Take the route Proverbs route - House with the golden crown

What a beautiful house this is! It spans (literally) the crown! Just look up, there you see a golden crown. To span means to measure. So a person could "span the crown" to himself and say he was king. Meanwhile, the expression means "something that surpasses everything. This house surpasses other houses in terms of its beautiful facade: it spans the crown!

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Wijksestraat 28, Heusden

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Proverbial route - House with the golden crown

A winding alley
To the left of the house with the crown is a narrow alley. Such alleys are typical of Heusden; they are not straight, but winding. Thus the soldiers who protected the town could easily escape into it! If the enemy fired on them, they could not be seen or hit after the winding, just like at the Wijkse Poort (stop 9)!

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Pretend you are a soldier and flee down the narrow alley! At the end, turn left. You will then see Engstraat on your right.