The Dutch celebrate on the 5th of December the Sinterklaas party, children placing (wooden) shoes in the hope they get sweets (so called “pepernoten”) from Sinterklaas. The Sinterklaas festival Like many other folkloric and traditional holidays, the Sinterklaas festival is surrounded by a large number of traditions, often hundreds of years old. With Sinterklaas, for … Read more
We have a new product in our assortiment, the wooden shoe with flowers in it! Of course you know the Dutch habit to grow plants in a clog and hang them on a wall in the garden. Very decorative! And what the Dutch call “gezellig” which is translated to cosy. Now you can grow them … Read more
Dutch clogs are in fact exactly what they are called as well: wooden shoes. In this article we tell you something more about wooden shoes and why it was during a long time the traditional footwear in the Netherlands. Different uses of wooden shoes Wooden shoes are a traditional kind of footwear. Professionals in Europe especially in some … Read more
