1Bourtange, Netherlands

A haven of green fields and trickling canals, and shaped like a star, Bourtange Fort looks far from martial.  

William of Orange commissioned the fort during the Eighty Years War (1568–1648) but by 1851 it had been transformed into a peaceful village. The fort now looks as it did during the eighteenth century, but is now a diverting open-air museum.

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