European Heritage Days 2014

In the Netherlands the European Heritage Days are known as 'Open Monumentendag'. They are held every second weekend of September in which thousands of historical buildings and sites (about 4.000) are open to the public free of charge. In recent years around 900,000 visitors have participated annually, making the Open Monumentendag one of the Netherlands’ premier cultural events.


The extreme contrast between the visual transparency of glazed constructions and massive masonry is a source of great dynamism in the design of architectonic applications in monumental works. Octatube has often had the honour to contribute to such projects, both in the Netherlands and abroad.

Below we have made a selection of monuments that are open for the public this weekend, all featured with a glass structures realised by Octatube:

- The Broerekerk in Bolsward
- The Big Church of Breda
- The Brederode Remain in Velsen
- The Geert Groote Huis in Deventer
- The Muzerije in Den Bosch
- The Mauritshuis in Den Haag
- The Prinsenhof in Delft
- The County Hall of Groningen
- The City Hall of Groningen
- The Old City Hall of Vught

Fore more information on the glass- and steel structure in the above mentioned projects we kindly refer to our projects page.