Fort Vijfhuizen

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View of the geniedijk, looking southwest from fort Vijfhuizen.

View of bunkers, representing fore position of fort Vijfhuizen.

View of the road crossing the bunkers of fort Cruquius, the secondmost fore position of fort Vijfhuizen (seen from below the dike looking up towards the ringvaart. The trees are on the Heemstede side of the dike).

Fort Vijfhuizen is one of 42 forts in the Defense Line of Amsterdam, a World Heritage Site.

It is located at the southern town line of Vijfhuizen on the ringvaart in the Haarlemmermeer polder. The main fort is currently used by a charitable foundation called Kunstfort Vijfhuizen run by volunteers with 12 art studios and a restaurant.

The fort is situated on a hill surrounded by a moat and accessible only during opening hours. South of this fort, also along the ringvaart, is the first fore position of the fort, currently part of a golf course. A bit further south than that is yet another fore position at fort Cruquius, just south of the Cruquius Museum.