Alexandru G.
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At this museum you will find out how Netherlands became the most fruitful vegetable country in the world. You will need about 3-4 hours to enjoy all the information provided. Tickets around 20 euro/person. Here is how everything began:
The auction was founded on July 29, 1887 at the Bakkersbrug. The auction traded mainly kool that by ship to, among other things Amsterdam was transported. The auction took place in the open air. A jetty and a channel were added, allowing the auction to be more orderly. A horticultural cooperative was founded in 1896 and two years later, in addition to a butcher, a judge appointed. The jetty was covered. In 1907 the auction traded for 700,000 guilders. That year the auction received a train connection via the railway line St. Pancras - Broek op Langedijk this also made transport to Rotterdam, among others, possible. In 1911 the annual turnover was almost 3 million guilders.
In 1912, the old auction building was replaced according to a design by W. Dirkmaat Jz. and Joh. Big. The auction building was built above the water on wooden poles, allowing gardeners to sail through the mining hall (auction room) with their barges loaded with vegetables. It was therefore also called a passage auction. The previously purchased mechanical equipment was installed in the mining hall auction clock from 1903 placed above the passage. This clock can be stopped via buttons at the 100 seats for buyers. Auctions were by boatload. The order of the boats was determined by drawing lots. On July 29, 1912, the auction room was festively opened by the Queen's Commissioner of North Holland.
In 1922 the building was expanded with a light hall above the water for boats. It acts as a covered port so that the products were no longer exposed to bright sun, rain and other weather influences while waiting. In 1925, an entrance and a second light hall were built, creating a total of 200 berths.
Due to land consolidation in the 1960s, the importance of water transport decreased. The auction merged in 1968 with the auction of Warmenhuizen and Noord-Scharwoude to form “auction Langedijk and Omstreek” and chose the auction building in Noord-Scharwoude as its head office. The passage auction was closed in 1973. The auction activities later merged with the West Friesland-Oost auction, today The Greenery.
The auction complex had hardly changed in those years. After closure, it was purchased by the municipality in 1973 with the aim of turning it into a monument. In 1975 it was announced that the central government was making money available for the restoration of the auction building. It has been on the national monument list since 1976.[5] The restored auction building was officially opened by Princess Beatrix in 1979.
Worth visiting!!!
