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Umfufu Says: Before we started to count the years (B.C. and Anno) there were already people living in Maasland. Archeologues have found foundations from buildings that belonged to farmers in the Iron-age.A lot of pottery tells us that the Romains lived, worked and staid for a long and...
Umfufu Says: Maasland was a kingdom in the old days. Later they gave it in rental to lords and sirs. Maasland was very wet and a kid of swampy. They started to dry ground and build a farmyard on it. This was not as big as Maasland is now, but it went all the way to the river in...
Umfufu Says: King Otto the 3rd gace Count Dirk the 2nd Maasland as propperty in 985.The count gave premission to build a church in Maasland. In 1243 a man called Diederik van Coldenhove gave all his pesessions ( also a stone house!) to the Knighthood of the German Orde (this is my...
Umfufu Says: With no dykes and swampy grounds to live, it took years before the people came back to live in Maasland.In about 1600 the live started to be normal again. Even a war was far away...Houses in that time were from wood and had straw roofs. So major disasters were in the kind of...
Umfufu Says: The Spanish soldairs made a mess of Maasland during the 80year war. Also the people who are called "Geuzen" made a mess. When they took Den Briel in 1572 they started to run to the Westland and stole, robbed and demolished farms and churches. Like this church in...
't Wapen van Maeslant: A great spot to be
Umfufu Says: I havent got a clue what this cafe is about cause we didnt had a drink here. But as you can see they have a nice terras so it must be great to sitt there in summer, sunshine and something nice to eat and drink.
Lickebaertshoeve: You have to see this
Umfufu Says: After a big fire in 2002 they had to start rebuilding the restaurant, which was placed in a farmbuilding from 1778.The restaurant is still in this farm and if you are inside you can have a wonderfull look of the polders, farms and animals.(Got no picture of it, cause its not...
The Pynas: This is the place to be
Umfufu Says: This place is old, till 1874 the heads of the community had sittings and meetings here.Cause there was no town hall. So you could also marrie here and they kept all the dosiers here.When we were there it was closed. But i had a peek through the window and it looked like a...
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Umfufu Says: Maasland is a very small town and the center is full of water. I dont know your parking but mine near water is always different then just a nice parking spot far away from water. Beside that if you come on bike you get that historic feeling of being back in time!This bike...
Umfufu Says: This picture is take through the window, but although its a little misty you still can see the old inside and a lot of candy. Its a kind of a museum where you can see how stores managed to handle in the old days and what kind of candies they had then.Pay attention, they...
De Schilpen: Candy !!!!!!!!!!!!
Umfufu Says: Outside you can see a very old house. Inside you can eat your heart out !The Netherlands have traditional candy's. Most of them arent around anymore ...but in this little shop you can buy them all ! Well i dont know about you, but i would love to buy some...
Umfufu Says: Most people in the south of holland are used to water. They live near the beach, polder, river or lake. We are not yet the Venetie of the Netherlands, but we are used to water.Living near or on the water is something more Dutch would like. This family is lucky to have a...
Umfufu Says: This can be a problem if there are too much of them, but even one can be a pain in the...neck!You have to pay attention all the time when you hear them coming you way, before you know it.....you have a ***ty sleave, hair or...car.This family keeps ppigeons for fun on their...
Umfufu Says: If you need a quiet day with not a lot of noise and other tourists...you should go to Maasland. Make sure you can go when you want and that you have an other plan in mind. You have seen Maasland in about 4 hours (And that is when you go and see ALL of Maasland !) Go there...
Umfufu Says: Nothing special, because all you need you can find in this little town. The picture is funny because there was a humb on the road and i took this picture from the car. On the background is a second church from Maasland. Just normal clothing A hospital is close by in...
Umfufu Says: This name is given to Maasland, and if you come and see Maasland by yourselve, its green and quiet. Nice and full of animals and flowers. Poetic and ready to take stand still for the picture you wanna take !
Umfufu Says: Schipluiden is a small place near Maasland. There are several ways to go to Maasland and one of them is taking the dyke from Schipluiden. You will see the most wonderfull sceneries, cows and sheep, and dont forget the mills (build in 1767 and 1718).
Umfufu Says: Just kidding with the rafting. But you can canoe through Maasland. Nearby there is a place where you can rent canoes and in the Westland is a lot of water. (In the old day the farmers used the water to bring the vegetables to the clients and later to the auctions). You need...
Umfufu Says: You have to take a good look around you when you walk through Maasland. There are signs everywhere about the history. Not only like on this house, but in trees, doorways and the floor. There are archeological places and maybe even ancien people (??)Anyway..........HAVE...
Umfufu Says: This is the place for the people from Maasland now to get married, tell about their new born child or the death of a familymember.The town hall. Its near the Pynas where they used to do it in the old days.
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Frans and me have been to the Maeslant kering (a masterpiece of the Delta-works). This is near Maasland but the adres is in Hoek van Holland. So its a bit difficult to find out where to put it on VT....
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