Kampen

Kampen is a city in the Netherlands. It is located in the province of Overijssel and is the capital of the municipality of Kampen.

Kampen has a population of about 37,500. The city was founded in the 8th century and has been a centre of commerce and trade ever since while largely located on an island. This city is also known as "The Rotterdam of the Middle Ages" as Kampen was one of the largest trade cities along the trade routes of the Zuiderzee and the Rijn. Having a large fleet they imported Portuguese salt past Denmark to the eastern sea. Kampen is still home to several historical structures such as the Koornmarktspoort and the Bovenkerk that are worth visiting.

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Hanseatic city helicopter flight

Lelystad Airport

Take a flight above Dutch history and discover the locations where the Dutch caused a lot of commotion during the 400-year Golden Age! When Amsterdam and Rotterdam were still small villages in the Middle Ages, the Hanseatic cities in the east of the Netherlands had already developed into powerful trading centres. About 200 Hanseatic cities worked together within a European Union for four hundred years. Most of the trade went by water with the first cargo ships from the Middle Ages. From Lelystad we fly along a number of the historic Hanseatic cities such as Elburg, Kampen, Zwolle, Hasselt, Harderwijk and Hattem.