What to do and see in South Holland Province, The Netherlands: The Best Military Museums

Zr. Ms. Buffel (HW 12, A 884) is a Dutch ironclad built by the British shipyard Napier & Sons from Glasgow, Scotland (July 23, 1868). After having serviced a period as a lodging-and storage ship De Buffel now is a museum ship. The Buffalo is a museum ship, worthwhile for anyone visiting it. Who goes on board, steps more than 145 years back in time. De Buffel is located at the Koningskade 2 Hellevoetsluis

The primary location of the museum foundation is an authentically decorated command bunker of type 608 (Battalions,- Departmental or regimentalCommand post). From this bunker and the nearby villas was by the occupying military command Stutzpunkgruppe Scheveningen lined. The bunker is mostly original furnishings and gives visitors the unique experience of a tangible past. There are also original historical objects of German, British, Canadian and American forces exhibited. In the adjacent personnel bunker type 622 (Doppelgruppenunterstand) Is a 'time capsule'; one of the two common rooms furnished with only unrestored objects. The visitor gets the impression that the bunker since the end of World War II has remained untouched. In reality, most looted bunkers in the Netherlands after the war and stripped of all valuable parts. The other lounge is an exhibition space for photographs, art and historical objects.

The complex Near the boulevard of Kijkduin, under the dunes, lies is a hidden tunnel system; a part of the complex Widerstandsnest 67 HL. The biggest part of this once huge complex has been demolished for the construction of the mall and the nearby apartments. In the dunes behind the NH Atlantic Hotel still remain about one hundred meters of tunnel connecting four bunkers. This part of the complex housed the Flugwache, a part of the Luftwaffe that had to search the skies for enemy aircrafts. Restoration Because a piece of tunnel was demolished after the war, the tunnel system was only partly accessible. In July 2015, the Foundation has rebuilt this section thus reconnected the three remaining parts of the complex. Next, the volunteers worked long days to clean up the tunnels and bunkers and make them safe for visitors. Besides these necessary restaurations, the tunnel system will be left in it's original state as much as possible. A total of approximately 80 metres of tunnels and ...

Een bijzonder, groots en stoer fort voor evenementen, bedrijfsuitjes, feesten en bruiloften met vrienden, familie of collega’s. Prachtig gelegen aan de Nieuwe Waterweg. Fort 1881, het voormalige Fort aan den Hoek van Holland, is in 1881 gebouwd om de ingang van de Nieuwe Waterweg en de haven van Rotterdam te verdedigen vanwege oorlogsdreigingen. Het fort is van het type pantserfort en is ontworpen met zwaar kustgeschut, waaronder drie geschutskoepels met kanonnen.