Crafts and Collecting Day

Programme subject to change.

Crafts and Collecting Day.

In the Nieuwstraat you can meet around 30 collectors, from stamps to dolls, from books to curiosities. It is always fun to see what people collect.

09:00 Harnessing and hitching the horses in the Muziektuin behind Museum Vreeburg.

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 – 15:00 Wood turner in the smithy at the Vreeburg museum farm.

10:45 The parade sets off from the Nieuwe Laagzijde.

11:00 – 13:00 Organ recital by Pieter Rynja 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 – 13:00 The farrier shoes horses in front of the Vreeburg museum farm on the Loet.

12:30 The choir “Het Scheepstuygh” begins on the south side of the Markt.

13:15 – 15:00 Performance by Skroifgroep Veenhuizen (West Frisian writers' group) in the coffee room of the church on the Markt.

Don't forget to visit our beautiful Vreeburg museum farm and the Carriage Museum.