A surprise card from a lovely friend who always remembers me on her travels..this time from the wonderful village of Giethoorn in Holland..Card shows many of the local scenery of this famous little town also known as "Little Venice."..such a lovely card Inge and it must have been such an enjoyable time that you spent here in this lovely little town..no cars only some bicycles..
Posted 07 August : Arrived Sydney 17 August. Traveled 10 days..Vierlen danke fur die wunderbarre postkarte Inge..
GIETHOORN.: is a village in the Dutch Province of Overijssel and is located in the municipality of Steenwijkerland and about 5 kilometers south west of Steenwijk and is often referred to as "The little Venice.". giethoorn used to be a pedestrian precinct but nowadays exceptions are made.and became locally famous especially after 1958 when, The Dutch film maker Bert Haanstra made his famous comedy here" Fanfare". there were no roads in the old part of the village (though a cycling path was eventually added ) and all transport was done by water over one of the many canals. The lakes in Giethoorn were constructed by unearthing "peat".
Giethoorn was a separate Municiplality until 1973 , when it became part of Brederwiede
Giethoorn has become a very popular place for Chinese tourists . This village of only 2620 inhabitants sees between 15,000- 200,000 Chinese tourist every year.
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