Wijk bij Duurstede

 town, region, interesting place

Wijk bij Duurstede is a municipality and a city in the centre of the Netherlands.

The city (population as of 2007: 23,377) is located on the river Rhine. At Wijk bij Duurstede, the Kromme Rijn (English: Crooked Rhine) branches off, and the main branch is called river Lek downstream from Wijk bij Duurstede.

The name 'Wijk bij Duurstede' means 'Settlement near (castle) Duurstede'.
Duurstede Castle is a ruin in Wijk bij Duurstede where the bishop of Utrecht used to live.
In Wijk bij Duurstede is the only drive-through wind mill in the world. The mill is often confused with the mill that was made famous by Ruysdael's 1670 painting. That mill however does no longer exist (its foundation can still be seen a couple of blocks away of the remaining mill).

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