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Dutch places of special interest for Dickensians

As far as we know Dickens never visited the Netherlands, still there is a group of Dickensians which is very much live and kicking. For those who want to visit our country, but can't live without a "Dickensian location" in his or her vicinity, it is possible to find a few in the Netherlands.

Haren (click Groningen)

In Haren the public library is in the possession of a special Dickens colletion which is housed in a Victorian period room called the Dickens Room

Leeuwarden / Ljouwert (click Friesland)

Almost certain the only place in the world where you can find a Dickens' novel translated into Frisian (Frysk)

Deventer (click Overijssel)

Every year during Christmas time there is a Dickens street festival (Dickens Festijn) in Deventer

Bronkhorst (click Gelderland)

There is also a lovely small Dickens Museum in Bronkhorst The smallest town with a charter in the Netherlands

Tetterode (click Noord-Holland)

The charter of the Haarlem Branch of the Dickensfellowship can be seen on the wall in restaurant "Kraantje Lek (on the wall on the left-hand side of the staircase).

Dordrecht (click Zuid-Holland)

Dordrecht is the birth-place of the 19th century painter Ary Scheffer. He painted a portret of Charles Dickens while he stayed in Paris. In the Dordrechts Museum a number of paintings of this romantic painter are on display