Fort Vechten

The major crowd-puller of the Nieuwe Hollandse Waterlinie is the Waterliniemuseum at Fort Vechten. For young and old, this museum is an educational experience. You can take a parachute jump over the Nieuwe Hollandse Waterlinie using virtual reality goggles. Outside is a 50-metre-long model of the New Dutch Waterline. For children, the fort is a play paradise with exciting discovery tours. You can also go to Fort Vechten for parties and business meetings and guided tours. There are also cosy terraces and a museum café.

A piece of history
The Fort near Vechten was built in 1870 as part of the second ring of forts around Utrecht. The fort has as many as 16 bombproof ground-covered buildings containing 16 million bricks. The large reduit building with its neo-Gothic cast-iron staircase functioned as the last refuge. In 1881, the fort was improved with the addition of a bombproof barracks. The fort's artillery sealed off the Houtense Vlakte and the Arnhem-Utrecht railway line. During the 1914-1918 mobilisation, trenches and reinforced concrete shelters were installed. In 1939-1940, three cast-steel machine gun casemates were built on the fort's front wall.

Waterliniemuseum
The Waterliniemuseum has interactive exhibitions about the Waterlinies, the Romans and nature on the forts. You will learn all about the history of the largest defence line in the Netherlands. The 50-metre-long open-air model of the Nieuwe Hollandse Waterlinie can be flooded just like the real waterlinie, and in a virtual waterlinie flight you can glide over the entire line yourself.

Besides the museum, you can also learn more about life on the forts during WWI and see what the fort looked like when it was just built.

Prices
Adult: € 9.00
Children 5 to 12 years: € 5.00
Children up to 4 years: free
Museumkaart: free
CJP: € 6.00

Opening hours
The Waterline Museum is open Tuesday to Sunday from 10:00 to 17:00. During national school holidays, the museum is also open on Mondays.

The fort is easily accessible by car, bicycle and public transport. Do you use a route planner? Then enter Achterdijk 23, Bunnik as your address.