Tiel
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[Tiel] is a municipality and a town in the middle of the Netherlands.
The town is enclosed by the Waal river and the Linge river on the south and the north side, and the Amsterdam-Rhine Canal on the east side. The city was founded in the 5th century AC
Population centres
The town of Tiel
Tiel is the largest city in the Betuwe area, which is famous for being one of the centres for Dutch fruit production (apples, pears, plums and cherries). It once housed the famous jam factory De Betuwe (now torn down for the most part) and still retains a jam manufacturing museum. "De Betuwe" still survives in the comic figure ( a cherry puppet) of Flipje, who is the most famous inhabitant of Tiel. Tiel is also one of the oldest cities in the Netherlands.
Every year in September, a festival known as Fruitcorso Tiel is held, to celebrate the harvest of the fruit produced in the Betuwe area. It includes a parade of vehicles decorated with fruit. In the same weekend there's Appelpop on the Waalkade. This is the biggest free pop event of the Netherlands.
Tiel has also been known for its pewter industry. The last pewter factory cum museum, which mainly produced collectibles for tourists, went bankrupt in early 2004, but has since been revived. Tiel can be a good starting point to explore the rest of the scenic Betuwe area, particularly in May when all the fruit trees in the surrounding areas are in bloom.
The Dutch author and polemicist Menno ter Braak (1902-1940) grew up in Tiel.
Notable people born in Tiel
- David Hendrik Chassé (1765–1849), soldier
- Mary Dresselhuys (1907-2004), stage actress
- Wilma van Velsen (born 1964), butterfly and freestyle swimmer
External links
- [Official website]
- [Map]
- [Website Fruitcorso]
- [Website Appelpop]
- [Website of regional museum and jam manufacturing museum in Tiel]
- redirect
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