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De Spitkeet

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:-

First House at De Spitkeet

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:-

Information about the Mallemolen, De Spitkeet,

The rooms look not too bad though:-

Interior of Mallemolen at De Spitkeet

Room in Mallemolen, De Spitkeet,

Box beds:-

Box beds, Mallemolen, De Spitkeet

Bed,  Mallemolen, De Spitkeet,

Near the Mallemolen was a stork’s nest:-

Stork's Nest from  Mallemolen, De Spitkeet

Stork's Nest,  De Spitkeet

Stork at De Spitkeet

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