Binnenpad
Canal-side village footpath lined with thatched houses, small museums, galleries and waterside cafés.
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This guide to the Binnenpad in Giethoorn follows René Boissevain, a traveller and collector who opened a museum of stones on the village footpath in nineteen sixty-nine. It touches on where his minerals, gemstones and fossils came from, and on the family who keep the collection growing today. Best heard outside number forty-three, beside the pottery shop.
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