May 2025
That’s not a typo. When I started noticing s-Hertogembosch on freeway signs, I thought that couldn’t be a city name. So I checked. Sure enough, it is not only a real city but also a provincial capital of 160,000 people. Let’s go there, I said. How do you even say that word?
Colloquially known as Den Bosch, it was only a 30 minute drive from Riel.
After leaving the car in a public lot whose meter we could not read, we went straight to a lunch spot. On the way there, the alleyways, filled with charming old houses, greeted us. “Oh, I like this place,” we were all saying.
It took about 300 years to finish building this church: from 1220 to 1529.
We were content just walking around, taking it all in. We didn’t do any tourist stuff such as the canal boats, the museums, or the old fortress.
By the way, we escaped despite the un-fed parking meter. We had really wanted to pay, though, for peace of mind.
Small Wide World 