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Dougurasu: /* Near Polderstad */

2026-06-05T06:15:27Z

Near Polderstad

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	====The train station====		====The train station====

			====Olympiad stadium====
			:''For more information, check the [[Olympiad stadium\|main article]]''

	====Polderweg====		====Polderweg====

Dougurasu: /* Polderstad City Center */

2026-06-05T06:13:40Z

Polderstad City Center

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	:''(lit. "Wide Outsideroad")		:''(lit. "Wide Outsideroad")
	The Brede Buitenweg is circular route many animals use to get from the Schoolstraat/Oude Kerkstraat intersection, via Kloosterstraat to get to the city center.<ref name="Breed">{{CiteBook\|DRO}}''Page 56''</ref> This road also extends to outside the city, going over the bridge over the [[#Brede Vaart\|Brede Vaart]]<ref group="note">Can be inferred from the fact that Alfred is banished in his imagination in [[Alfred J. Kwak Episode 5\|episode 5]] as being on the other side of the drawbridge that is later replaced by a stand-alone drawbridge. If we assume that Alfred's imagination is correct, and that according to [[De Droom van Alfred Jodocus Kwak]] the road goes from in the direction of the city center past the old well, then the path must cross the bridge.</ref> and passing the old dried up [[#The well\|well]]. Some kids pas through here to get to [[Polderstad primary school\|school]].<ref name="Well">{{CiteBook\|DRO}}''Page 47''</ref>		The Brede Buitenweg is circular route many animals use to get from the Schoolstraat/Oude Kerkstraat intersection, via Kloosterstraat to get to the city center.<ref name="Breed">{{CiteBook\|DRO}}''Page 56''</ref> This road also extends to outside the city, going over the bridge over the [[#Brede Vaart\|Brede Vaart]]<ref group="note">Can be inferred from the fact that Alfred is banished in his imagination in [[Alfred J. Kwak Episode 5\|episode 5]] as being on the other side of the drawbridge that is later replaced by a stand-alone drawbridge. If we assume that Alfred's imagination is correct, and that according to [[De Droom van Alfred Jodocus Kwak]] the road goes from in the direction of the city center past the old well, then the path must cross the bridge.</ref> and passing the old dried up [[#The well\|well]]. Some kids pas through here to get to [[Polderstad primary school\|school]].<ref name="Well">{{CiteBook\|DRO}}''Page 47''</ref>

			====[[Vlier de Gier\|Vlier]]'s apothecary====

	====Kloosterstraat====		====Kloosterstraat====

Dougurasu: /* The school */

2026-06-04T19:05:47Z

The school

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	====The school====		====The school====
	:''For more information, check the [[Polderstad primary school\|main article]]''		:''For more information, check the [[Polderstad primary school\|main article]]''
	The school is where [[Alfred Jodocus Kwak]], [[Ollie de Ooievaar]], [[Pikkie de Ekster]], [[Dolf de Kraai]] and others went to school as primary school students. [[Meester Bas Buldog]] is the only teacher we see in the story.<ref name="Ep4">{{CiteAJKep\|NL\|4}}</ref><ref name="Ep6">{{CiteAJKep\|NL\|6}}</ref>		The school is where [[Alfred Jodocus Kwak]], [[Ollie de Ooievaar]], [[Pikkie de Ekster]], [[Dolf de Kraai]] and others went to school as primary school students. [[Meester Bas Buldog]] is the only teacher we see in the story, however in the book [[De Droom van Alfred Jodocus Kwak]] he also mentions a [[wikipedia:Cleaner\|cleaner]] called S. Bernard.<ref name="Ep4">{{CiteAJKep\|NL\|4}}</ref><ref name="Ep6">{{CiteAJKep\|NL\|6}}</ref><ref name="Bernard">{{CiteBook\|DRO}}''Page 44''</ref>

	====Oude Kerkstraat====		====Oude Kerkstraat====

Dougurasu: /* Polderweg */

2026-06-04T19:00:40Z

Polderweg

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	====Polderweg====		====Polderweg====
	:''(lit. "Polderroad")		:''(lit. "Polderroad")''

			In the book [[De Droom van Alfred Jodocus Kwak]] this is the road where Alfred encounters Dolf at the start of Alfred's summer vacation after graduating from [[wikipedia:Middle school\|middle school. After the encounter he talks to [[Amanda]] and then falls asleep, only to be awakened later by [[Henk de Mol]].<ref name="Polderweg">{{CiteBook\|DRO}}''Pages 16, 19, 26 and 73''</ref>

	====The well====		====The well====

Dougurasu at 08:33, 4 June 2026

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	====Polderweg====		====Polderweg====
			:''(lit. "Polderroad")

