Abbey Tower of Long John (Abdijtoren de Lange Jan)

Netherlands weekend tip : Middelburg - Zeeland - Walcheren #Netherlands

Middelburg is a municipality and a city in the south-western Netherlands and the capital of the province of Zeeland - Walcheren. Situated on the central peninsula of the Zeeland province, Midden-Zeeland (consisting of former islands Walcheren, Noord-Beveland and Zuid-Beveland).

Town Hall
The late-gothic town hall of Middelburg is situated at the market of Middelburg, Zeeland. It is considered one of the finest gothic buildings in the Netherlands. Construction began in 1452 and was supervised by several generations of the Flemish family of architects Keldermans. Construction was completed in 1520, the town hall received a facade with gothic windows, red-white shutters, smaller turrets and twenty-five statues of Zeeland's counts and countesses. The building has one main tower, which the Middelburgers call 'Malle Betje'. This mocking name comes from the fact it used to run behind the town's other clock tower, the 'lange Jan'. A meat-auction or 'meathall' used to be situated in the building, which had a separate entrance. Whereas the town hall itself is still used for weddings, since 2004 it's spaces are in use by the Roosevelt Academy, the local college. The former meat hall has been in use as an exhibition space for the SBKM since 1980.

Lange Jan
Abbey Tower is a 90.5 meter high bell tower which belongs to the abbey complex in Middelburg. He is situated on the south wall of the single-nave Church Choir. The tower is nicknamed the Long John and is number eleven on the list of highest church towers in the Netherlands. Abbey Tower can be climbed fee to about halfway through 207 steps up. One has then through the windows in the tower a beautiful view of Middelburg.

Windmill De Hoop is a former corn and hulling mill to Vlissingen in Middelburg

Windmill De Seismolen is a (former) mill at the Seis in the Dutch city of Middelburg. It is a round stone mill which was built in 1728 and is the remaining oldest mill in Middelburg.

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Kasia - Reminiscene (ft. Jamaal Crowder)

Middelburg - Lange Jan's carillon - Bach's Air on a G-string

The carillon of Lange Jan ('Long John') playing Bach's Air on a G-string.
Lange Jan is the nickname of Wandelkerk's 91m tall bell tower in Middelburg and the city's symbol.
Date: 18 November 2010