Openlucht museum Arnhem

As most Dutch people say: This is really a must for foreigners. It is beautifull!

It is really worth visiting the website of the open air museum. They will tell you all about the houses and inhibitants. Also a lot of information about the kind of work people do for living.
www.openluchtmuseum.nl
If you are interested in history of "old" houses and living in holland. Google streetview is recording now. So in a short while you are able to visit the open air museum by google!

Today in the newspaper there was an announcement what they will show the visitors in the winter.
This will be shown from 5 december until 17 January. Inhibitants of the historic farmhouses will show you how they survived the very cold winters when there were not alot jobs and their houses stayed cold. They will also show the life of the rich people in the winter, with hotchpotch and special new Years meals, this is what you can expect this short period.(2009/2010)

On the skating track visitors can feel the historic life, with "koek and zopie" (most choclat milk or aniseed milk and cake.



The open air museum takes you back in time. You will see several houses they rebuild in this museum.
Here they show you how you can make paper. You will see a farm from Staphorst from the 1880 in this house they lived with eight children. And of course the Zaanse schans! If you want something to snack, there is some old fashioned candy that you can buy.

What rather new is in the openlucht museum, is HollandRama. This is very special attraction.
It is a capsule with is fixed to an arm. This arm wil lift up the capsule, and therefore it can turn 355 degrees. It also reaches a hight from 7,5 meter. It is connected to rails on the floor so you will be able to see a lot of panorama's.
This is realy new and special. The only problem is, people who are disabled can't visit the Hollandrama.

In the winter it is possible to visit the park,(until 5 december, than they make arrangements for Winter in the openair museum) but not the houses. Those are closed.
In december there is a skating rink in front of the restaurant. This is very nice. (if you are lucky and it is cold and there is snow, it is so very beautiful in this park)
For the park only, you pay 4€ and for the parking of your car 1,50€. I really do not know the prices for the next year. Today it is high season. Than you pay the normal price, 14 euro p.p for the park (because the houses are open) and you pay 4 euro for your car.

At 1 april the parc will be open again, including the houses.
Openings hours 10.00-17.00.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odH36Vyo3do

we've got cards to visit the open air museum at Arnhem.
We didn't know what to expect from it so we visit the museum.
there where a lot of old thing like the old houses and an old tram.
i must say that i liked it at the museum.
so if you are in arnhem and you want some oldschool stuff visit the museum

i will add some photo's later