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Castle · Houten · Updated on 1 November 2026.

Kasteel Heemstede in Houten

Kasteel Heemstede is a castle in Houten, Utrecht, Netherlands. This place has an audio tour of 2:18, in English or Dutch. Within 180 m you find a bench.

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The story

Audio tour · Kasteel Heemstede

2:18

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You're standing at Kasteel Heemstede, on the Heemsteedseweg in Houten. Look at that neat, symmetrical house sitting in its wide moat. At each of the four corners is a little tower, half built into the house. It went up in 1645 in the Dutch Classicist style, replacing an older knight's castle that stood about five hundred metres further south.

Read and hear the whole story in the Outdoor Pitstop app: check in at this place and it is yours (with Pro; new users are Pro for the first 4 weeks).

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When you stand at Kasteel Heemstede, the Outdoor Pitstop app tells the story of the place in 2:18, in English or Dutch.

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