Doesburg

Netherlands

The Waag in Doesburg Doesburg is one of the seven Hanseatic cities along the river IJssel. It is located in the Dutch province of Gelderland.

Doesburg town hall Doesburg received its city rights in 1237, one year after the nearby city of Doetinchem received its city rights. Its location by the merging point of the Oude IJssel and IJssel rivers made it a strategical city. Doesburg used to be the economic capital of the Doesburg Quarter, a sub-region of the Zutphen Quarter. The Martinichurch is one of the remains of the former wealth. The silting of the Oude IJssel in the fifteenth century, which blocked the access to the cities along the Oude IJssel, limited Doesburg its wealth due to a lack of trade.

Nowadays the city still has many old buildings. The banks of the city are being modernised, but the city centre is still mostly intact.

Martinichurch, Kerkstraat 4, NL-6981 Doesburg, +31 313 475 749.

Museum De Roode Tooren, Roggestraat 9, NL-6981 Doesburg, +31 313 474 265.

Doesburgsche Mosterd- en Azijnfabriek, Boekholtstraat 22, NL-6981 CW Doesburg, +31 313 472 230.

Société Musée Lalique Pays Bas, Gasthuisstraat 1, NL-6981 CP Doesburg, +31 313 471 410.

Doesburg Town Hall, Philippus Gastelaarsstraat 2, NL-6981 BH Doesburg.

Doesburg has local fame for its mustard. You can try the mustard and find out more about it with a simple visit to the Van Ouds Alom Bekende Doesburgsche Mosterdfabriek.

De Waag, Koepoortstraat 2-4, NL-9681 AS Doesburg, +31 313 479 617.

Restaurant De Liefde, Philippus Gastelaarsstraat 5A, NL-6981 BH Doesburg, +31 313 659 707.

Het Arsenaal, Kloosterstraat 15, NL-6981 CC Doesburg, +31 313 475 863.

Lunchroom La Fleur, Kerkstraat 16, NL-6981 CM Doesburg, +31 313 844 433.

Restaurant La Liguria, Meipoortstraat 60, NL-6981 Doesburg, +31 313 476 767.

Het Zesde Zintuig, Roggestraat 1, NL-6981 BJ Doesburg, +31 313 476 649.

Doesburg is surrounded by the municipality of Bronckhorst, which is most notable for its high amount of castles. On the south side of the Oude IJssel river is the Liemers, mostly notable for its wide variety in landscapes. Nearby cities are Arnhem, Doetinchem and Zutphen. Emmerich am Rhein is a hop away, just over the German border.