You can hardly imagine it now, but in the past the waves of the Zuiderzee lapped against the dike at Kolhorn. The village is now surrounded by meadows, cows graze and bulb fields can be seen. But until 1929, money was mainly earned from fishing. Anchovies were the main meal then. A lost history that is now kept alive thanks to volunteers.
“History connects,” says initiator Wendy Dubbeld. “You need that in a village. There are fewer and fewer facilities here. More people from outside are also coming to the village, who know a little less about the history. And, very important, there are still people who know the stories about fishing first-hand. Their parents picked and shelled anchovies.”
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