Heusden, Netherlands Tourism

Northwest of 's-Hertogenbosch is the old fortified town of Heusden (pop. 5,800), which with its ring of walls and canals was an important element in the defense of Holland between 1580 and 1620. Thereafter the town declined, and in 1913 the harbor was closed down. After restoration work in the 1960s, however, the old harbor is once again