Kuiperspoort, or ‘Coopers Gate’, once housed the guild of coopers (or barrel-makers). It is such a delightful little courtyard, that if you’re not paying attention on your way past, you might easily miss it. Kuiperspoort can be found between the Dam and Rouaanse Kaai. Most of the houses here date back to the second half of the sixteenth century. In the first half of the seventeenth century, the courtyard was purchased by the guild of coopers. The dwellings that once housed the guild now accommodates an art foundation for Walcheren, which organises painting and drawing classes.