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What few streets are here are very pretty ones. Lined by trees, they form a beautiful backdrop in any season.
Written Jan 6, 2005
This building is very cute and is surrounded that a few houses. There's not much to look at beside it's quaint location but the playground is nearby where you can have a drink and rest your feet.
Written Jan 6, 2005
One thing you will find in abundance here is green fields! Towards the rivers that surround the islet, there are fields everywhere. Who ever said that Holland is a built-up country?
Written Jan 6, 2005
There are a few small wooded areas here, and each of them has a moat. One is, of course, surrounding the castle, but there are other ones. Nowadays, they are very decorative additions to the woods.
Written Jan 6, 2005
Het Huis Nederhemert belong to a baron's estate before WW2. The family still lives on the island in a villa nearby, but the castle was destroyed in the last winter of the war.
Unable to be rebuild afterwards as funds were low, the ruins were handed over to the State and the the provincial department took over. A few years ago, enough funds were raised to restore the castle and that's in progress as you read this!
You still can't enter the construction site, but you can see the place as you walk around the moat.
Written Jan 6, 2005
tvdm Says: That's the only thing they have here accommodation-wise! Lovely in summer (next to the river where you can swim, fish and sail). A tad dreary in winter... Very basic but very quiet altogether, especially after all the day trippers have gone home!
The best way to get there is by car! From Den Bosch, take the A59 towards Waalwijk, get off at exit 42, drive across the bridge past Heusden and turn left Ammerzoden. You turn under the bridge, cross the river and you're almost there.
From Wijk, my childhood town, Nederhemert-Zuid is the closest village next to it, but the river Maas happens to be in the way... Therefore we always have to take the detour to the bridge as there's no ferry either. Ah well, it keeps the place quiet I guess.
Written Jan 6, 2005
Time seems to stand still here, and it sure looks like nothing has changed here at all. To prove how little man's actions have taken hold here: this pic shows a tree that has grown through (?!) the cast-iron church fence!
Written Jan 6, 2005
Favorite thing: I would definitely take an afternoon to walk around the island (see the Travelogue for that). Afterwards, let the kids run free in the playground while you sit down and relax underneath the ancient trees!
Fondest memory: My childhood memories are priceless of course, but everytime I go back and walk around is another gem!
Written Jan 6, 2005
The tiny hamlet of Nederhemert-Zuid and the even tinier adjacent speck called Bern are located on a piece of land that locals refer to as 't Eiland (the Island). And as luck would have it, this little...
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