Castle De Haar in Haarzuilens (near Utrecht), The Netherlands

[birdienl]

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[birdienl]

Oops, I'm sorry... If you've got any different pictures you could still post them I guess. Never enough beautiful pictures!

[birdienl]

I know! It's awe-inspiring, especially on the inside!

[cowboy_r]

It's open to the public?

[birdienl]

Oh yes, a large part can be seen by the public. Except in September, because this is of old the month in which the family stays in the castle.

[weelisa]

I can't help thinking moat = super damp basement. Actually, super damp everything!

Oh, and the place is beautiful, of course.

[birdienl]

You're probably right. Still, they keep an eye on it I guess, with all the valuable objects in the castle.

[degracieuse]

Too bad of all the construction that's been going on the last couple years, it's such a nice backdrop for pictures taken at the EFF :)

[birdienl]

Yes, these pictures were taken in 2008 or something. Still, every old place has to be reconstructed every now and then.

[justjo2u]

Gorgeous. you'd never know from the pics that it was quite modern.

[birdienl]

Thanks, on Wikipedia (at least the Dutch page) you can see a drawing of the 16th century castle and it was actually very much like the castle today, so I guess they based the design on such old drawings.

[justjo2u]

Wow, do you have a link to that?

There is a kind of virtual tour here

http://www.jan-van-der-woning.nl/nederlands/haar/quicktime/intro.htm

With 360degree photos of some of the rooms.

[birdienl]

You're good! I didn't even know that page existed. I can't watch it on the computer where I am now, but I'll certainly look at it later. It's been a while since I've been at De Haar, so it will be nice to be reminded of it's beauty.

The link to the Wiki page is: http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kasteel_de_Haar