Wanneperveen
Linear peat-bog village of reed-fringed waterways, old duck decoys and a church in use since 1502.
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This guide to Wanneperveen, beside Giethoorn, follows Jan Bakker, the duck-catcher who worked a hidden decoy pond in the reedland here in the nineteen-thirties, and the family who carried his catch to market. It touches on maize and barley, a bad-tempered little decoy dog, and a trade built on keeping people out. Best heard by the water, facing east toward Meppel.
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