• Netherlands

    Heritage, prisons and craftmanship

    We’re enjoying Drenthe quite a bit! The time we took for sightseeing might be to short to see all that we want to see and it turns out there is so much fun stuff to see and do here. Our next best thing of “things to do” on our list was the prison museum in Veenhuizen. This small village was home to the most secure prison in the Netherlands up to 2007. They dedicated one of the buildings as a museum which focusses on the prison system in the Netherlands, starting in the middle ages up to the present day. We booked a guided tour through the part of the…

  • Netherlands

    Arriving in Putten and sand sculptures

    We departed from Haastrecht and arrived a hour later in Veenhuizen that’s close to Putten. We were welcomed by the owners of the house where we’ll stay in for the next three weeks. The house The house has a relaxing area in the shade at the back of the garden and a parking spot for our car. It’s also has a dinner table outside with a parasol and a big as television. This is a nice place where we can stay for a while. The place also comes with two bicycles for us to use. Cycling We went for a little ride on our bikes and were gone for four…