Mary Chapel

The Bonaventura church has a Mary chapel where you can go to pray. It is open at day time, the rest of the church is shut of by a big iron gate.

Detail of the Bonaventura Church

A streetlamp and a dragon 'water outlet'.

Bonavatura Church (1892)

Dedicated to St Bonaventura (Giovanni die Fidanza 1221-1274, Fransiscan Church Teacher) this Church was the first Catholic church build in Woerden after the 'liberation' of the Catholics/ Catholic faith in The Netherlands.
The church is a big three-aisled cruciform basilica in neo-Gothic style. The church is a dominent feature of Woerden's skyline.

Cuddling Bunnies

At the area market, or better local market, farmers 'display' some of their animals. One farmer puts out rabbit and bunnies for kids to cuddle with..

Entrance Doors

Walking through the town I noticed that no door is the same. Especially in the old part of town since most of these doors were handmade. I will add some pictures of the doors of Woerden to the blog.

This door is of the house oposite the music centre at the Wilhelminastreet.

Behind the Clouds

The tekst in the stone says: "behind the clouds, shines the sun".

Cream Butter Cake

Extreemly delicious cake, as only your professional baker can bake it (billboard of quality baker of around the corner).

Water Tower for Sale

The watertower on Eastern City Moat is for sale. The muncipality is looking for a suitable function for this distinct monument. The tower is part of the silouet of Woerden. It is build in 1906, by desing of engineer of J. Schotel.

If you are quick and you have a good idea then you make a chance! click here

Area Market 2

You can also sell your own home made stuff.

Area Market

In the weekend there is an 'area' marktet in the centre where farmers sell their products, at this particular stand I buy ecological fruits and vegetables.

Open Monument Day

Every year in september the Open Monument day is organized in Europe (European Heiritage Days). The aim is to open up monuments for the public, the average amount of visitors is 1 miljon and one of the biggest cultural events in the Netherlands. Woerden opened several of it's monuments (which are open anyway usually). An exeption is the possibility to climb the church tower of the St. Peter in the centre of town.

City Daily Photo

I have joined City Daily Photo which is a site where members publish blogs with daily pictures of their town or city. I saw that Woerden was not presented yet. Before I came to live here I always thought that Woerden was a boring stuffy city and never took the time to see more than the train station. Since I live here I have come to know that it is a lively interesting town with a lot of history and social activity.
Besides that I like the idea to have a look in the lives of others around the world by camera. So I hope this will be a interesting insight about living in a town in The Netherlands.