Kiek in de Kok

This medieval fort was constructed in 1475-1481. The six story cannon tower played a key role in the Livonian War. It still has nine of Ivan IV's cannonballs embedded in its walls. I never heard of the Livonian War until last Monday. I used to get all my important knowledge from Reader's Digest. Now I depend on Wikipedia: The Livonian War of 1558-1582 was a lengthy military conflict between the Tsardom of Russia and a coalition of Denmark, Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Kingdom of Poland, and Sweden for control of Greater Livonia (the territory of the present-day Estonia and Latvia). In the foreground you see some enterprising young people were charging a small amount for people to test their archery skills.