Friday, February 09, 2007

The cow statue is linked to an old story: a local farmer mistook moss growing atop the tower for grass and wondered aloud how the cows would get up there to graze. Kampen's residents became the butt of Dutch jokes for years. This classic piece of folklore is sitll commemorated by the annual hoisting of a stuffed cow up the tower. There were smart enough to stop using a real cow.

Leaning nieuwen toren and the cows

posted by Whitney @ 5:23 PM

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