The real Delft
About 7,800 buildings from OpenStreetMap, with stepped gables on the old houses, a first piece of the old town inside its canals. More of the city comes later.
Instant Delft BETA
Explore or race by bike, on foot or on horseback along the canals of Delft!
The old town of Delft in 3D, between The Hague and Rotterdam: the Markt, the Nieuwe Kerk, the leaning tower of the Oude Kerk and the canals of Vermeer’s town, every building from OpenStreetMap.
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What there is to do
Churches, canals and Vermeer
The Markt between the Stadhuis and the Nieuwe Kerk, the Vermeer Centrum on the Voldersgracht, the Oude Kerk with its leaning tower, the Prinsenhof and the Koornmarkt.
A race: Canals of Delft
Across the Markt and along the Voldersgracht, up to the Oude Kerk, down the Oude Delft past the Prinsenhof and back along the Koornmarkt.
This is Delft
Delft lies between The Hague and Rotterdam in the province of South Holland, an old town of canals, bridges and gabled houses round one long market square. It is the town of Johannes Vermeer and of Delft blue pottery, the place where William of Orange lived and was murdered, and the resting place of the House of Orange. Today it is also a university town, home to the largest technical university of the Netherlands.
- Delft blue, the blue and white pottery
- Johannes Vermeer and his View of Delft
- The Nieuwe Kerk, where the princes of Orange are buried
- The Prinsenhof, where William of Orange was shot in 1584
- The leaning tower of the Oude Kerk
- TU Delft, the largest technical university of the Netherlands
Places, elements and landmarks
MarktThe long market square between the town hall and the Nieuwe Kerk, one of the largest in the Netherlands.
Nieuwe KerkThe great Gothic church on the Markt, with a tower of 108 metres, where the princes of Orange lie buried.
StadhuisDelft’s Renaissance town hall at the west end of the Markt, built round a medieval stone tower.
Oude KerkThe oldest church in Delft, on the Oude Delft, with a tower that leans about two metres over the canal.
PrinsenhofThe old convent where William of Orange lived, and where he was shot in 1584. The bullet holes are still in the wall.
Oude DelftThe oldest canal of the town, which gave Delft its name, lined with merchants’ houses and the Gemeenlandshuis.
KoornmarktThe canal where the grain was traded, now lined with cafés, houseboats and terraces by the water.
OostpoortThe last of Delft’s town gates, with two slim towers mirrored in the water.
WaagThe weigh house by the Markt, where goods were weighed for the town’s taxes.
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Play Instant DelftStill in development: expect some rough edges.