New Delft Water Walk
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 ‘greenhouse’...
Graaf FloreskadeDelft
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’. Beneath...
Park SpoorloosDelft
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 space. The...
Stationsplein 12611BV Delft
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 trees and...
Houttuinen2611DX Delft
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 remaining supporting...
BolwerkDelft
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 education,...
Westvest 72611AX Delft
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 South-Holland. The...
Phoenixstraat 32,2611 AL Delft
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 century. The...
BagijnhofDelft
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 find a...
Spoorsingel 72Delft
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 Rose’...
Molen de RoosDelft
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 storage...
Kalverbos 22Delft
