Wooden shoe-making in Netherlands
Posted on: Saturday, Feb 23, 2008
PhotoHunt 98: Wooden 
These are some of the photos I took in Netherlands during our trip last October. These are in the countryside where life still rolls with the wooden shoes and windmills. The wooden shoe factories gained it’s reputation across the world and gathered display collection as far as Korea and Japan. One thing with wooden shoes is that they warm the feet when its cold and cool the feet down when its hot.
A wooden shoe-maker showing us the traditional shoe making using the same tools as old as the use of clogs themselves.
These are the finished products. Colorful and Imeldific shoes.
One more. This is what the unpainted old shoes look like:
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ipanema
February 23rd, 2008 at 2:25 am
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imeldific shoes?
great subject for this theme!
happy weekend!
YTSL
February 23rd, 2008 at 2:30 am
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Great entry! Thanks for the factoid re wooden shoes warming the feet when it’s cool and cooling the feet when it’s warm. It helps me understand better why people would wear wooden shoes!
ghee
February 23rd, 2008 at 2:36 am
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wooden shoes??wow!but i love the wooden resto
happy weekend!!
Mine`s up,too!
thanx,
ghee
SnoopyTheGoon
February 23rd, 2008 at 3:17 am
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Great shots. Think I have visited the same place – about 20 years ago…
Have a great weekend!
charm
February 23rd, 2008 at 3:23 am
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that’s the wonder of holland!
great idea for the theme!
Bengbeng
February 23rd, 2008 at 4:18 am
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the clogs r so beautiful..totally unexpected of clogs
Mama Bear
February 23rd, 2008 at 8:12 am
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Great photos for the theme. I love seeing these shots from other countries. The shoes are beautiful. I wonder, do people still wear them there.
ByrningBunny
February 23rd, 2008 at 8:15 am
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I just love these kinds of posts where I learn about things that have always interested me! It is still hard for me to comprehend that wood would keep your feet warm in winter! I really enjoyed these pics. Thanks.
ivy
February 23rd, 2008 at 9:25 am
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that shoes are beautiful, I haven’t like that before..
Wooden Doorway
Wooden Staircase
heather
February 23rd, 2008 at 9:34 am
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My daughter had a pair of partial clogs (worked leather at the top instead of solid wood) which she loved. She insisted they were her most comfortable shoes until she grew out of them.
Those are beautiful shots.
Dragonstar
February 23rd, 2008 at 1:07 pm
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Beautiful clogs! And they are now sold all over the world? Great
lotis
February 23rd, 2008 at 2:45 pm
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clogs from Korea and Japan were displayed in that tourist spot. tourists from all over the world buy them, and like heather’s daughter’s clog, they sell different designs too.
incog & nito
February 23rd, 2008 at 2:52 pm
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I used to have a pair of clogs when I was younger. We went on a school trip to the snowfields in NSW (Australia) and there was a clog shop there – not sure if it still exists, but it was very popular. Enjoy your weekend.
Jientje
February 23rd, 2008 at 3:38 pm
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I had the same idea at first for my wooden entry! I changed my mind ( a woman’s privilige) at the very last minute!
rea
February 23rd, 2008 at 6:12 pm
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wow! kewl wooden shoes!
dodong flores
February 24th, 2008 at 3:54 am
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You’re description of a word as Imeldific is very fitting to the political chaos of the country Philippines. Incidentally, tomorrow is another EDSA Revolution anniversary. If I’m not mistaken – the 22nd…
You’ve got lots of travel photos out there which I myself enjoyed viewing. We have the same interest, no wonder why…
by the way, I have added your site to my blogroll (you may see it with the title “Travels in Time”).
Please don’t wonder if I can’t frequent your site regularly. I have tight schedule that prohibits me from doing so. More so, I didn’t have internet connection at home.
Much as I would want to visit all in my blogrolls regularly, but it’s impossible for the moment. But I promise I would visit your site when convenience of time prevail…
Thank you very much. Keep on shooting!
Andrée
February 24th, 2008 at 9:47 am
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I didn’t know that about the shoes. That is fascinating. They last forever, too!
lotis
February 24th, 2008 at 10:23 am
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Thank you Dong. No probs here. Your photos are amazing too. Gonna visit it every now and then..
Andree, yes it is fascinating. it’s a wonder that they dont easily break. the demonstrator even tried doing it but the shoes are rock hard. ie why they last forever..
Aisha
February 24th, 2008 at 10:13 pm
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I love the colors! Are these still worn in the country?
lotis
February 25th, 2008 at 12:03 pm
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Hello Aisha. yeah, me too, like the colors.
some still do wear them, I suppose. Others collect them just for keepsakes.