One of the Dutch souvenirs are a pair of “klompen”, or wooden shoes as all foreign people call them. As a child I have had some of them and particularly when there was snow they kept your feet warm and your normal shoes where not damaged by all the snow and salt which was on the road. In many places in our country there are still people who wear them, like for instance in Staphorst, Volendam, Edam, Spakenburg etc. I have always loved them and have great memories of them. I made them into a scal 2 file for all the Dutch scrappers and for all of you who have visited our country. Have fun with it.
Eén van de Nederlandse souveniers is een paar “klompen”, of houten schoenen, zoals alle buitenlanders ze noemen. Als kind had ik regematig een paar klompen en vooral als het sneeuwde hielden ze je voeten warm en het zorgde ervoor dat je gewone schoenen niet aangetast werden door de sneeuw en het zout op de weg. In veel plaatsen in ons land zijn er nog mensen die ze dragen, zoals bv. in Staphorst, Volendam, Edam, Spakenburg etc. Ik heb ze altijd leuk gevonden en heb er leuke herinneringen aan. Ik heb ze omgezet in een Scal 2 file voor alle Nederlandse scrappers en voor iedereen die ons land ooit bezocht heeft. Veel plezier ermee.
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My husband just returned from the netherlands and these will be great in the scrapbook!
wat leuk zeg,echt hollands
I love these. My MIL is from Holland and we are putting together a scrapbook of her childhood. These will make the perfect addition!
Thanks!
I have a photo of me standing in the large “wooden Shoes” at the tulip garden (Sorry, can’t remember the name) outside of Amsterdam. This cute file will be great. Thanks – you are so talented.
My grandfather was from Rotterdam, moving to the states at age 6. I would love the wooden shoes for a recipe book of my great-grandmothers. thanks
I think I want to know how they get klompen to fit your foot accurately as they carve them from the INSIDE, not the outside to fit your foot like leather! I had no idea that they are more warm than regular shoes, but can see that they would be with a good pair of wool socks. I live in california in the USA, so we have no need of wooden shoes here, LOL. But my parents and grandmother had such nice blue and white china with Dutch themes, and I have a cookie jar with two kissing Dutch children with the boy in pantaloons, the girl in the typical ‘angel wing’ type cap, and both wearing clompen.. Thanks for sharing this…
I love these wooden shoes. I used to have a miniature pair years ago and they were always on display. Thank you for bringing back memories.
Oh, these are too cute! I have a pair of klompen on a table in my living room. They were my grandmother’s, and she passed them to my father and he to me. My siblings and I loved to run around in them when we were little. And I can’t wait for my own children to play with them. My grandmother died when my dad was just a baby, so it is special to have these in memory of her.
I am not sure if she wore them, I think they were ornamental or just a souvenir to take with her when she came to America. It is very interesting to know some still wear them. Thank you for writing of them!
ik vind deze klompjes erg lief en wil ze graag gebruiken
dank je wel