Animal Day
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Programme subject to change.
Animal Day.
On the market square you can visit animal pens with animals.
It is a day of living heritage. A number of cattle with calves will be there, and sheep will be shorn at the corner of Posthoorn/Stiel.
Spinners: the spinners are in the Nieuwstraat near the entrance to Makado, where they show how sheared wool is processed. This spun wool is also used to knit socks and nets, and the ladies also card wool.
From 12:00 Ben de Banjoman also rides his horse on the market.
For additional hygiene rules, see Visitor information on this website.
09:00 Harnessing and hitching the horses in the Muziektuin behind Museum Vreeburg.
09:00 – 15:00 Curiosities and crafts market in the Nieuwstraat.
09:00 – 15:00 Animal pens with all kinds of animals on the Markt.
10:00 The West Frisians gather at the corner of Nieuwe Laagzijde/Stationsweg (café Spoorzicht) for the parade.
10:00 – 15:00 The tower on the Markt can be climbed for a small fee; inside the tower is the exhibition with many historical photographs of the Westfriese Folklore.
10:00 Spinners in the Nieuwstraat near the entrance to Makado.
10:00 – 14:00 Have yourself weighed on the “witches' scales”, next to the information stand on the Markt.
10:00 – 15:00 Wood turner in the smithy at Museum Vreeburg.
10:45 The parade sets off from the Nieuwe Laagzijde.
11:00 – 13:00 Organ recital by Jacob Stam in the Dutch Reformed Church (N.H. Kerk) on the Markt.
11:25 Performance by the children's dance group on the church square on the Markt.
11:45 Children's bread meal on the Markt.
11:45 Performance by the West Frisian dance group on the church square on the Markt.
12:00 Sheep shearing at the corner of Posthoorn/Stiel on the Markt.
12:00 – 13:00 The farrier shoes horses in front of the Vreeburg museum farm on the Loet.
12:00 – 15:00 Ben de Banjoman on his horse.
13:00 – 15:00 Skroifgroep Hoogwoud (West Frisian writers' group) in the coffee room of the church on the Markt. They sing and tell anecdotes in the wonderfully rich West Frisian dialect.
Don't forget to visit our beautiful Vreeburg museum farm and the Carriage Museum.
