https://www.ipernity.com/tag/294067/keyword/19193 https://cdn.ipernity.com/p/103/B3/7C/294067.buddy.jpg https://www.ipernity.com/tag/294067/keyword/19193 Fri, 02 Oct 2026 22:14:04 +0000 Fri, 02 Oct 2026 22:14:04 +0000 https://www.ipernity.com https://www.ipernity.com/doc/294067/48646450 tag:ipernity.com,2019-05-23,doc-48646450 Thu, 23 May 2019 06:26:50 +0000 2019-05-12T11:20:53+02:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Jaap van &#039;t Veen) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/294067">Jaap van &#039;t Veen</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/294067/48646450"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/64/50/48646450.85209a87.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="211" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">In the past the village of Twisk was a linear settlement, but since the end of the 20th century there are also side roads with new buildings. The village has just more than 1.000 inhabitants. Twisk is a conservation village - with fifty listed buildings - and has two churches, one of which is a late Gothic church and many old farmhouses. It even has one of the highest concentrations of so called <i>stolpboerderijen</i>, a kind of farmhouses typical for this part of the Netherlands. These ‘pyramids of the polder’ had their hay barns in the center of the house ; box beds were built beside them, as it was nice and warm. <br /> <br /> The village was mentioned in 1245 as <i>Twisca</i> and in 1639 as <i>Twiscke</i>. The name of the village is derived from the old Frisian <i>twisca</i>, which means "between". Twisk must have been a hamlet on a road between two other villages.<br /> <br /> Today Twisk is a combination of lovingly restored farms and houses; some of the them date from the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries. When visiting the picture-postcard village of Twisk, it feels if you are taking back a step in time.</div> Nederland - Twisk <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/294067">Jaap van &#039;t Veen</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/294067/48646450"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/64/50/48646450.85209a87.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="211" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">In the past the village of Twisk was a linear settlement, but since the end of the 20th century there are also side roads with new buildings. The village has just more than 1.000 inhabitants. Twisk is a conservation village - with fifty listed buildings - and has two churches, one of which is a late Gothic church and many old farmhouses. It even has one of the highest concentrations of so called <i>stolpboerderijen</i>, a kind of farmhouses typical for this part of the Netherlands. These ‘pyramids of the polder’ had their hay barns in the center of the house ; box beds were built beside them, as it was nice and warm. <br /> <br /> The village was mentioned in 1245 as <i>Twisca</i> and in 1639 as <i>Twiscke</i>. The name of the village is derived from the old Frisian <i>twisca</i>, which means "between". Twisk must have been a hamlet on a road between two other villages.<br /> <br /> Today Twisk is a combination of lovingly restored farms and houses; some of the them date from the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries. When visiting the picture-postcard village of Twisk, it feels if you are taking back a step in time.</div> Jaap van &#039;t Veen