Kasteel de Haar was the first castle I visited in the Netherlands, and I’ve reminisced about it for a long time. I think it’s beautiful. 🙂
The castle is nearby Utrecht, but you can’t get there by train, you have to take a bus. I have to add here, that traveling by train in the Netherlands is very convenient, but by bus it’s a bit worse. Especially, when you travel on Sunday taking a bus is always problematic. I’d say don’t try to travel on Sunday by bus in the Netherlands, on a week day it’s usually much easier.
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Kasteel de Haar to pierwszy zamek, który zwiedziłam w Holandii, i na długo pozostał w mojej pamięci. Uważam, że jest uroczy i nie bez powody gości wiele festiwali.
Zamek znajduje się w pobliżu miejscowości Utrecht, jednak nie można do niego dojechać pociągiem, trzeba przesiąść się na autobus. Muszę tutaj podkreślić, że podróżowanie pociągiem po Holandii jest bardzo wygodne, ale autobusem już trochę mniej. Szczególnie nie polecam autobusów w niedzielę! W pozostałe dni tygodnia jest zdecydowanie łatwiej!
That is really cool. I don’t think I even knew they had castles. Who built it and when? I hardly remember any history of the Netherlands during the middle ages.
This castle is really amazing! And, that’s what I think – tourists often don’t hear about many beautiful places in the Netherlands. Unfortunately, they’re not so popular as Amsterdam. That’s why I want to show some of them on my blog.
This is a short history:
(text was taken from Kasteel de Haar website:
http://www.kasteeldehaar.nl/english-version/castle-park/short-history/)
“Origins of De Haar Castle
The origins of De Haar Castle can be found in the Middle Ages. The medieval house was founded in the 14th century. In the 15th century the castle was destroyed and rebuilt with its still existing pentagonal floor plan. During the 18th and 19th centuries the castle was abandoned and fell to ruin.
The young owner baron Etienne van Zuylen van Nijevelt van de Haar acquired the ruin by inheritance in the late 19th century. He decided to rebuild and restore his ancestral home with grandeur. Baron Etienne gave the assignment to the famous Dutch architect Pierre Cuypers, who was well known for the construction and design of Amsterdam Central Station, the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam and more than 90 churches.”
Zamek ogromny i przepiękny, a do tego świetnie zachowany. Chciałabym na swojej podróżniczej drodze spotykać zabytkowe budowle w takim stanie. Niestety, jeśli chodzi o zamki to ostatnio zwiedzam tylko ruiny.
Uwielbiam ruiny zamków! 🙂
Beautiful! Did you also visit the interior?
Yes, I did, also very nice, however I like castles a bit more from outside, and I love ruins 😉
All dutch and no english?? 🙁
sorry, i don’t understand what do you mean by “no English” ?
Przyznaję, że nie zdawałam sobie sprawy, że tam są takie piękne zamki.
Tym bardziej się cieszę, że pokazałam to zdjęcie! 🙂
I nearly gasped when I saw this. Gorgeous!
Looks like it would be a great outdoor location for a movie.
Indeed, it would be a great movie location! 🙂
Uroczy zamek – bardzo takie lubię! Tylko szkoda, że ciężko do niego dotrzeć publicznym transportem, bo zwykle w podróży na takim się opieram…
Da się, ale lepiej unikć odwiedzin w niedziele 🙂
What a beautiful castle !!!! It must be very cool to know him closely !!!!
A meow of Bilbo
It’s great! Thanks! 🙂
Fun, in Haarzuilen you also have every year Elfia
http://elfia.com/events-nl/elfia-haarzuilens-2015/
Thanks!
There are nice events, I also like the ones from Bourtange 🙂