Stroll through town: suggested streets: Oude Delft, Boterbrug, Wijnhaven, Hippolytusbuurt, Choorstraat, Vrouw Jutteland, Rietveld, Kerkstraat, Markt ending at the Beestenmarkt for a refreshment. Most tourists arrive by bus next to the New Church.
Visit De Porceleyne Fles, or take a workshop
Rent a bike and visit De Delftse Hout, a park/leisure area to the east of Delft. Cycle through the woods, sail on the lake, have a picnic, walk through the parks
Visit the botanical garden. Admission â¬2,00, kids â¬1,00, Poortlandplein 6, Delft.
Visit the bric à brac Markets around the central streets Hippolytusbuurt, Vrouw Jutteland and Voldersgracht and canals of Central Delft , every Saturday, April - October free to visit
The Canal taxi boat takes you to all the main tourist spots. You can flag a boat on the canals or you can order one by phone on 06 - 22 99 2795. Single fare â¬2,50 per person. It is also possible to rent the whole boat for ⬠35,00 per hour for max 8 persons, it will pick you up from where you want.
Visit the Delft Library. DOK Vesteplein 100. This library was set up very different from other libraries. The books are in cupboarts on wheels. It won several national and international prizes because of its innovative layout and the other facilities and activities available. The reading room with the childerens books is very special. The reading room and Coffee corner on the first floor has a fantastic glass ceiling spanning the whole library. There are many international newspapers and magazines availble. Open monday from 12:00 till 18:00 other days mostly 10:00 till 18:00. Closed on Sundays. More details on their dutch website (http://www.dok.info/)
lectures
Every week, Studium Generale organises lectures on a wide range of subjects. Usually these are in Dutch, but roughly once a month there may be one in English too. The lectures aim at the interest of students, but other people interested may often attend as well. Admission is usually free (http://tudelft.nl/live/pa...).
theatres and cinemas
There are a few theaters in the inner city; Theater de Veste, Vesteplein 1 (http://theaterdeveste.nl) is the largest theater, with shows almost every night except during summer. The Microtheater, next to the New Church is a small theatre with around one show per week.
There are two cinemas in Delft. Filmhuis Lumen is a small pleasant cinema run mostly by friendly volunteers. It has a very nice foyer. It shows mostly non-Holywood and art-house movies. Also the film "Girl with the pearl earring" is shown here once a week. Doelenplein 5 (http://www.filmhuislumen.nl). Hollywood blockbusters can be seen in Pathé Delft, Vesteplein 5 (http://www.pathe.nl). This is a new, large scale cinema near the Theater de Veste in the Zuidpoort big screen, large comfy seats, expensive drinks and pre-made perfectly round popcorn.
activities for childeren
Petting Zoo Kinderboerderij Delftse Houton the Korftlaan 3, is a 15 minutes walk from the city centre, via the "Koepoort" Bridge. Opening hours 10:00-16:00. Admission free.
Waterpark, next to the Petting Zoo Delftse Hout. You will find this park geared towards young children. A beach, swings, slides, a cable ride, clean toilet facilities and a maximum water depth of 40 cm 1 ft 3 and free admission make this a popular destination on sunny days. Same entrance as the Petting Zoo. The gate to the waterpark is half-way on the left.
Play grounds. Delft has five outdoor play grounds. These are outdoor areas with swings and various climbing frames. Target audience: 2 till 12 year olds. The biggest is the one on the Beukenlaan 1. The admission is free. Opening hours, Monday till Friday from 13.30 till 17.30 hour.
Kids Playground Delft Kleveringweg 35 2616 LZ Delft Tel. 015-2190673 On the other side of the A13 motorway behind the Mc Donalds restaurant is an indoor playpark. Although staff motivation and facilities both need a polish it can provide a channel for excess child energy on rainy days. Wednesday to Sunday 10:00-18:00 admission €7 childeren and €1.80 per adult.
City tours
Channel cruise
Experience a different view on Delft from a canal boat Dutch / English tour guide.
Tour the sights of Delft in a horse drawn tram if you like a bumpy ride surrounded in the smell of manure. It starts on the market square.
Annual events
Mooi Weer Spelen
Creative event with street theatre free, exhibitions and theatre shows on special locations some of them are free, one entire weekend, usually somewhere in june (http://mooiweerspelen.nl)
Westerpop
rock music festival with local, national and international artists, usually the last weekend of august free (http://westerpop.nl/)
Varend corso
Flower decorated boats sailing from the westland the glasshouse area where special flowers are grown to delft, usually a sunday in the beginning of august free
Lichtjesavond
"evening of lights", evening with christmas atmosphere, where christmas songs are sung, a large christmas tree on the central market square and many, many lights. usually on a tuesday evening, halfway december free
Especially during summer there are several annual events to visit, most of them are in the open air and free to visit. For a list of upcoming events, you can check out the Event calender: (http://delft.nl/content.j...). An incomplete list of annual events:
Taptoe
National event of non-military marching bands performing parades and demonstrations, usually the first weekend of september free
Open Monumentendag
"day of the open monuments", on this national event, many monumental buildings can be visited for free, which are otherwise closed to the public. this includes climbing to the top of "molen de roos", the windmill on phoenixstraat 112, and visiting the former city prison and torturing room backside of the city hall, where the alleged murderer of william of orange was tortured in 1584. it usually takes place on a saturday. inform at the tourism office when the next open monumentendag is held.
Muziek op de Gracht
"music on the canals", in july and august free concerts are given on boats on the vrouw jutteland canal.
Delft Jazz
Three days in august at least 20 pubs and outside podia are participating in delft jazz. it attracts a friendly crowd of people. look at their website for details (http://www.jazzfestivalde...)