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  Walking Tour 14/15
Building with a long and winding history - Bagijnestraat

Over the years a lot of the old inner city has been torn down, still there are plenty of old buildings that have been saved from demolition. Every now and then you’ll find new and modern facades between the historical ones.  From an architectural point of view development is not always done with large degree of historical integrity. 
Very surprising are the new apartments in the Bollemansteeg. 

Bollemansteeg, between Bagijnestraat and Grote Kerkstraat

Living in the Inner City

 Museum Princessehof - a museum with a large collection of pottery and ceramics

At first glance you’ll think this street is just a shackled together string of mix-matched houses.
 In reality these are newly constructed houses using different types of brick and playing with the heights and colors of the buildings to create an authentic looking street. 
Walking along through the Bollemansteeg you’ll enter the Grote Kerkstraat. 
The history in this street is almost touchable. 

Well decorated ornament

Take a glance at number 212, the mansion where during here youth Mata Hari used to live. Beautifully styled facades with ornaments are common along this street. As you walk on you’ll pass the museum called Princessehof, a museum with a large collection of pottery and ceramics. 

Facade at the Museum Princessehof

At the end of the Grote Kerkstraat you can go left back into the shopping streets (Kleine Kerkstraat, Nieuwestad). Or you can turn right into the direction of the Oldehoofsterkerkhof. 
We choose to take a closer look at the square situated at the foot of the leaning tower Oldehove.