17th century wooden traditional Dutch houses in Graft-De Rijp
This little travel story never made it to my blog in 2009. I’m not really sure why. I can only suspect that I had other fascinating travel stories to tell and better pictures to share (these were only taken by a mobile phone).
Several years ago I dragged the poor unwilling Dutchman with me to boring (according to him) little Dutch villages in the weekends. I can now see that he compromised a lot back then, haha. I normally pick the village of choice for the weekend and we would drive there and then we take a walk in and around the village. Luckily, Dutchman loves to walk. We normally close the afternoon with drinks and a little snack in a café restaurant in the village.
I don’t have the ‘village’ bug anymore but when its beautiful weather and if I am in the mood I would love to visit a picturesque Dutch village.
Nevertheless, the village in concern for this entry is ‘Graft-De Rijp’.
Now I have read that there are more than a hundred 17th century monuments including wooden traditional Dutch houses in Graft-De Rijp. I love old architecture, it fascinates me so that earned a visit to this village.
Graft-De Rijp is a small village, actually a once fishing village that became very rich due to herring fishery in the middle ages. It is located in the Beemster area in the North Holland province. The village eventually lost the sea/lake to polderisation, which in layman’s term means, land reclamation or the claiming back of land. This was a massive and ambitious project executed to save the village from being devoured by the rising waters.
Trivia: Did you know that Graft-De Rijp are actually 2 villages connected to each other? Graft and De Rijp. The villages have several wooden and white coloured draw bridges connecting each other as well and we even saw a little scaled model of it in one of the gardens.
The best time to visit Graft-de Rijp would be summer, when its full of colours, activity and the sun is shining.
For some reason I forgot to bring my camera and all pictures here were taken by my old Nokia Navigator mobile phone. Thus the quality difference.
Travel Period: April 2009
Destination: Beemster and Graft-deRijp (North Holland), The Netherlands
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Preserved in time: Graft-de Rijp village in the North Holland province.
Several years ago I dragged the poor unwilling Dutchman with me to boring (according to him) little Dutch villages in the weekends. I can now see that he compromised a lot back then, haha. I normally pick the village of choice for the weekend and we would drive there and then we take a walk in and around the village. Luckily, Dutchman loves to walk. We normally close the afternoon with drinks and a little snack in a café restaurant in the village.
I don’t have the ‘village’ bug anymore but when its beautiful weather and if I am in the mood I would love to visit a picturesque Dutch village.
Nevertheless, the village in concern for this entry is ‘Graft-De Rijp’.
Now I have read that there are more than a hundred 17th century monuments including wooden traditional Dutch houses in Graft-De Rijp. I love old architecture, it fascinates me so that earned a visit to this village.
Graft-De Rijp is a small village, actually a once fishing village that became very rich due to herring fishery in the middle ages. It is located in the Beemster area in the North Holland province. The village eventually lost the sea/lake to polderisation, which in layman’s term means, land reclamation or the claiming back of land. This was a massive and ambitious project executed to save the village from being devoured by the rising waters.
Trivia: Did you know that Graft-De Rijp are actually 2 villages connected to each other? Graft and De Rijp. The villages have several wooden and white coloured draw bridges connecting each other as well and we even saw a little scaled model of it in one of the gardens.
The best time to visit Graft-de Rijp would be summer, when its full of colours, activity and the sun is shining.
Het Raadhuis (old city hall) met de waag.
The Dutch has this habit of hanging their duvets on the window sill. They do this to freshen up the duvets that will be used again later in the evening.
The Dutch are keen on decorating their houses and they normally do it by twos or in pairs.
Coffee and tea are always served with a cookie in the Netherlands.
For some reason I forgot to bring my camera and all pictures here were taken by my old Nokia Navigator mobile phone. Thus the quality difference.
Travel Period: April 2009
Destination: Beemster and Graft-deRijp (North Holland), The Netherlands
Keep in touch and follow me on Facebook: Travel & Lifestyle Diaries by Dutched Pinay Travels
Happy Travels! Enjoy Life =)
