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Shrewsbury
in Shropshire is twinned with the town of Zutphen in the
Netherlands.
Zutphen is a historic town with a wide range of
fascinating buildings, beautiful waterfront and people
who enjoy "things English" and invariably provides a
warm welcome for visitors.
Every year groups and individuals from Shrewsbury visit
Zutphen and vice versa.
The Shrewsbury Zutphen Twinning Committee is a voluntary
body which aims
•To publicise and promote twinning exchanges
•To put groups and individuals interested in the twinning in touch
with each other
•To help in any way it can to encourage twinning links
If you are interested in the twinning and would like to
know more you can obtain further information from Yvonne Epskamp -
who is
fluent in both Dutch and English - through the
offices of Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council,
telephone 01743 28100.
A little about
Zutphen
The many
picturesque courtyards, the medieval houses and the
historical town centre with a multitude of speciality
shops are only a few of the reasons why the Hanseatic
town of Zutphen is so well worth visiting.
The wide River Ijssel drive runs through the town and
provides a beautiful embankment for strolling along or
enjoying a drink or snack by the riverside. Flowing into
the Ijssel in the centre of the town is the Berkel river
which can be explored by canoes or by electrically
powered "whispering" boats.
Zutphen is surrounded by the open countryside of Gelderland within which are historic houses, miles of
country footpaths and pretty villages include the
completely restored historic gem of Bronkhorst - the
smallest town in the Netherlands .
The facilities within the town centre include:
• A big weekly market on Thursday mornings with a smaller market on
Saturdays
• A huge range of historic buidings and much of the old town walls
• The gothic Walburgis church with magnificent wall and dome
paintings
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Part of the church accommodates a centuries old library with a
nationally renowned collection of antique books hand
written by monks
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Three museums which tell the story of the town, contain a twentieth
century figurative art collection and a specialist
history of printing and paper
• Restaurants providing medieval, Italian, Mexican, Chinese, Greek or
French cuisine as well as Dutch specialities
• Large and small shops with an enormous range of goods to suit all
pockets and tastes |
Special events throughout the year include:
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The Gravenhof Festival held every two
years around the end of August which
specialises in stage activities
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The traditional May market which is
accompanied by brass bands and street
performers
•
The national Bock beer day in the autumn
with its parade of sh ire horse drawn wagons
of vats of bock beer
•
Zutphen on Sunday- a weekend at the start of
April when there is free access to many
historic buildings
•
The Zutphen ballooning festival at the start
of July
•
A chocolate festival in September
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A brass band festival in September |
With so much
going on anytime is a good time to visit our twin
town of Zutphen.
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