Volendam – The Netherlands – Cozy and authentic

Volendam – The Netherlands – Cozy and authentic

About 20km from Amsterdam is the typical Dutch village Volendam situated. It is a small village which was established round 1357 by some farmers and fisherman. A lot of painters came to the village in the second half of the nineteenth century to be inspired by the characteristic village with its inhabitants wearing folkloric costumes. Fifty years later tourist started to come to Volendam and since 1920 a lot of Americans visited our village. Nowadays Volendam is a city with 21.000 inhabitants, but it still has its characteristic of the early days of its existence. 

On a summer day in 1925 Pouw de Boer, founder of Photo De Boer, saw some Americans and inhabitants of Volendam having a lot of fun changing clothes with each other. Pouw saw a business opportunity and turned his bakery into a photo studio. Tourist could have taken a photo by Pouw in the traditional costume. This turned out to be a major success. The bakery moved over and the family De Boer focused on tourism completely. They build up a range of souvenirs and professionalized the photo studio.  

Volendam changed throughout the years. The folkloric costumes steady disappeared out of the street scene. A lucky coincidence for the family, because the request for photos increased as the costumes became more and more exclusive. Celebrities had their photo taken and tourist came from all over the world due to an increasing prosperity.

In a tumultuous century this cozy shop continued to be the preferred address for making a photo in the folkloric costume. Pouw handed over the business to his son Jaap, who handed it over to his children, Cornelis and Paulien de Boer. An authentic shop prepared with the most modern equipment and techniques where you are more than welcome every day to have an extraordinary photo experience.

For more information contact Cornelis or Paulien de Boer at +31 299 36 36 07 of bring a visit to their website www.fotoinvolendamkostuum.nl. The shop is situated at the harbor of Volendam, address Haven 82, 1131 ET Volendam. 

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