Monument

Address

Description

Activity

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Stadhuis Gouda

Old Town Hall

Star monument

Markt 1

After the major city fire of 1438, the city council decided that the new Town Hall should be free and chose the market field. It was build between 1448 and 1459. This Gothic town hall is an expression which symbolizes the growing and importance of the middle class and its trade and industry. It is one of the oldest town halls in the Netherlands. During ‘modernization’ in 1960 the building was lavishly decorated with classical symbols.

Interior closed for renovation/restoration.

Sat, Sun

Arti Legi 

Markt 22

Central information point Heritage Open Days.

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Sun

Grand Cafe Central

Markt 27

In 1916, Louis de Groot opened Café Central; in 1921 it was expanded with a party hall in Art Deco style. The wall and ceiling paintings were created in 1924 by the artist and decorator Pieter den Besten from Rotterdam. Fragments of his work can also be found in the Tuschinski theater in Amsterdam. The Grand Art Deco Salon with female figures is one of the few remaining 1920s ensemble in the Netherlands. The stained-glass windows date from 1939.

Hospitality

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Sun

Goudse Waag

Gouda Weigh House

Star monument

Markt 35

This authentic building was designed in 1668 by architect Pieter Post. The weigh house is a symbol of the importance of trade in 17th century Gouda. The ground floor was formerly used to weigh cheese. 

Groud floor: Gouda Tourist Information. 

First floor: Museum.

Sat.

Agnietenkapel

Chapel of St. Agnes Convent

Star monument

Nieuwe Markt 100

Remains of the St. Agnes convent built around 1450. Flemish tapestry weavers and wool dyers used the chapel as a workshop as from 1585. In front of the chapel foundations of dyeing tubs were found and are now indicated in the pavement. After 1653 the building was long used as a pawn shop. Nowadays the chapel is primarily in use for exhibitions and concerts. 

Sat. Art exhibition.

Sat.Sun

Van Vreumingen

Tabacco shop

Wijdstraat 20

Oldest tobacco shop in the Netherlands from 1836. The 'Eenhoorn' (Unicorn) also housed a tobacco carving and cigar factory. Famous for the Gouda clay pipes.

Sat.

Sint-Janskerk

Sint-Jan's Church

Star monument

Achter de Kerk 2

The Sint-Jan is a late Gothic church, built after the great fire of 1552. It was named after John the Baptist, the patron saint of Gouda. With its 123 meters it is the longest church in the country. Most of the 72 famous stained glass windows were made in the second half of the 16th century by the Crabeth brothers. Audio tours are available.

Sat. 10.00-16.30 hrs.: organ concerts.

Sat. 10.30+11.30+13.00+14.30+15.30 hrs.: guided tours to the large Moreau organ, including a beautiful view of the length of the church.

Sat. Sun

Het Catharina Gasthuis | Museum Gouda

St. Catharine's Guesthouse | Museum Gouda

Star monument 

Achter de Kerk 14

Disabled entrance Oosthaven 9

The museum is located in a former guesthouse. This St. Catherine's Guesthouse was meant for travellers and for needy and ill people.

Sat. 11.00-16.00 hrs.: guided tours, free admission.

Sun.: normal admission prices.

Sat.

Willem Vroesenhuys

House of Willem Vroesen

Star monument

Willem Vroesenplein 1. Zijpoort t.h.v. Spieringstraat 2

In 1555 Willem Vroesen transformed his house into almshouses for men. The white empire front was added in the 19th century. In the side wall (Spieringstraat) notice the door decorated with stoneware illustrations of old men and governors. Probably made by the town’s stone mason Gregorius Cool. The almshouses have been transformed into private dwellings.
The inner court garden is open to the public.

Sun

Jeruzalemkapel 

Jerusalem Chapel

Star monument

Jeruzalemstraat 11

Grateful for his safe return from a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, father Gijsbert Raet built this chapel around 1500. The building is unique with its 12 sides roof. The design was inspired by the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem.

Upon his death in 1511 Raet was buried in his own chapel.  During the 2004 restoration parts of his skeleton were found. They were reburied and are visible in the house next to the chapel. This 'Schoolmaster House' was built in the second half of the 18th century. 

