Photos Zuiderzee museum

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The Zuiderzee was a shallow bay in The Netherlands, which became a the IJsselmeer (lake IJssel) in 1932 with the closure of the Afsluitdijk. That had a huge impact on the local culture. It ended the frequent flooding with storms but it also obstructed world wide mechandize shipping and fishing in the North Sea.

To preserve the cultural heritage relicts of the Zuiderzee culture, the Zuiderzee museum was installed, with not only hardware but also people around to demonstrate the old craftworks in the Zuiderzee culture in late ninetheenth century.

Been there today and shot some 400 pics. In the next post I'll show a selection, so you can enlarge your trivia knowledge about the Netherlands.

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All pictures are from the small jpgs reduced to 25%, no crops no processing. Actually most pix were made with wide angle 12mm. Inside pix basically all with available light, no flash

The entrance:



Smoking the herring



The local museum harbor

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A more unusual view on the nets hanging to dry



Autochtones maintaining nets



Local fauna

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The barrel and wooden bucket craftsman



and the basket maker



the toolcar of the knife grinder

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The working area of the general repair man



The wooden shoe maker



The truck of the laundry man



There is always a mill in the scenery, this one pumps the water out of the polder.

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Occasionally the heron passes by



Typical interior of a family house at the turn of the century



More maintenance on the nets



while his spouse does the dishes.