Delft

Made by: Class 2A Grotius College

About Delft

• Delft has 96.000 inhabitants.

• A lot of tourists come to Delft.

• Delft is a University city.

• Delft is situated in the bussiest part of The Netherlands

Delft is situated in the west of The Netherlands. The bussiest part of The Netherlands

Between two big city’s: Rotterdam and The Hague.

Amsterdam is about 50 km far from Delft.

A lot of tourist visit Delft during the year.Because of the beautiful old buildings, Delft Blue and the

famous painter VERMEER

Beautiful buildings

Townhall

Old houses

Canal and the old church

Oost poort

New church

VOC house

Prince court

New grog on the market place

Delft is famous because of the delft blue pottery

In Delft you can find many souveniers shops with delft blue

A very famous painter from delft is:

Johannes Vermeer.

Johannes Vermeer lived from:1632-1675

This is the most famous painting from VERMEER: the girl with the pearl earing

• People go by bike to school and down town

You will see a lot of bicycles everywere even in the canals

DELFT is an university city

Delft is a University city,

there’s a Technical University in Delft.

This is our school

At this moment Delft is under construction; people are bussy with building a

traintunnel. Now the train is riding over a viaduct, in some years the train will ride in a tunnel

Famous historical people from Delft

Hugo de Groot Willem van Oranje

We have a lot of events in Delft

Football Clubs in Delft

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