Welcome, fellow adventurers, to the Goes City Tour! Tucked away on the peninsula of Zuid-Beveland in Zeeland, Goes is one of the Netherlands' best-kept secrets — a compact, walled market town where Gothic towers, a working tidal harbor, and centuries of trade all sit within a fifteen-minute stroll of each other. Get ready to trace the outline of a medieval fortress town, cross a bridge that marks a vanished gate, and uncover why this proud little city still calls itself the 'Ganzestad' — the Goose City. Count Willem VI granted Goes its city rights in 1405, and just a year later his daughter, Countess Jacoba of Bavaria, gave permission to dig canals and raise defensive walls around it. What followed was centuries of life as a fortified harbor town on a tidal channel of the Oosterschelde — a town whose wealth and survival depended entirely on keeping its silt-prone harbor open. A white goose still flies on the city's coat of arms today, and geese appear on shopfronts, sculptures, and street corners all over town. Collect a letter at each stop on this walk, and by the end you'll have spelled out exactly what kind of bird gave Goes its nickname.

Ganzestad — Goose City of the Tides

Goes City Tour

7 stops · 130 min · 2.6 km

€ 14,99€ 9,99

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