HOLLAND, MI -- This year marks the 90th anniversary of Dutch Dancing as part of the Tulip Time Festival in Holland. That’s nine decades of wooden clogs clomping and windmill arms flourishing downtown.
Just decades ago there were thousands. Now only about 30 Dutch clog-makers remain, fighting to save a dying craft with the wooden shoes more often found today as fridge-magnets rather than footwear.
HOLLAND, MI -- The tulips are, of course, the star of Holland’s annual flower festival. They’ve received national and international accolades. But the colorful and vibrant Dutch Dancers ‘klompen’ ...
HOLLAND, Michigan — We are a little over a week away from the return of the Tulip Time Festival. After a two-year hiatus, the sounds of traditional Dutch music and clogs hitting the streets of ...
Clogs, the iconic footwear of the Netherlands, were the shoes of choice for Dutch laborers of centuries past. The wooden slip-ons were sturdy, cheap and—when stuffed with straw—cozy and warm. But as ...
Just decades ago there were thousands. Now only about 30 Dutch clog-makers remain, fighting to save a dying craft with the wooden shoes more often found today as fridge-magnets rather than footwear.
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