{"id":7663,"date":"2017-12-14T18:01:59","date_gmt":"2017-12-14T17:01:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/?p=7663"},"modified":"2025-12-12T05:47:57","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T04:47:57","slug":"netherlands-early-summer-2017-edam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/netherlands-early-summer-2017-edam\/","title":{"rendered":"The Netherlands early Summer 2017 \u2013 Edam"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

From the campground to Edam or Amsterdam takes about the same time by bicycle. And I was so many times in Amsterdam, but only once in Edam – so it was Edam today. You pedal in the general direction until you pass a signpost with the bike routes on it. Now you find your number and follow the route along flowery meadows, ponds and ditches, bridges, a lot of cows and sheep, winding dykes, waving reeds, old and new farmhouses, and an old windmill if you’re lucky. The land is flat, and as long as you do not face the wind from the front, it is super easy. I decided to bike over Volendam and along the water to get to Edam and circle back against the clock to the campground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Volendam<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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View from Voloendam out on the sea<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Snack <\/picture>
Snack time in Volendam – the birds liked me all of a sudden since I had Hummus with bread. Turns out they did not really care for Hummus after all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kathammer Molen Windmill<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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This mill was built around 1650. It burned down in 1896 and was rebuilt. In 1911 the blades and the roof were removed, and the mill became a pumping station. In 1986 the mill was finally restored and is operating again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Team green<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Edam<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\"Edam\" <\/picture>
Edam! It is not allowed to ride from Volendam to Edam on the dam – you can only walk, so I had a nice view of – nothing for a while, but what to do? But I can assure you – there is water on the right! Behind the dyke!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Townhall <\/picture>
Town hall Edam – it is still in use for marriages and other ceremonies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Townhall Edam Detail<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lots of red brick buildings and narrow paths<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Carillon <\/picture>
The Carillon Tower from 1561. Next to it is the Church of Our Dear Lady (Kleine or Onze Lieve Vrouwe Kerk in Dutch) or what is left of it. The first church was built around 1350, and the last one was demolished in 1882. All that is left is the small part to support the tower. When I took this picture, the tower had 37 bells. Now it has 5 more!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Shells on the church’s ground<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Decoration <\/picture>
Decoration over an entrance at Lingerzijde<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"Entrance <\/picture>
Entrance with window<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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View from a bridge towards the Oorgat<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Old watergate to regulate the water level<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Edam Cheese market<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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At the Cheesemarket in Edam. This is what Edam is known for – the Edam Cheese!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Taking the boat to town<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Sometimes you have to cross a town. There are bridges all over the place, and nice people who make a living opening and closing those bridges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Slowly, the bridge opens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Halfway up<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There you go<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Finally <\/picture>
Finally open water<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The next bridge awaits<\/p>\n\n\n\n

St. Nicolas Church<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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Various stages of the construction.
Grote Kerk, or St. Nicholaaskerk as the church is known here, was built at the beginning of the 15th Century. A few times, lightning struck the church, and it burned down and was rebuilt. It is one of the largest 3 ridged churches in Europe. It is built on piles, and the weight had to be kept to a minimum because the ground is not stable. The vaulted ceiling, for example, is made from wood instead of stone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"Grave <\/picture>
Like in other churches some people got buried right in the church<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Stained glass windows<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Most of the stained glass windows where donated as gifts from neighboring towns<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The organ of St. Nicolas church<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"There <\/picture>
There was an Art Exhibition about the war in Syria<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Coffee <\/picture>
There was an old lady selling coffee in the church, so I had one. Tried one of the local treats as well – quite edible if you are hungry.
After the church ,it was time to pedal back and wait for the guys. It was a nice week, and I love to bike in Waterland. Somehow, you arrive in this part of Holland and calm down in an instant. The same goes for Friesland – where I was a few weeks later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Train back home again<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\"Omi's <\/picture>
Omi’s Apfelstudel – in a bottle? But it is Vegan!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Castle\" <\/picture>
A few more castles on the way home and 6 times changing of the train as well. Well well….<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Castle\" <\/picture><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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From the campground to Edam or Amsterdam takes about the same time by bicycle. And I was so many times in Amsterdam, but only once in Edam – so it was Edam today. You pedal in the general direction until you pass a signpost with the bike routes on it. Now you find your number…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":7673,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kb_optimizer_status":0,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[689,224,208],"tags":[690,463,459],"class_list":["post-7663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-edam","category-europe","category-netherlands","tag-edam","tag-europe","tag-netherlands"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/hhh@2x-1-scaled.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"Marc Hastenteufel","author_link":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/author\/marc\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/hhh@2x-1-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7663"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7663\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14349,"href":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7663\/revisions\/14349"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}