Sat.Sun

Donkere Sluis

Dark Lock

Star monument

near Dubbele Buurt 12

Originated shortly after 1250. After building a second lock (Amsterdam's Lock, 1436) and a third one near the river Hollandsche IJssel (1615) this area became the longest lock chamber in the world, then and now, being almost 800 metres. The Dark Lock is part of a flushing system used to clean the canals.

Sat. Sun

Het Groote Huys

Former sailmaker and rigging company

Westhaven 65

One of the oldest stone buildings in Gouda, first half of the 16th century. The style is late Gothic: natural stone bands and profiled door jambs. The upstairs room has a beamed ceiling with tendrils and birds, painted in 1630 by Antony Hendricksz. From 1563 to 1990, the Endenburg sailmaker and rigging company was located here.

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Tolhuis

Toll House

Westhaven 73-74

In the 15th century, there was already a count's Toll house at this strategic location on the Hollandsche IJssel. In 1623 the Lock Keeper's House was added. The plaque with the coat of arms of Holland dates from 1631. The Toll House served until 1795. After the flood disaster of 1953, the flow between the Hollandsche IJssel and the Port was dammed.

Interior closed.

Sat.

Molen 't Slot

Corn Mill 't Slot

Punt 17

Corn tower mill built in 1832 on the foundations of the Gouda Castle (1385-1577). After tearing down the caste a windmill was built on this spot and rebuilt in the 17th century. The mill was destroyed by fire in 1831 and replaced by the present mill.

Sat. Sun

Mallegatsluis &  Sluiswachters-woning

Mallegat Lock & Lock Keeper's House

Veerstal 9

The historic Mallegat Lock dates from 1577 and was relocated and rebuild in 1764. The modernisation with electric lifting doors dates from 1941/42. The lock leads from the low-lying inland water to the Hollandsche IJssel. Here, it's still a tidal river; very special this far inland.

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Museumhaven Gouda / Werfhuijs

Gouda Museum Harbor 

Star monument

Vest 252

The Gouda Museum Harbour offers a berth to occupants of monumental commercial vessels that defined the image on the water in the early 1900s to the fifties. The aim is to preserve old Dutch ship types and the corresponding harbour atmosphere in the Gouda cityscape. There are now some twenty vessels used as dwellings. Restored and maintained by the skippers' families themselves. A little further along the quay is the small repair
dock (Werfhuijs).

Sat. Sun

Visbanken

Fish Markets

Star monument

near Hoge Gouwe 19 / Lage Gouwe 23

In the 15th century, Gouda already had a fish market on this spot. The two colonnade buildings were built in 1676. The commissary's cottage dates from the 18th century. The marketplace on the Lage Gouwe was for the people of Gouda, the one on the Hoge Gouwe for traders from outside. Until 1850 both were connected by a wooden stair bridge.

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Gouwekerk

Gouwe Church

Star monument

Hoge Gouwe 39

The neo-Gothic church was built between 1902
and 1904 and designed by Gouda architect C.P.W.
Dessing. The church is dedicated to St Joseph.

It's tower (80 meters) is the highest point in Gouda. In 2023 the building was renovated for multicultural use.

Sat.

Oud-Katholieke Parochie H. Johannes de Doper

Old Catholic Church

Star monument

Hoge Gouwe 107

As from 1630 several buildings were combined to establish a secret church for the Catholic community. Between 1863 and 1868 a new neo classical front and interior were added.

The church owns iconic vestments and altar decorations richly embroided and dating from the 15th and 16th century. Now partly on display in Museum Gouda. 

Sat. Sun

Amsterdams Verlaat

Amsterdam's Lock

near Hoge Gouwe 141 / Lage Gouwe 174

The name refers to travelling – this is where the barge left for Amsterdam. The lock chamber between the Amsterdams Verlaat (1436) and the Dark Lock measured 400 metres, doubled by the construction of the Harbour Lock (1615). This is how the longest lock in the world was created. The cast-iron swing bridge from 1867 is named after glazier Dirck Crabeth. The lock keeper's shelter is a replica from 2007.