Medemblik - Kasteel Radboud

Kasteel Radboud - named after a Frisian king who built a castle here in early times - was built by Count Floris V of Holland in 1282. During the 14th and 15th centuries it served as a prison. It lost much of its importance when the town was enclosed by walls in 1572. At the end of the 19th century the castle, by then much dilapidated, was completely restored by P. J. H. Cuypers, though not in its original form.

Housed within the castle is a collection of Frisian coats of arms and paintings.