Enkhuizen

Enkhuizen and the Zuiderzee museum
During the first half of the Eighty-Years-War the town of Enkhuizen was at its peak of economic growth due to the favourable location on the Zuiderzee and the enterprising drive of local merchants.

When Enkhuizen became one of the six locations of the East Indies Company the town expanded with houses and storage buildings.
The Saint Pancreas Church and the ‘Dromedaris’ are the two most obvious buildings in the old part of Enhuizen. The Dromedaris was built in 1540 as part of the fortifications and in 1649 two floors were added.
The Zuiderzee museum consists of an outdoor and an indoor museum.

The outdoor museum, located just behind the old part of Enhuizen, gives a picture of the Zuiderzee villages in times gone by. They show the sober living conditions of the hard working population.

The indoor museum provides information about fishing villages such as Volendam, Marken, Hindeloopen and Enkhuizen, the struggle against the water, the North sea fishery for herring and the Zuiderzee fishery and a large collection of wooden boats.