Open-air Guest Day

Programme subject to change.

Open-air Guest Day.

13:00 – 14:30 Farmers' meal for about 80 West Frisians in traditional costume around the church on the Markt. These West Frisians in traditional 19th-century regional dress take part in the traditional farmers' meal consisting of: soup with a meat bone, grey peas with raisins and, for dessert, semolina pudding with redcurrant sauce. Of course, “boerenjongens” (brandy-soaked raisins) and brandy are on the table.

During this authentic meal, the shanty choir “Scheepstuygh” provides the musical entertainment.

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

09:00 – 15:00 Curiosities and crafts market in the Nieuwstraat.

10:00 The West Frisians gather at the corner of Nieuwe Laagzijde/Stationsweg (café Spoorzicht) for the parade.

10:00 – 15:00 Have yourself weighed on an old “witches' scales” for a small fee, on the Markt next to the information stand.

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 No organ recital in the Dutch Reformed Church (N.H. Kerk) on the Markt this week.

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.

13:00 – 14:30 Farmers' meal on the Markt.

13:15 – 15:00 Skroifgroep Hoogwoud (West Frisian writers' group) performs in the coffee room of the N.H. Kerk 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.