Listen | Beeper race
Look out over the water to the left. Not much has actually changed in the past century. There are still many fishing boats, especially flat-bottomed boats such as botters.
These are the wooden ships with two keels on the sides instead of one at the bottom. The unusual ships in the harbour were a picturesque picture for artists to capture. And they are still a favourite subject of photographs for many visitors.
A hundred years ago, the sweet IJsselmeer was still the salty Zuiderzee and flatboats were used to catch fish. Now you can often take them on a fun and relaxing sailing trip. Once a year, the flatboats compete with each other during the Pieperrace. The harbour is then full of ships from the brown fleet and the horizon is dotted with boats. A magnificent spectacle that reminds me of the old days......
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These are the wooden ships with two keels on the sides instead of one at the bottom. The unusual ships in the harbour were a picturesque picture for artists to capture. And they are still a favourite subject of photographs for many visitors.
A hundred years ago, the sweet IJsselmeer was still the salty Zuiderzee and flatboats were used to catch fish. Now you can often take them on a fun and relaxing sailing trip. Once a year, the flatboats compete with each other during the Pieperrace. The harbour is then full of ships from the brown fleet and the horizon is dotted with boats. A magnificent spectacle that reminds me of the old days......
Want to see with your own eyes the mighty clippers, botters and tjalks gliding across the water during the Pieperrace? Then visit Volendam during the Pieperrace days and see the event up close!
Past the harbour, walk straight ahead along Zuideinde and at house number 50, on your right, go down the stairs. In front of you you will see the back of the little church. Turn right and cross diagonally into the alley next to the building called O.L. School. You now emerge at the front of the little church.
