Dorpsgracht
Central village canal dug by peat cutters, lined with thatched island farms and high arched footbridges.
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This guide to the Dorpsgracht, the central canal of Giethoorn, starts with a resident's complaint to Dutch news in twenty eighteen and then digs down through the water beneath you. It follows the medieval turf cutters who carved the village out of a swamp, the drowned-goat legend behind its name, and the storm floods that turned peat pits into lakes. Best heard from one of the high footbridges, watching the punters slide underneath.
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