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Local Customs: Night of the candles in Vreeswijk
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    • On the Wednesday before Christmas there is a very special event in Nieuwegein; Kaarsjesnacht (Night of the candles). The event takes place in the former old maritime town of Vreeswijk, nowadays part of municipality of Nieuwegein.
    All the electrical lights are dimmed and the whole town is lighted by little candles and some Christmas decoration. On streetcorners and in the Churches there are performaces by different choires. Most of them sing Christmas carols.
    A professional programm takes place in the big catholic church. The local inhabitants put in a lot of affort to make all the candles burn from 19.00 untill 22.00h. Everyone takes care of the lights in front of his own house.

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    Hoc_mon Wed Jul 19, 2006 21:08 UTC
     leuke site vooral over Nieuwegein. ga zo door, groetjes Ray    		jo104 Mon Jun 5, 2006 12:23 UTC
     Nice travelogue, I'm in Amsterdam from 24 - 29 Aug so maybe we can meet up not decided what I'm doing yet or anything but would like to see the Hague
    mirbakker Thu Jun 1, 2006 08:48 UTC
     Hi, nice pictures of the shipyard and the 'Theehuys'. will surely visit this webpage again! Hope to see you soon in Vreeswijk Greetings, Miriam Bakker ( van het Theehuys)    		diocletianvs Fri Dec 2, 2005 22:59 UTC
     Oh, C'mon - it can't be that bad. The canals and the ships look very interesting and contemporary Dutch architecture is considered to be one of Europe's best at the moment.
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