Tent parties in Broekland buy their own festival grounds

What do you do if the pastures where you celebrate a village festival each year become endangered? In Broekland, they decided not to look for a new location, but simply bought the site.

Het Broeklanderfeest, Kole Kermse and Horsthuis have threatened to look for a new place, because on some of the field houses would be built. Slightly moving the site was not an option, simply because it was unsuitable.

"So we decided to discuss with the owner of the plot in the middle of the village where it is possible to rent or buy his property.The owner was open to the sale of the property. plot, "says Wouter Maatman of the Broeklanderfeest

Maatman discovered that Broeklanderfeest could not afford the plot alone." Fortunately, "Horsthuis and Kole Kermse also wanted to participate in the purchase of the land. "

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" When the Broeklanderfeest came to us with this challenge, we immediately understood the utility and "If the Broeklanderfeest had to go wrong, it would also hit the football clubs , handball and carnival, "says André Roetert Steenbruggen, president of" Horsthuis. " Roetert Steenbruggen: "In addition, we see the" village duty "to help each other and the parties are good for solidarity within the village. We do not say for nothing: "one for the other, one for the other and one for the other". "