Fort Nieuw Amsterdam, Commewijne District, Suriname

4.0 (71 reviews) Spent Ranking #1 in Nieuw Amsterdam Speciality Museums

18th C Pentagonal fort with prison museum.

We drove a rental car 24 km northeast from our Downtown Oasis Guesthouse, crossing over the 1 mile Suriname Bridge and arriving here at 11AM. After paying $2 US each at the entry, we strolled along the fort's earthen walls, seeing military artifacts along the way to the Gunpowder Storage, Carriage House, Plantation House and finally the Prison. This facility had concrete cells and other rooms with displays of the varied immigrant cultures (many descriptions in Dutch) that make up the present day Suriname citizenship. Driving 6 km east to add the 1882 Marienburg 'suikerfabriek' ruins made for an interesting morning tour.
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Address

Open Air Museum Fort Nieuw Amsterdam Wilhelminastraat, New Amsterdam, Commewijne, Nieuw Amsterdam, Suriname.

Mobile

+597 322-225

Website

http://www.fortnieuwamsterdam.sr

Current local date and time now

Saturday, May 11, 2024, 5:34

User Ratings

4.0 based on (71 reviews)

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Reviews

  • 4Wendy v 5:00 PM Apr 29, 2012
    Well maintained heritage
    This historic building and its surroudings are beautifull and well mantained. We went there by bus and taxi, we took the bus from Paramaribo (Heiligeweg) to Meerzorg and took a taxi there and went firts to naturepark and plantage Peperpot wich is a beautifull park you can hike the 3.2 km trail through the park, you will see lots of different birds and also monkey's up close. Then we went by taxi to Fort New Amsterdam. After our visit there we took the boot to Leonsberg were we went on a dolfin/sunset tour from Waterproof Suriname, it was great to see the dolfins in the river. But to do this al in one day is not recommended it's to much and you don't have enough time to see everything, especially Peperpot, it's nice to take your time there and relax in the nature.
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  • 4Dennis Singh 5:00 PM Jan 7, 2020
    Historic sight
    The boat ride was exciting to the Fort. Its a very big area with trees, buildings, historic sights and a very interesting and friendly guide. If you love nature and history, my advice is to pay the Fort a visit

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