{"id":1760,"date":"2011-12-08T23:26:44","date_gmt":"2011-12-08T23:26:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/?p=1760"},"modified":"2011-12-08T23:26:44","modified_gmt":"2011-12-08T23:26:44","slug":"dickens-festival-deventer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/dickens-festival-deventer\/","title":{"rendered":"Dickens Festival Deventer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Begging vagabonds, stealing thieves, wealthy ladies and gentleman with top hats &#8211; it sounds like something out of a Dickens novel and that isn&#8217;t too far from the truth.<\/p>\n<p>Every year the 19th century of Charles Dickens is brought to life in the Bergkwartier in Deventer, in the form of the Dickens Festival. \u00a0Historical buildings and houses, puffed potatoes, roasted chestnuts, Christmas trees and sparkling lights will all help to set the scene. \u00a0The shops (open on both Saturday and Sunday) as well as the galleries will also be taking part.<\/p>\n<p>For some information (in Dutch) about Charles Dickens, his work and the Dickens Festival Deventer, have a look at the video below:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"30060 Dickens Festijn 2009 - Deventer 2010 - lokale omroep Deventer TeleVisie\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yUF4QnaWdQw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, December 18th the city centre will also be decked out for Christmas. \u00a0Two hundred stands in the main square will make up the town Christmas market. \u00a0A cultural programme including choirs, orchestras and vocal ensambles will add the Christmas music.<\/p>\n<p>The event is free but with more than 150,000 people visiting each year, a waiting time of\u00a0around\u00a060 minutes can be expected. \u00a0Further information about the weekend can be found on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dickensfestijn.nl\/\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a> and a map of the event can be found <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dickensfestijn.nl\/PDF\/2011%20DICKENS%20PLATTEGROND.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. \u00a0Who know&#8217;s who you might meet when you visit &#8211; Oliver Twist, Mr. Pickwick or maybe even Scrooge himself.<\/p>\n<p>Have you visited the Dickens Festival in Deventer? \u00a0What did you think of it? \u00a0If you have some photos from the event, maybe you would like to share them with us in the Facebook group.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Visiting Information:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Date: Saturday 17th December and Sunday 18th December 2011<br \/>\nPlace: Bergkwartier &#8211; City centre Deventer (The Netherlands)<br \/>\nEntree: Free (waiting time +\/- 60 minutes)<\/p>\n<p>Website:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dickensfestijn.nl\/\">http:\/\/www.dickensfestijn.nl\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Public Information &#8211; Deventer:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>VVV Deventer<br \/>\nBrink 56 (De Waag)<br \/>\n7411 BV Deventer<br \/>\ntel. 0900 35 35 355 (\u20ac 0,35 \/min)<\/p>\n<p>website: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vvvdeventer.nl\/\">http:\/\/www.vvvdeventer.nl\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Begging vagabonds, stealing thieves, wealthy ladies and gentleman with top hats &#8211; it sounds like something out of a Dickens novel and that isn&#8217;t too far from the truth. 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