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Amersfoort is a city in the Netherlands.
Maps
- Location of Amersfoort
- Amersfoort in 1652
- The municipality in 1865
- Amersfoort in 2014
Symbols
- Coat of arms
- Flag
- Amersfoort rock
- Saint George and the dragon
Sights
- Eem, river in and namesake of Amersfoort
- Train station Amersfoort Centraal
- Center seen from top of Onze Lieve Vrouwetoren
- Onze Lieve Vrouwetoren
- Pelgrimsdeur in Onze Lieve Vrouwetoren
- Volmolen, next to Koppelpoort
- Harbour in the Eem
- River Eem, canalised
- Sint-Joriskerk/Saint-George's Church
- Café De Groote Slok
- Museum Flehite
- Neogothical building
- Mannenzaal
- Eemhuis (exterior)
- Eemhuis interior: library
- Theater De Flint
- Rijksinstituut voor Cultureel Erfgoed
- Waterlijn tourboat
- Park Schothorst
Amersfoort Zoo
for information on Amersfoort Zoo: Article in Dutch Wikipedia on "Dierenpark Amersfoort" (Amersfoort Zoo) or The DierenPark Amersfoort article in English.
- young female Indian elephant "Indra"
- City of Antiquity with some Northern Bald Ibises (Geronticus eremita)
- Siberian Tigers (Panthera tigris altaica): Mother Kira with 3 months old child
Famous inhabitants
- Johan van Oldenbarnevelt
- Cenotaph of Jacob van Campen
- Piet Mondriaan in Amersfoort
- Mondriaan House
- Henk Rooimans
- Femke Bol
Art
Much more: see Art in Amersfoort
- The Bull
- Metamorphosis the Larf
- Social sofa
- Stained glass window in train station
- Ladder of Armando (World War II memorial)
- Relief
- Gargoyle
- Gable stone
- The Scream
- Meridiaan tunnel
- Sculpture bench
- Void and empty
- Cube
- Tolerance gate
Nature
- Hooglandsedijk marsh
- Autumn (Huis Randenbroek)
- Park Randenbroek
- Footbridge in Park Schothors
- Winter in Amersfoort (Pond of Emiclaer)
- Private garden
- Planters with sunflowers
Birkhoven Forest
for information on Birkhoven: Article in Dutch Wikipedia on "Birkhoven" and Article in Dutch Wikipedia on "Pinetum Birkhoven"
- Scots Pines (Pinus sylvestris) in Rhododendron Valley
- 2 Lawson's Cypresses (Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'Columnaris') in Pinetum