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About this place ↓About Fort Zeelandia from Above, Paramaribo
Fort Zeelandia stands on the bank of the Suriname River at the edge of old Paramaribo. The English built the first fort here in the 1650s, and in 1667 a Dutch fleet under Abraham Crijnssen captured it and renamed it after the Dutch province of Zeeland. In the same year the Dutch kept Suriname in the peace treaty with England, which kept New Amsterdam, today's New York. The fort, with its five-pointed shape, now houses the Suriname Museum. This photo looks down into its courtyard, surrounded by brick buildings with red-tiled roofs.
Puzzle tip: start with the red roofs around the courtyard, then the pale paving in the middle and the river in the corner.
- Location
- Suriname, South America
- Theme
- Landmark
Moving pieces: Drag a piece with your mouse or finger. With a mouse you can also click a piece once to pick it up — it follows the pointer until you click again to set it down.
Joining pieces: Drop a piece near its matching neighbour and it snaps into place with a click. Joined pieces move together as one group. There’s no fixed spot to build in — assemble anywhere on the table.
Play As: Pick how many pieces to cut the picture into, from 12 up to 300. Switch on Hard shape at the bottom of the menu for trickier pieces with three knobs on every side. Changing either setting starts the puzzle over.
Table: At the very bottom of Play As, choose what you build on: leather, light oak, green felt or charcoal. Your choice is remembered for every puzzle and doesn’t restart the one you’re on. Light oak table photo by simon on Unsplash.
Pause: Click the timer, or the pause button next to it. The table is covered while paused so nobody can sneak a look; click it (or the timer) to carry on.
Show picture: The picture button shows the finished image as a guide. Click it again to hide it.
Arrange pieces: Lines up all loose pieces in tidy rows at the sides of the table, handy for spotting edges or a missing piece. Click again to scatter them. Pieces you’ve already joined stay exactly where you left them.
Restart: Mixes up the pieces and starts again with the same settings.
Fullscreen: The last button on the bar gives the puzzle the whole screen. Press it again or Esc to leave.
Progress: In the middle of the bar, the counter shows how many pieces are joined, and the percentage shows how much of the picture is done.
Finishing: When the last piece clicks in, the timer stops at your finishing time, and you can play again or try another puzzle at the same size and shape.
Puzzle: Jigsaw Earth — free online jigsaw puzzles of places around the world.
