In Langs de IJssel, Huub Stapel follows the IJssel, the most idiosyncratic river in our country. It does not flow from East to West like other rivers, but towards the North. Huub investigates the role this river plays in the landscape, its history and the lives of the people who live on its banks.
Huub starts his journey along the IJssel in Westervoort. Farmers also have to deal with the vagaries of the IJssel. The Reijers family, for example, has been running a farm on the IJsselkop since 1875. The journey continues past beautiful…
On his journey along the IJssel, Huub arrived in Hoog-Keppel. Until 1983, dozens of residents of Laag- and Hoog-Keppel worked in the iron foundry: the most dirty work you could do. In Dieren, Huub visits the largest walled vineyard in the…
Huub pays a visit to Baroness Van Lynden, who years ago inherited an estate with a 13th century ruin - De Nijenbeek - from a distant relative. One of the oldest cities in the Netherlands is located on the IJssel: Deventer. Bert van…
Huub crosses the IJssel with the Cossack ferry. Forest ranger Jeroen den Hartog shows Huub the protected nature reserve of the Duursche Waarden. And Huub visits the Sluiter brothers, whose farm had to make way for the water of the IJssel.…
In this last episode, Huub visits a special museum dedicated to the first weatherman on Dutch television: Jan Pelleboer. He also visits the traditional cigar factory in Kampen. And there is attention for the high water brigade, a group of…
