Steenwijk
Steenwijk
Amble through the shopping streets of Steenwijk and discover the extraordinary variety of shops. Don’t forget to finish your day at one of the many terraces or at a cosy restaurant. Steenwijk is also a city for partygoers and event lovers year-round. From Fortress Fetes to a Dickens Christmas. Situated on the edge of the historical town centre is villa Rams Woerthe. A stately property in Jugendstil, from 1899. A varied landscape with water, forests and undulating hills awaits outside the city.
Fortified city and the battle for the north
Centuries-old city walls embrace Steenwijk. They are the silent witnesses to an illustrious war legacy. The past is abundantly present. In the City Museum with its cannonballs hacked from the ramparts, but also from the Sint Clement Tower rising to a dizzying height of 86 metres. Steenwijk a city full of stories. Stories that lurk behind the stepped gables and clock gables along the market. The stately Jugendstil villa Rams Woerthe owned by Jan Hendrik Trompmeesters is an architectonic heritage building. Inside, the legacy of another great man has found a home: Steenwijk’s artist Hildo Krop, who later became the sculptor of Amsterdam.
