The places that make Zwolle: Peperbus, Sassenpoort, Thorbeckegracht and more, with what is on there next.
The 75-metre tower of the Onze Lieve Vrouwe basilica; the copper cap put on in 1828 gave it the name Peperbus (pepper pot). You climb it on weekdays and Saturdays, when the basilica is open, for the view over the city.
The city gate on the Sassenstraat from around 1409, the only gate of Zwolle's old wall that is still complete. Walk through it, and go inside on the days it is open to visitors.
The canal street along the old city wall, named after Johan Rudolph Thorbecke, the statesman who was born in Zwolle. Walk past national monuments and what is left of the wall, with the bookshop in the medieval Broerenkerk close by.
An art museum in a former courthouse of 1838–1841, with a Cloud on the roof clad in 55,000 white and blue ceramic tiles. The exhibitions change; the museum is closed on Mondays.
Zwolle's largest national monument, over 600 years old, on the Grote Markt. Take the audio tour, look at the late-medieval wall paintings and the Schnitger organ, and have a coffee in the café.
The city museum in the Drostenhuis on the Melkmarkt, with interactive displays about the history of Zwolle. The exhibition De Stad Ontrafeld, from 3 October 2026, asks what holds the city together.
