Suggested walking route
1 stops in walking order
- Distance
- 0.00 km
- Walking
- 0 min
- Visits
- 20 min
- Difficulty
- Easy stroll
- 1Westerlichttoren
Tower
The Westerlichttoren or West Schouwen is a lighthouse in Haamstede, Netherlands. Designed by L. Valk, it was built in 1837. At 47 m (154 ft) above ground and a light stand at 58 m (190 ft) above sea level it is one of the tallest lighthouses in the Netherlands. The lighthouse is built in brick and iron, the walls are 2.4 m thick at the bottom, tapering upward. It is painted in a red-and-white spiral. A stair of 226 steps, in stone and partially in iron, leads to the top. The lighthouse is unattended.
~20 min at this stop