Seeing and Experiencing

The Fochteloërveen Veenhuizen immediately adjoins the vast Fochteloërveen, a rugged peat...
Facades with a Story The façades in Veenhuizen are in a class of their own. Their architec...
Churches in the Colony Veenhuizen may have been nicknamed the Dutch Siberia, but when it came...
Art There is art in abundance in the former colony. Where Veenhuizen previ...
The Fourth Asylum The Vierde Gesticht (Fourth Asylum) is an enigmatic name today, but it...
Punishment and Imprisonment From a penal colony to a state labour institution to a penitentiary in...
Four Signposted Routes Along the electrical power plant and the Houtjesplein, the constabular...
Tuinen van Weldadigheid De Tuinen van Weldadigheid (The Gardens of Humanitarianism) are locate...
Maallust beer The grain mill from the time of the State Labour Institution has been ...