2 Hidden Destinations in Europe

Netherlands

Destinations

Vesting Bourtange

Netherlands · Groningen

Step inside Vesting Bourtange, a perfectly preserved 16th-century star-shaped fortress village in the Netherlands, looking as if time stood still.

Originally built in 1593 during the Eighty Years' War, this extraordinary star-shaped fort was eventually abandoned and fell into disrepair....

Naarden Vesting

Netherlands · North Holland

An entire fortified town, perfectly preserved, meticulously designed in the impossible shape of a twelve-pointed star, surrounded by a double ring of moats and ramparts.

From above, Naarden Vesting looks like a fantastical geometric drawing come to life, a testament to centuries of ingenious military engineer...