Showing posts with label dutch emigrants. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dutch emigrants. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Dutch emigrants and cute cows


The last few days I have had the pleasure of visiting my Mother in Tyringe, Sweden. While here, I also visited a Dutch family for a story. It’s the result of a funny coincidence – when Femke and me were out biking in Friesland in Northern Netherlands for another story we stopped at a farmer’s cheese shop. It turned out that it was run by the family Hogendoorn, who were surprised to hear that I am Swedish – they had just sold there Dutch farm and were moving to a new farm in Sweden within weeks.

Today, I visited the Hogendoorns at their new farm in North-eastern Skåne. After three months in Sweden, they are slowly settling in. From having 80 cows, cheese manufacturing and a cheese shop, they have now shifted gears to having 220 cows. My visit will result in a story for the Swedish magazine Allas veckotidning.

You will find the photos from my visit at the Hogendoorns here.