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A 17th-century Dutch pentagonal fortress on the Suriname River bank in central Paramaribo, now housing the Stichting Surinaams Museum with colonial-period collections and period rooms.
Best for first-time visitors, history interest.
Fort Zeelandia is the seventeenth-century Dutch pentagonal fortress on the bank of the Suriname River that the city grew around, and it now houses the Stichting Surinaams Museum. The museum's visitor page gives the entrance address as Abraham Crijnssenweg 1 and the phone as (597) 425871.
Opening is narrow and worth planning around: Tuesday to Friday 09:00 to 14:00 and Sunday 10:00 to 14:00, closed Monday, Saturday and national holidays. The Sunday slot comes with a 10:30 guided tour of the fort's history, limited to roughly 15 to 20 people. In practice that means a fort visit is a morning, not an afternoon.
Two things the museum does not publish: an entrance fee, and any statement about the foundation's library, which its own page says is currently closed. Access to Paramaribo's museums changes often; check before you build a day around one.
You will see the site given as Zeelandiaweg 1 as well as Abraham Crijnssenweg 1. Both refer to the same fort.
A five-day route that works around what is actually open: the UNESCO inner city on foot, the Commewijne plantations by boat, Jodensavanne upriver, and one night at Brownsberg, Galibi in season or Fredberg. With published prices and the opening hours that decide the order.
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The trips that take five hours or less: the sunset dolphin boat, guided city walks, the food tour, a morning at Peperpot, the fort across the river and the free inner city. Plus why Jodensavanne, Brownsberg and Colakreek are not half days.
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Two of Suriname's three World Heritage sites (the country's cultural pair), a plantation district, a ruined sugar factory and a fort museum. What each one holds, which guided walks and tours are published and at what price, and where slavery and indenture are the subject rather than a footnote.
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A workable three-day plan: the UNESCO inner city on foot, a day across the river in Commewijne, and a third day that depends on what you want from Suriname.
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A half-day route through the thirty hectares UNESCO inscribed in 2002: fort, square, palace, park, cathedral, and the synagogue and mosque that share a street.
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Information on this page is sourced from Stichting Surinaams Museum, Wikidata.
De Gadri (formerly Mix Food) is the Creole eetcafé at Zeelandiaweg 1 beside Fort Zeelandia, known for pom. Open Monday to Friday 08:00–19:00, Saturday 12:00–19:00, closed Sunday. Phone +597 420-688. Daily menu posted on its Facebook page.
A money museum run by the Centrale Bank van Suriname in the bank's building in central Paramaribo, presenting coins, banknotes and medals used in Suriname past and present.
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