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A friendly welcome on a traditional North Holland cheese-cover farmhouse!

Peace - Space - Comfort
The Hotel de Boerenkamer Foundation offers comfortable 4-star accommodation at various farms in Waterland and its surrounding areas, such as Noordbeemster, Katwoude, Starnmeer, the Purmer and Broek in Waterland.
Stay in the country and enjoy the magnificent scenery of the heart of the province of North Holland, with its many waterways, in the glorious Veenweidengebied (Peat Moor District). Hotel de Boerenkamer is an initiative of the Waardevol Cultuurlandschap (Sites of Special Interest) project, often referred to as WCL.

We would like to give visitors the chance to get to know the farms and their magnificent scenery. The landscape with its lakes, ring canals, ditches and small marshlands has a unique flora and fauna and is perfect for making excursions on foot, by bicycle, by canoe or on skates

CULTURE AND NATURE
As well as enjoying peace, space, nature and water, during your stay as a visitor in Waterland you can learn about the rich cultural history of the North Veenweidengebied. The historic cheese-cover farmhouses, which are so characteristic of the region, the different types of mills and pumping stations and the strings of villages with their wooden houses.

Visit the many museums and other sights; your hosts will be happy to give you information and tips and can even organise entrance tickets for you. Spoil yourself with local products or get a nice breath of fresh air on the North Sea beaches or the dike along the IJsselmeer. Cast your rod in one of the many fishing grounds, wander through the picturesque little streets of the historic towns in the region, such as Hoorn, Enkhuizen, Medemblik, Marken and Volendam or, of course, Amsterdam. Or take a ride on a steam tram and combine this with the Zuiderzee museum in Enkhuizen.

At the end of an action-packed day you can thoroughly relax in your room at the Hotel de Boerenkamer and enjoy the silence and the beautiful view over the meadows.

INTERIOR
Quality and hospitality
Comfortable rooms have been fitted out for visitors in5 historic farmhouses (including 4 cheese-cover farmhouses). Hotel de Boerenkamer places great emphasis on quality. We try to combine the luxury and quality of a hotel with the warmth and personal attention of the countryside.

The large rooms are equipped with jacuzzi, shower, toilet, luxurious beds, television, refrigerator and facilities for making tea and coffee. The stylish rooms are luxuriously appointed and have views over the characteristic landscape of the Veenweidengebied. Enjoy the peace, space and comfort and, after a satisfying night's sleep in the silence of the countryside, let yourself be spoiled with a delicious, sumptuous breakfast served at the table in your room.

Your host and hostess will do their utmost to make you feel at home during your stay in one of the Hotel de Boerenkamer rooms. They will be happy to give you a specialist tour of their farm and tell you some interesting facts about the peat moor district, reserve a restaurant, hire bicycles for you or supply flowers or other surprises for your special day, a wedding, a birthday or any other occasion. They have had plenty of experience and they would be delighted to do this for you. In this glorious environment you can enjoy all the freedom you want.

Welcome to SpitsbergenSpitsbergen is the traditional cheese-cover farmhouse owned by Ted & Afra Boon, in the north west of the Beemster. The farm owes its name to an Amsterdam merchant who was involved in whale fishing at the beginning of the seventeenth century. After the Beemster- now a WORLD HERITAGE SITE - was reclaimed, he established a farm there in 1612. The original house was replaced around 1850 by the present cheese-cover farmhouse. The name Spitsbergen was retained.

Welcome to Over JispThis traditional cheese-cover farm, owned by Lous and Nancy Uitentuis, is in the Starnmeer polder, just behind the dike.
Lous and Nancy are devoted to farming life. Full of enthusiasm, they dedicate themselves to the conservation of nature in the polder country. Meadow birds can nest peacefully in the grasslands and raise their young in the spring. The banks of the ditches with their wealth of flowers are, particularly in spring, a sight to behold. The spring has even more to offer at Over Jisp: every year in March more than 100 lambs are born. What could be nicer than spending a few days on this farm at that time in particular?

Welcome to group venue Leeuwendaal
The Purmer has changed very little since it was reclaimed at the beginning of the seventeenth century. The strips of land and the roads in the polder are still dead straight, while the clay soil is just as fertile as centuries ago. The cheese-cover farmhouses are testimony to the prosperity of earlier farming families.
And so it is with Leeuwendaal, the over 100 year old cheese-cover farmhouse of Henk and Lia de Gier. The wealthy Amsterdam merchant family which had the farmhouse built at the time used Leeuwendaal as a summer residence. For the De Gier family Leeuwendaal is the 'annex' of their cattle farm in Broek in Waterland, where they also live.

Welcome to Nooitgedacht
Nooitgedacht ('Who'd have thought it') is the traditional cheese-cover farmhouse ofJan andAnita in the typical Veenweidengebied of Waterland. The farm was given its name by the de Vries family who have been farming here for 90 years. This beautiful property has always been a farm and is situated in one of the most glorious spots in Waterland on the Lagedijk at Katwoude, which is reached via the Rietvink bridge, a magnificent lift bridge. Beside the farm runs the eel route, a beautiful walking route.Jan andAnita still enjoy the fantastic view over water and polder every day.

Welcome to the SchaapskooiGreetje and Tjerk Doornenbal enjoy farming. The freedom, the peace and the countryside have a relaxing effect. Because Tjerk's main job is with an agricultural pressure group they are critical of what they see being done. Therefore they make an active effort to protect meadow birds and to look after the banks of the ditches, so as to allow flowers to grow as naturally as possible and to restore them to their former glory.
In lambing time too they try to involve the general public in nature. Because their farm is on a public road many people come, on foot, by bicycle or by car, to see the lambs. Young and old enjoy themselves and Greetje and Tjerk enjoy it too!

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