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Spuihuisje

The Spuihuisje is the former lock keeper’s house, built above the passage to the Zuiderhaven on the Spui.

The frieze brings the simple facade to life, because it contains five coloured coats of arms with the coats of arms of Hoorn, Oranje, Westfriesland, Enkhuizen and Medemblik.

The Spuihuisje contains the lifting mechanism of the lock gate that was supposed to prevent the water level in the city canals from getting too high. The picturesquely situated house now houses the Bottle Ship Museum.