De Franse Keizer

Discover a unique piece of Dutch maritime history at Museum Harbour Willemsoord in Den Helder. Step aboard and experience what life at sea was like on board the lightship. A special experience for young and old.

In 1856 Den Helder got as one of the first cities in the Netherlands their own Water Tower, located in Huisduinen. After 50 years the tower was relocated to the center of Den Helder. In 2005 the tower was renovated to show how it was at first

Fresh fish, exotic varieties and advice for the tastiest preparation

Historic shipyard complex full of museums, restaurants, culture and maritime heritage

We sell a nice range of leather bags and wallets from Italy, soap from Tuscany, Italian delicacies, olive oil, pasta...

Brown café in the center with darts, pool, live music and sports

The Balgzandpolder is entirely designed for birds. You always see birds here resting or looking for food. At high tide in the Wadden Sea there are extra birds to be seen here. They can often be admired from a short distance via a viewing screen. Birds that you can see, for example, are spoonbills, many species of ducks, large groups of oystercatchers and redshanks and amongst them rarer birds such as spotted redshanks and greenshanks.

Jan and Catharina, both Jutters, have been playing music from the Netherlands, Flanders, France, Denmark and Sweden on traditional harmonica for more than 25 years. They can be booked at openings, book presentations or festivities and then walk around in beautiful clothing such as medieval clothing, fisherman clothing, pirate clothing, Dickens etc.

Make Den Helder even more beautiful with activities, art and events