11/3/2026
Weekly Weird News

Muurhuizen (Wall Houses) in Amersfoort, Netherlands

Filed by Max the Cryptid Reporter
Muurhuizen (Wall Houses) in Amersfoort, Netherlands
If you want to feel a medieval vibe while walking only a few minutes from the city center? Take a stroll through the Muurhuizen street. This is unlike other places in the Netherlands, it's a really quiet street, almost without cars. Do keep in mind it's a residential place, and people still live here. A little bit of history: Around 1380, a booming economy forced Amersfoort to expand and construct a new outer city wall. The original wall was dismantles, and from 1500, residents began building
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