IJsselstein

IJsselstein is a municipality and a city within the Netherlands, inside the province of Utrecht. IJsselstein obtained metropolis rights in 1331. IJsselstein owes its name to the river Hollandse IJssel which flows through the town. It is a prime commuting suburb for the Utrecht vicinity, at the side of neighbouring cities Houten and Nieuwegein. It's surrounded via the municipalities of Utrecht, Montfoort, Lopik, Vianen and Nieuwegein. The town has an vintage city, surrounded through a small canal. A castle stood in IJsselstein from 1300 to 1888; the tower survived. The town has huge churches, each named after St. Nicholas: the Dutch Reformed Nicolaas church, founded in 1310, and a Roman Catholic one.

Inside the Protestant church there are two mausoleums; one of the own family of Gijsbrecht van Amstel and some other one among Aleida van Culemborg. The catholic basilica of St. Nicolaas dates from 1887 and is neo-gothic. It turned into given the name of 'Basilica Minor' by Pope Paul VI in 1972. A 366.8 metres excessive tv mast, called the Gerbrandy Tower, is positioned in IJsselstein. The tower is usually, and erroneously, referred to as Zendmast Lopik, after the nearby village of Lopik.