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Fort · Amersfoort · Updated on 1 November 2026.

Fort Werk aan de Glashut in Amersfoort

Werk aan de Glashut is a fort in Amersfoort, Utrecht. This place has a story in the app. Within 940 m you'll find a bike pump, a bench and a water point.

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Story · Werk aan de Glashut

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You're standing by the Werk aan de Glashut, on the river Eem, a few kilometres from the old centre of Amersfoort. It's an earthen fortification of the Grebbe Line, the defence line that was meant to protect Holland.

Read 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).

Photos

5 photos from Wikimedia Commons. In the app you add your own photo when you are there.

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Photo: P.J.L Laurens · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5View the photo on Wikimedia Commons

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Also within walking distance

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  1. 1Terrein met overblijfselen van het versterkte huis Van IsseltArchaeological site · 1.1 km away
  2. 2Onze Lieve VrouwetorenAttraction · 1.8 km away
  3. 3MondriaanhuisMuseum · 1.9 km away
  4. 4Amersfoortse KeiMemorial · 2 km away
  5. 5RietveldpaviljoenMuseum · 2 km away
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