Muiderslot - Castle

The castle is in the town of Muiden, there wasn't a lot of places for us to moor so we moved further down the canal to a Yacht Haven in Weesp. 4.4kms on our bikes so not that far about 14 minutes. We were lucky and had one of Netherlands summer days to spent the day at the castle with.


Our first look at the castle from the water the day before

The castle from land.



Water Shield: it's a display of seven centuries history of water defences.

Part of the display in the Water Shield

Baby Owl

This photo is taken from the Falconry, it shows the tower on a bit of a lean.
Note: I don't know who the lady is.

This is the Falconry from the top of leaning tower, 83 uneven steps to get to the top.

Dining room

Kitchen

Auto rotisserie, the guy who invented this then invented the clock two years later. 

Babies bed, the picture above the cot shows how the babies were wrapped up to sleep.

The main bed, it wasn't very long, because they slept in a reclining position. The belief was if you lay flat, the blood will fill your head and cause you to become dumb. The bed was used for more then the adults, the older kids would also be in there so everyone could keep warm.

The roof structure it the tower.