Greetings from Holland

[dppintr]

A little trip in Holland, with visits to Texel, Fort bij Spijkerboor, Alkmaar and Naarden-Vesting

 

 

A trip report with pictures can be found here

 

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[Peter Anson]

Hi Rene, that is a lot of history covered in such a short flight.  The forts are interesting.  From the fact there is not much structure left I'm guessing that they were mostly wooden.

 

Peter

 

 

[dppintr]

Hi Rene, that is a lot of history covered in such a short flight.  The forts are interesting.  From the fact there is not much structure left I'm guessing that they were mostly wooden.

 

Peter

 

Hi Peter. It's a lot of history packed in a small country that happens to be in the strategic river delta of the Rhine and Meuse.

 

The Defense line of Amsterday forts are concrete structures with an earth layer on the side facing where the enemy would come from. They are still there, although most of them not open to the public.

 

See this page about Fort Spijkerboor that we visited recently