New Delft Water Walk

45 minutes (1.5 km)
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Come and see how Delft adapts to water, heat and climate change
How does Delft prepare to climate change? Experience it yourself with the New Delft Water Walk. 
While walking, you discover how the city prepares for heavy rains, severe draughts and extreme temperatures.
You learn about the water management in the city,  how the infrastructure in the city is adapted
and what you can do yourself.

Sights on this route

1. The Green House - The New Delft Water Walks

Heat Stress: The 4000 plants on the facade cool the house and stimulate bio-diversity in the city. The Green House is located in the Graaf Floriskade street. It is not a...

Graaf Floreskade
Delft
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1. The Green House - The New Delft Water Walks

2. Parc Spoorloos - The New Delft Water Walk

Water Storage: This parc is built on a high-tech water reservoir and you find many memories of the trains which used to ride and stop here (Spoorloos means ‘without train’....

Park Spoorloos
Delft
2. Parc Spoorloos - The New Delft Water Walk

3. City Hall - The New Delft Water Walk

Water Management: The Municipality is responsible for the sewage system, for collecting rain run-off and wastewater, and for measures reducing groundwater problems in the public...

Stationsplein 1
2611BV Delft
3. City Hall - The New Delft Water Walk

4. The Garden of Delft - The New Delft Water Walk

Water Storage: Glass, stone and ceramics are broken by this garden, built on a large water reservoir. The Garden of Delft has seven brick planters filled with native tree...

Houttuinen
2611DX Delft
4. The Garden of Delft - The New Delft Water Walk

5. Viaduct Colums - The New Delft Water Walk

Groundwater: These remainders of the train viaduct now tell the story of the train tunnel and its effect on the ground water. You are standing in front of the two remaini...

Bolwerk
Delft
5. Viaduct Colums - The New Delft Water Walk

6. IHE Delft - The New Delft Water Walk

Education: IHE Delft provides Master and Doctorate education and organizes courses for professional water managers across the world. IHE Delft is an institute for water e...

Westvest 7
2611AX Delft
6. IHE Delft - The New Delft Water Walk

7. Water Board of Delfland - The New Delft Water Walk

Water Magement: For more than 700 years, the Water Board of (Hoogheemraadschap van) Delfland keeps our feet dry and manages the water quality in a large part of the province Sou...

Phoenixstraat 32,
2611 AL Delft
7. Water Board of Delfland - The New Delft Water Walk

8. Beguine Courtyard - The New Delft Water Walk

Water Storage: A large water reservoir was constructed below this new garden. One of the eldest courtyards in Delft has become climate adapted and is prepared for the 21st centu...

Bagijnhof
Delft
8. Beguine Courtyard - The New Delft Water Walk

9. Groundwater monitoring station - The New Water Walks

Groundwater:  On the corner of the C. Fockstraat and Spoorsingel you will find one of the 210 wells in Delft where the groundwater level is measured continuously. You fin...

Spoorsingel 72
Delft
9. Groundwater monitoring station - The New Water Walks

10. Windmill The Rose - The New Delft Water Walk

Cultural Heritage: The mill was lifted by 1 meter to facilitate the construction of the train tunnel. The mill garden contains climate-proof vegetation.  Windmill ‘The Ro...

Molen de Roos
Delft
10. Windmill The Rose - The New Delft Water Walk

11. Water Tower and Radius - The New Delft Water Walk

Cultural Heritage: The ancient Water Tower and accompanying water cellar are now a center for modern art and ecology. The water tower was built from 1895 -1896 with a sto...

Kalverbos 22
Delft
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11. Water Tower and Radius - The New Delft Water Walk

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