The Netherlands isn’t particularly known for epic castles in the way that Germany is. But there is actually a surprising amount of castles to be found in this little country. Since I’ve been living here I have made a list of all the castles I want to visit and this summer I am slowly ticking off most (if not all!) of these castles from my list. The first one we visited was Doornenburg Castle in Gelderland where we got to also experience a medieval festival-type event with knights on horseback and a re-enactment of vikings attempting to storm the castle! Read on to find out more about this awesome Dutch castle and event. Doornenburg Castle As I mentioned, Doornenburg Castle is located in the province of Gelderland, in the village of Doornenburg. I’ve previously written about some travel in this province (you might recognise the name from the Heath Ledger movies “A Knight’s Tale”) and you can read more about things to see in Gelderland in that post. Doornenburg is one of the biggest and most well-preserved castles in the Netherlands, although it was almost completely destroyed during the second world war. Originally built in the 13th century it was […]

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