Schagen        (15 km)

 

 

During the summer months stands alkmaar at ten Thursdays sequentially entirely in the sign westfriesischer folklore in all its facets, dialectal presentations, dress and uses with moves of historic vehicles and traditional robes.

 

 

 

 

 

Also the Schagener weeks market takes place and rules roofed in that store center living driving.

During the total year through respectively Thursday yet sheep are brought to markets and will seal the purchases as well as in earlier times per handshake.

  
In the 15th century when Schagen had to show already ten centuries city story, were lent the castles the city rights. Schagen lies on lowlands, that count Floris V had designed, within the surrounding Omringdijk.

This time ago, the Normannen in this zone had driven its nuisance.

This earlier life becomes constructed in the museum-farm Vreeburg just as plastic documented like also through that the city, for example the church, that castletower and the house facades received round around the market place.

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