Broek in Waterland, the cleanest village in Holland Broek in Waterland is one of the stops on our Countryside Windmills half day tour Now a quiet and rural village with no more than 2500 inhabitants, in the seventeenth century Broek in Waterland used to compete with mighty Amsterdam
BROEK IN WATERLAND: A FAIRY TALE VILLAGE NEAR AMSTERDAM The Broek in Waterland cleanliness, the stately wooden houses and the surrounding ornamental gardens were especially famous The village arose on the northeast side of the Broekermeer