Every design for Schoonhoven
Wear your town with pride
13 unique designs from the town of Schoonhoven in Zuid-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
from 249 SEK
Hoodie
from 449 SEKSweatshirt
from 449 SEKTote bag
from 129 SEKAbout Schoonhoven
Silver smiths
Lek river
Clockmaking
Schoonhoven sits on the north bank of the Lek, in the Green Heart of Holland, on what was once the border between the County of Holland and the Bishopric of Utrecht. That position gave the old town its fortified shape, and the river is still the first thing you notice.
What really sets Schoonhoven apart is silver. Gold and silver smiths have worked here since the seventeenth century, earning it the nickname Zilverstad, and the Nederlands Zilvermuseum Schoonhoven and the International Silver School carry the craft on. The Veerpoort, the last medieval gate standing, faces the Lek and still works as a flood barrier, as it did in the storm of 1953. Museum Het Stadhuis houses a carillon cast in part from a cannon given to the town by the explorer Olivier van Noort.
If you grew up here, the map shows the streets you know by heart: the river, the gate, the narrow centre, and the walk home along the water.
Shown on the map
Location: Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Coordinates: 51.9464°N, 4.8516°E
