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Also in Aalsmeer one can find perfect examples of the green facades of the fishermen's style that originates from the area around Zaandam, Marken and Volendam. This style spread all around the "IJsselmeer" (IJssel-lake) and is remarkably enough also found in these neighborhoods, though fishery never was an important professional group here. The houses are however a welcome change in the wide scala of styles that Aalsmeer has.
Written Apr 12, 2004
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Sinds ze gescheiden is,
het water en het land,
Leeft het hier hand in hand
in een verbintenis
van eeuwenlang innigheid
en mildheid en gemis
en hoop en strijd
het water neemt en geeft
en trouw van mensenhand
bezegelt dit verband
wat men aan liefde heeft
is met dit land gemoeid
omdat het waarlijk leeft
wanneer het bloeit
midden in Holland slaat
dit hart van licht en glas
een bloem die in het gras
voor God te glanzen staat
en zendt te kust te keur
rondom haar overdaad
aan kleur en geur.
translated
Since they are split
the water and the land
They live hand in hand
in a unity
of centuries of deep emotions
tenderness and missing
hope and fight
water takes and gives
and a loyal human hand
determines this unity
and the love one has
is connected to this soil
because it truely lives
when it blossoms
in the midst of Holland
this heart of light and glass
a flower in the grass
shining in front of God
and sending whenever it needs
around and around it's many
lovely colours and smells.
Written Apr 12, 2004
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The holy stone of Aalsmeer
Weather predictions since 1887 (and remodeled in 2001)
A stone on a rope tells you everything:
1. if stone is wet, it rains
2. if stone is dry, it's nice weather
3. if stone feels warm, it's sunny
4. if stone is white, there's snow
5. if stone moves, there wind
6. if stone is invisible, there's fog
7. if stone has dropped to the floor, there has been an earthquake.
Written Apr 12, 2004
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It amazes me to see that Aalsmeer has around a five art galeries and several exposition spaces to show and sell the people art. Some artists live in Aalsmeer and obviously it's vicinity gives a lot of positive inspiration to many. The town has indeed a love for art and the fact that some of the wealthier Dutch people live here helps in selling it, of course.
Written Apr 12, 2004
Website: http://www.kunstkoop.net/galerieen/index.html
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