A real windmill! After we spotted this from the window of our room on the 7th floor of the hotel, we tracked it down on one of our walks. This was built in 1760 is now part of a restaurant complex. Marjolein's son Matti was married here.
You can't keep a librarian away from her books. This is a free community book exchange and are found throughout Nijmegen. What a great idea, and it was started by one lady and the idea soon spread. Just above the box were a little bee hive (the locals call them bee hotels) and several bird boxes.
We have no idea what an 'Eddy Zone' is but the picture of the cats smooching and dancing was too good to resist. In the background are typical apartment buildings with some great brickwork patterns.
We spotted this from the hotel window as well (opposite direction) so went exploring until we found it in a lovely park. The Kronenburgertoren (or gunpowder tower) was built in 1425 as one of 25 towers in 6km of city walls as fortification for Nijmegen. Inside the walls were 25,000 people in 2,400 houses (pretty crowded, hey?). It's 30m tall and still looks impressive with the lake in the foreground.
A real windmill! After we spotted this from the window of our room on the 7th floor of the hotel, we tracked it down on one of our walks. This was built in 1760 is now part of a restaurant complex. Marjolein's son Matti was married here.
You can't keep a librarian away from her books. This is a free community book exchange and are found throughout Nijmegen. What a great idea, and it was started by one lady and the idea soon spread. Just above the box were a little bee hive (the locals call them bee hotels) and several bird boxes.
Looks beautiful chrissie xxx
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