The Delft City Guides answer what every visitor ends up asking: where to eat well away from the pricey terraces on the Markt, how to tell real hand-painted Delft Blue from printed copies, what to do with children on a wet afternoon and how to reach the North Sea or Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring in under an hour. Each guide is a short, honest list that says why a place earns its spot, what to order or look for and one useful tip, and it opens in your browser the moment you have paid.
About the Delft City Guides
- 105 places
- 5 guides
- 7 languages
- Works offline
- Print or PDF
- Instant access
- Free updates
The five Delft guides
Food guide
24 places
Kibbeling and hand-cut frites, Indonesian and Surinamese counters, lunch beside the canals, dinner tables worth booking, beer cafés with bitterballen and the town’s best ice cream.
Things to do guide
20 places
Delft Blue workshops and museums, the two great churches and the Markt, Vermeer’s little street, the canals, the last city gate and silent almshouse courtyards.
Family guide
20 places
City farms with water play, a windmill children can climb, painting a Delft Blue tile of their own, swimming pools, indoor play halls and treats.
Day trips guide
20 places
The North Sea by tram, the Mauritshuis in The Hague, Rotterdam and the Kinderdijk mills, Leiden and Gouda, then Utrecht, Haarlem and Amsterdam.
Budget guide
21 places
Free walks and a windmill open for a donation, sights for a few euros, cheap herring, frites and bakery lunches, and free days out by tram and train.
Why an interactive guide beats a list
Tick places off
Mark each place as done and watch your progress, so you always know what is left.
Your own notes
Write notes on any place and add your own finds. They stay on your phone.
One tap to Maps
Every place opens in Google Maps, and the day route puts your picks in a sensible order.
Open now, near me
Filter by what is open right now or what is closest to you.
Works offline
Open the guide once with a connection and it keeps working without data.
Print it or save as PDF
On a computer, print any guide or save it as a PDF to take with you.
Three places from the guides
Spijshuis De Dis
Beestenmarkt, east of the Markt
Dutch home cooking brought up to date, from slow-braised meat to hutspot-style mash, served on Delft Blue plates on the loveliest square in town. Do not skip the bread at the start; mains run about €22 to €28. From the food guide.
Straatje van Vermeer
Vlamingstraat 40-42
In 2015 researchers used an old register of canal-dredging fees to tie Vermeer’s The Little Street to this address. The houses have gone, yet the narrow passage between them survives, and a small exhibition next door tells the story for about €9. From the things to do guide.
Mauritshuis
Plein 29, 10 min walk from Den Haag Centraal
Girl with a Pearl Earring hangs here alongside Vermeer’s View of Delft, so you see the town you are staying in through his eyes. Rembrandt and Fabritius’s Goldfinch share the same small palace; allow 90 minutes and about €20. From the beaches and day trips guide.
Plan your days in Delft
Day one: start on the Markt, climb the Nieuwe Kerk tower, walk over to the leaning Oude Kerk on the same ticket, find Vermeer’s little street and see the canals from a tour boat, then eat on the Beestenmarkt and finish with a beer beside the Oude Kerk. Day two: take the 12-minute train to The Hague for the Mauritshuis, then ride tram 1 on to the beach at Scheveningen, or head south to Rotterdam and the Kinderdijk mills instead. For a rainy or slow day, paint your own tile at Royal Delft, see the Prinsenhof where William of Orange was shot, warm up in the Hortus greenhouses and end with an Indonesian rijsttafel.
Questions about the Delft guides
What do the Delft City Guides include?
Five guides covering 105 places: food, things to do, family, beaches and day trips, and budget. Every entry tells you why it is worth going, where it is, notes on opening times and one practical tip.
How do I get the guides after paying?
The links appear on your order confirmation page and in the email that follows straight after. They open in the browser of any phone, tablet or laptop, with no app to install and no account to set up.
Can I use the Delft guides without internet?
Yes. Open each guide once while you are online and it keeps working offline afterwards, with your ticks and notes. Only opening a place in maps needs mobile data.
Which languages are the Delft guides available in?
The guides open in English, German, French, Spanish, Dutch, Chinese and Japanese. You can switch the language inside the guide at any time.
How much do the Delft guides cost?
One guide is €4.99, two are €8.99, four are €15.99 and all five together are €19.99.
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