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Meppel Vacation Guide
Meppel is a municipality and a city in the northeast of the Netherlands, in the south-west of the province Drenthe. It is the oldest town in the province and received city rights in 1809. Meppel has approximately 31.000 inhabitants and covers about 58 square kilometers.
It developed in the 16th century as a transport and distribution inland harbour for turf. There used to be a lot of waterways in the town, but now only one remains.
Once a year in June there is a festival held called the Grachtenfestival, which sees boats from all over the country gather in Meppel. All sorts of activities are organised, such as markets, a pirate/shanty choir festival, canooing competitions and live music. During six weeks in Summer the Donderdag Meppeldagen take place. Every Thursday the whole town comes alive with music, fun fairs, markets and more.
People born in Meppel are often referred to as 'Meppeler Muggen'; this translates as mosquitos/gnats from Meppel. This is due to a folk tale in which the people of Meppel though the church tower was on fire. After closer inspection it was only a swarm of mosquitos.
Windmill De Vlijt is located at the most beautiful spot of Meppel.
It developed in the 16th century as a transport and distribution inland harbour for turf. There used to be a lot of waterways in the town, but now only one remains.
Once a year in June there is a festival held called the Grachtenfestival, which sees boats from all over the country gather in Meppel. All sorts of activities are organised, such as markets, a pirate/shanty choir festival, canooing competitions and live music. During six weeks in Summer the Donderdag Meppeldagen take place. Every Thursday the whole town comes alive with music, fun fairs, markets and more.
People born in Meppel are often referred to as 'Meppeler Muggen'; this translates as mosquitos/gnats from Meppel. This is due to a folk tale in which the people of Meppel though the church tower was on fire. After closer inspection it was only a swarm of mosquitos.
Windmill De Vlijt is located at the most beautiful spot of Meppel.
Meppel Travel Blogs
Apr 09, 2008 – Jan 30, 2010
This year, like every year, Sinterklaas arrived in Meppel by boat. Acually there were three boats, the first one with Zwarte Pieten, the second with Sinterklaas and more Zwarte Pieten, and the third with even more Zwarte Pieten! It always takes a while for the boats to enter the city as they have t…
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Dec 10, 2008 – Feb 15, 2009
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As this was my first time in Spain I had some ideas about what the place would be like. Most of these turned out to be true. Now I know Seville is only a small part of the country but I will happily go back to see more of Spain, although I would not go back to Seville for the simple reason that I h…
Jul 09, 2009 – Aug 13, 2009
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This was the Donderdag Meppeldag which I had been looking forward to the most. The theme was one I really liked, first of all because I visited Spain for the first time this year and really loved it. Secondly it was a new theme and most of the other themes had been repeated quite a few times. So ex…
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