Customs & Traditions Archieven

Moving house

“On the rare occasion that a farmer moved, this took place on ‘Saint Peter’s Day’, February 22nd.”

‘Long live my beloved little town, long live my Bredevoort!’

‘That is ever-praised Aalten, the little town I never forget!’

G.H. Rots described the Aalten Easter bonfire tradition in 1937.

In 1874, J. ter Gouw described the customs and duties of naoberschap.

Folkloristic dance group from Aalten, established in 1954.

In 1937, G.H. Rots described how New Year’s Eve and Day used to be celebrated in Aalten.

In November, home slaughterers used to have their hands full

What does it mean when the bells of Old St Helen’s Church toll?

More than 300 Aalten farm names explained in detail.

A room or annex attached to a farmhouse where the elderly or single people lived

About old customs on Christmas Eve in Aalten and the Achterhoek

“They flew on broomsticks and gathered in the Aalter Es.”

There was music in a few cafés, and only a few people appeared on the streets in jester costumes.

In 1937, G.H. Rots wrote about farm life in Aalten in the past.

This is how the Deventer scholar Dumbar viewed the old lands of the County.

Bredevoort, 1675