I would like to call this post as a Throwback Tuesday 😀😀😄😄 as I scroll on my hard drive to found this folder with Holland photos. Mind you, I still have thousand photos to organize 😟😞
Lets throwback to Volendam which is a small town in North Holland, The Netherlands. It is a small town by the water, open sea and has about 22,000 inhabitants...
Originally, Volendam was the location of the harbor of the nearby Edam. In 1357, the inhabitants of Edam dug a shorter canal to the Zuiderzee with its own separate harbor. This removed the need for the original harbor, which was then dammed and used for land reclamation. Farmers and local fishermen settled there, forming the new community of Vollendam, which literally meant something like 'Filled dam'. In the early part of the 20th century it became something of an artists' retreat, with both Picasso and Renoir spending time here. The majority of the population belongs to the Roman Catholic Church, which is deeply connected to the village culture. Historically, many missionaries and bishops grew up in Volendam.
Volendam is a popular tourist attraction in the
Netherlands, well known for its old fishing boats and the traditional clothing
still worn by some residents. The women's costume of Volendam, with its high,
pointed bonnet, is one of the most recognizable of the Dutch traditional
costumes, and is often featured on tourist postcards and posters (although
there are believed to be fewer than 50 women now wearing the costume as part of
their daily lives, most of them elderly). There is a regular ferry connection to
Marken, a peninsula close by. Volendam also features a small museum about its
history and clothing style, and visitors can have their pictures taken in
traditional Dutch costumes.
