Enkhuizen.

Enkhuizen sits on the IJsselmeer in North Holland, a former Zuiderzee port that grew wealthy during the Dutch Golden Age. The Drommedaris, a round defense tower at the harbor mouth, still marks the entrance to the old town, where narrow brick streets pass gabled merchant houses and a working marina. The Zuiderzee Museum keeps the region's fishing and boatbuilding history alive, with an open-air section of relocated houses and workshops from villages around the former Zuiderzee. Smokehouses in town still prepare eel and herring the traditional way, a craft tied to generations of fishing here. The harbor stays active, with sailing boats passing through the lock and open water that reaches toward Friesland on clear days. Small shops and markets fill the center, set against brick facades that recall Enkhuizen's trading past. The town's Golden Age wealth came largely from herring fishing and trade across the Zuiderzee, and that history is still visible in its warehouses and merchant architecture.