as a location for his work. With a smart, walkable sculpture, Albers makes the elevator building temporarily accessible to the public. A robust sculptural bypass made of wood that is clamped to the existing building with surgical precision. Like an 'epiphyte' that finds support in its host. Building and artwork reinforce each other. The sculpture cannot exist without the building. The building comes to life through the sculpture. The shape refers to industrial extraction systems, flues, climate control systems and transport pipes in the interior. The structure resembles that of a climbing plant that hugs the building and uses it as a climbing aid. But perhaps it is the roots, whose soil has been washed away? At the two points where the sculpture touches the ground, you can enter (and leave) the construction via a staircase. Through the artwork we can look inside through the different windows and on different floors. As if in a show box, in which Albers stimulates our senses and makes the past come alive again.Yet it is difficult to see what is inside the building. There appears to be flour and grain dust flying around the building; Will flour and grain be skipped again? We vaguely see the remains of the installation that used to suck the grain from the ships, weigh it, remove metal residues and prepare it for transport to the silo. The dust simultaneously represents the consequences of industry: pollution, smog and drought. Every now and then the sculpture changes into a balustrade or balcony and Albers turns our view from the inside out. He seduces us with sweeping views of the harbor. As if he wants to show us how beautiful the world can be if we broaden our clouded view and focus all our attention on what we are in danger of losing.

Gray silo

Restaurant The Black Silo / De Zwarte Silo

Window bridge / Raambrug

On the edge of the old industrial district of the Raambuurt in Deventer there is an old drawbridge, the “Raambrug”.From 1887 onwards, the bridge formed the connection between the warehouses on the Pothoofd aan de IJssel and the companies in the Raambuurt.Because Deventer continued to grow, it was understandable that more and more factories were built. The gas from the gas factory built on Sluisstraat in 1858 was initially used for the gas lantern in the city. Later the gas was also used for cooking. The old gas factory building still exists, as does the bridge. Senzora is currently located in the building on Sluisstraat. The gas factory was later moved to the Zutphenseweg.The iron drawbridge was destroyed by a bombardment in February 1945. In 1946, the bridge was provisionally rebuilt by installing Tekstvak: a simple, narrow, iron construction.The Deventer Industrial Heritage Foundation took the initiative in 2008 to restore the neglected bridge. Witteveen+Bos designed a replica of the old bridge based on the original archive drawings from 1886. The new old-style drawbridge, suitable for pedestrians and cyclists, was installed in the autumn of 2008 on previously restored abutments. The beautiful wrought iron railings have also been restored.

The most modern Houseboat of Deventer

You are probably familiar with this striking appearance. The most modern houseboat in the city is located between the Raambuurt and the Pothoofd. What is it like to live in a houseboat in Deventer? Is it really that free? Can you feel the water surging in the storm? We asked proud residents Mieke and Harry, who happily showed us the houseboat but preferred to remain anonymous.Light, free and spacious. High windows, French doors and water on all sides. Green in the back, IJssel in front of the nose, we get it. Mieke and Harry have been living on the water for over twenty years. “We live in the middle of the city and yet in the middle of nature. Living in a house? We will never do that again.”Self designedAlmost ten years ago, Mieke and Harry visited a boat builder in Lelystad. Their old houseboat needed replacing. “We designed this houseboat ourselves, together with the boat builder. It's just like building a house: almost anything is possible and almost anything is allowed. We have adapted the design to the environment. The color gray is inspired by the gray stones of the flats on Pothoofd. Just like the sloping roof,” says Mieke.Sleeping underwaterThe houseboat is more spacious on the inside than you think. “We live upstairs because of the view. We sleep downstairs, under water. It's delicious. We only bob on the water when the wind is blowing very hard. In the summer most people complain about a bedroom that is too warm, but that doesn't bother us. It is always cool with us. In addition to two bedrooms, there is also a luxurious bathroom and a walk-in closet downstairs. There is no shortage of space on this boat.Modern and attractiveMieke and Harry have furnished the houseboat in a modern way. Sleek kitchen, dark floor, leather sofa. But also a cheerful flower, a beautiful grand piano and fresh flowers in the vase. A good mix that makes the houseboat very warm and attractive. “We decorated it together. The hanging fireplace was Harry's idea,” says Mieke. “A lot of stuff is new. If I have something in mind, I go looking for it. Such as the robust dining table that comes from a wood merchant from Diepenveen.”ShowpiecesMieke's favorite place on the boat is the corner of the couch. Peering over the water. But she is also often behind the grand piano. “I play classical. The piano belonged to my father. He was a piano teacher in Deventer. When he passed away, I had his old brown piano spray painted black. Now it fits beautifully in our interior. The Persian carpet is also a showpiece. It belonged to my grandmother.”

