De Spitkeet
Posted in Museums, Trips at 12:00 on 30 April 2025
De Spitkeet is an open air rural museum near Harkema, Friesland, The Netherlands. A spitkeet was akind of Earth-house.
The first exhibit you come to is a building called the Mallemolen:-
The Mallemolen acted as a poorhouse. The coldest room, on the northeast, was given to the latest arrivals and when others became available they would move into those:-
The rooms look not too bad though:-
Box beds:-
Near the Mallemolen was a stork’s nest:-
Tags: De Spitkeet, Friesland, Harkema, Mallemolen, Museums, storks, the Netherlands, Wild Life
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