Every design for Monnickendam
Wear your town with pride
13 unique designs from the town of Monnickendam in Noord-Holland – map designs, local expressions and symbols only people who know the place will read. Also available as t-shirt, hoodie, sweatshirt or tote bag.
T-shirt
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Hoodie
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from 129 SEKAbout Monnickendam
Speeltoren
Fishing port
Gouwzee
Monnickendam lies on the shore of the Markermeer, tucked into the Gouwzee in Waterland, a little south-east of Purmerend. It received city rights in the fourteenth century, and its name is usually explained simply as 'monks' dam'.
The Speeltoren, the old bell tower, is the first thing you see, and the Waterlands museum De Speeltoren tells how a busy port with links to the Baltic shrank into a small fishing town. The two great fires left little of the medieval town, but the weigh house, the church of St. Nicholas and narrow streets still give it the look of the old Zuiderzee coast. The Royal Hakvoort Shipyards have built boats here for over a century, and the statue De Monnik nods to the monks behind the name.
Walk out to Hemmeland or along the old ramparts to the Monnickendammer Gat and the town lies behind you, compact and familiar. For anyone who grew up here, coming back across the water is the real homecoming.
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Location: Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Coordinates: 52.4571°N, 5.0373°E