Senzora voormalige productielocatie

Senzora produces a range of washing and cleaning products (e.g. Klok, Tricel) for the private label market and is an important international player, with customers in several European countries. It also serves the cash & carry wholesale and industrial market. Senzora is active with the brands Klok, Tricel and Clean Wash and is a company that is constantly on the move. Senzora invests in the future by increasingly focusing on the production of ecological and skin-friendly and sustainable detergents.

Davo brewery

HISTORYThe three owners of DAVO, Jos, Marijn and Arnoud, know each other from the beer café De Heks in Deventer. As youngsters, all three of them stood behind the bar there in 2007. They were at the end of their student years and full of ambition..Arnoud's father was a home brewer and gave Arnoud his old home brewing set for his 18th birthday. So Arnoud already knew quite a bit about brewing. Marijn had previously set up his own catering business and wanted to do so again. Josh? Jos who worked at the Witch to drink a lot of beer. Finally, the three friends got together and made beer. And that beer? That was tasty too. They didn't go along with the hype, but made what they liked. Even then they brewed according to the Three-Pint-Rule.These beers were first drunk by themselves, by friends and family. Eventually they noticed that there was some interest and they brewed 1000 liters, or in the worst case they drank it all themselves. That wasn't necessary, because they sold out quickly. In 2012, Jos, Marijn and Arnoud decided to register with the Chamber of Commerce. DAVO was born.They made beer, sold beer and still dreamed of more. In 2016 their dream came true, with the help of a very successful Crowdfunding they opened DAVO Deventer. In an old mill factory on the edge of the center they found a building where they could make their beers and have them tasted directly by guests. A place where Arnoud could brew, Marijn could run catering and Jos could drink a lot of beer. The tasting room in Deventer still exists. In the meantime, DAVO has grown into an organization with approximately 100 employees and four tasting rooms. The tasting room opened in Arnhem on the Rijnkade in 2018. In 2020, DAVO Zwolle opened in the heart of the city and in 2022 DAVO opened Twello at Buitenpost. A tasting room on the sustainable Buitenpost estate in Twello, in the middle of a green greenhouse.

Working class mural

On the occasion of the celebration of Deventer's 1250th anniversary, Joren Joshua made this colorful mural. The mural is inspired by the location.Joren was mainly inspired by the port that was once located here, the industry that started in the Raambuurt, and the fact that Deventer is a working-class city. The artist especially wants people who look at the mural to get things out of it themselves.

Fishman sculpture

The modern bronze sculpture “Fishman” by the artists Space Cowboys (Dedden and Keizer) placed in 2011 at the renovated Pothoofdkade quay in Deventer, the Netherlands. It symbolizes the former trade products of Deventer.

The Wilhelmina Bridge

The Wilhelmina Bridge, named after Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, connects the provinces of Gelderland and Overijssel near Deventer.The bridge over the IJssel was built between 1939 and 1943, but was blown up by the German occupying army during the retreat in April 1945. After the liberation, it was rebuilt according to the original design and put into use again in 1948. The steel arch bridge has concrete abutments and river pillars finished with natural stone, but the approach on the city side partly rests on modern designed concrete pillars. The Deventer river port, which dates back to the Middle Ages, was filled in for this access. At this location, a temporary cage structure was placed under the bridge in 2005 and houses a parking garage.The Wilhelmina Bridge replaced the ship bridge that formed an important connection between western and eastern Netherlands and beyond from 1600. In the first 25 years of its existence, the bridge was an important link in the E8, the current E30, the car route from Hoek van Holland to Berlin. In 1972, the bridge on the A1 came into use south of Deventer, since then the Wilhelmina Bridge has only been of regional significance.The bridge features in the hit film A Bridge Too Far, in which it depicts the Arnhem Rhine Bridge, which itself could not be used for the filming due to the nearby post-war buildings.The Wilhelmina Bridge provides access to the city center, while the A1 bridge is on the south side; downstream, in the north, is the IJsselspoorbrug near Deventer.

Deventer city view

Deventer is most beautiful when you view it from a distance. The city has a beautiful skyline that looms behind the IJssel. When you hear the word 'skyline', you don't immediately think of skyscrapers, but rather of a collection of buildings that instantly show the historic character of Deventer. There are two good places to enjoy this view. The view from the Wilhelmina Bridge is the most beautiful because of the light. It is best to walk this bridge on the northern side to get the right view. Another good viewpoint is from the left bank of the IJssel, at the place where the ferry moors.

Deventer City Tour end

The parking lot and the end of the Deventer city tour