Dougurasu: /* Polderstad City Center */

2026-06-04T08:27:09Z

Polderstad City Center

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	====Library====		====Library====
	The library is a place where [[Meester Bas Buldog]] borrows books regularly during his retirement from teaching. The librarian that works there is called [[Meester Bas Buldog#Retirement\|Bella Peper-Hazenbloot]].<ref name="Bieb">{{CiteBook\|DRO}}''Pages 161-163''</ref>		The library is a place where [[Meester Bas Buldog]] borrows books regularly during his retirement from teaching. The librarian that works there is called [[Meester Bas Buldog#Retirement\|Bella Peper-Hazenbloot]].<ref name="Bieb">{{CiteBook\|DRO}}''Pages 161-163''</ref>

			====Vorige Burgemeesterplantsoen====
			:''(lit. "Previous Mayorpark")''
			This public garden is frequented by [[Meester Bas Buldog]] to find a nice place outside to read his books, right across the garden's pond. At this park he also met [[Anton Snorman]].<ref name="Park">{{CiteBook\|DRO}}''Pages 159, 160 and 161''</ref>

	====De Olkas Huisvloer Hallen====		====De Olkas Huisvloer Hallen====

Dougurasu: /* History */

2026-06-03T21:54:00Z

History

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	==History==		==History==
			===Middle ages===
	[[File:PDVD 000.jpg\|thumb\|right\|200px\|Polderstad depicted as it was 800 years ago.]]		[[File:PDVD 000.jpg\|thumb\|right\|200px\|Polderstad depicted as it was 800 years ago.]]
	~~===Middle ages===~~
	It is thought Polderstad was founded in the [[wikipedia:6th century\|6th century]]<ref group="note">The book [[De Droom van Alfred Jodocous Kwak]] makes this the [[wikipedia:5th century\|5th century]], 1600 years ago.</ref> and turned into a thriving independent city. 800 years ago in the [[wikipedia:13th century\|13th century]] the city was surrouned by high brick walls marking the edges between the city and the outside country. During this period the church that would ultimately include [[Ollie de Ooievaar's house]] had started construction.		It is thought Polderstad was founded in the [[wikipedia:6th century\|6th century]]<ref group="note">The book [[De Droom van Alfred Jodocous Kwak]] makes this the [[wikipedia:5th century\|5th century]], 1600 years ago.</ref> and turned into a thriving independent city. 800 years ago in the [[wikipedia:13th century\|13th century]] the city was surrouned by high brick walls marking the edges between the city and the outside country. During this period the church that would ultimately include [[Ollie de Ooievaar's house]] had started construction.

Dougurasu: /* Middle ages */

2026-06-03T21:53:33Z

Middle ages

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	Back then the market square was a place of social gathering; women, priests and soldiers coming back from far battlefields, minstrels singing songs about heroic deeds and merchants selling potatoes<ref group="note">The book [[De Droom van Alfred Jodocous Kwak]] specifically addresses potatoes not being available to be sold in [[Groot Waterland]] during the [[wikipedia:13th century\|13th century]] as potatoes hadn't come overseas from ''Het Verre Westen'' (lit. "The Far East"). In the real world the [[wikipedia:History_of_the_potato\|potato]] was brought to [[wikipedia:Europe\|Europe]] in [[wikipedia:16th century\|16th century]].</ref>, spices, fruit, eggs, carrots, cabbage, wool, yarn and the like.<ref name="Ep4">{{CiteAJKep\|NL\|4}}</ref><ref name="MiddleAges">{{CiteBook\|DRO}}''Pages 36-38''</ref>		Back then the market square was a place of social gathering; women, priests and soldiers coming back from far battlefields, minstrels singing songs about heroic deeds and merchants selling potatoes<ref group="note">The book [[De Droom van Alfred Jodocous Kwak]] specifically addresses potatoes not being available to be sold in [[Groot Waterland]] during the [[wikipedia:13th century\|13th century]] as potatoes hadn't come overseas from ''Het Verre Westen'' (lit. "The Far East"). In the real world the [[wikipedia:History_of_the_potato\|potato]] was brought to [[wikipedia:Europe\|Europe]] in [[wikipedia:16th century\|16th century]].</ref>, spices, fruit, eggs, carrots, cabbage, wool, yarn and the like.<ref name="Ep4">{{CiteAJKep\|NL\|4}}</ref><ref name="MiddleAges">{{CiteBook\|DRO}}''Pages 36-38''</ref>

			During this time it was frowned upon to behave slightly differently than the norm. These animals would be pelted with stones and rotten fruit. Judges would even decide to banish those people or sentence them to death. Especially women weren't allowed to break from social norms, lest they be called a witch and burnt at the stake. The burnt remains of these witches would be deposited into the well nearby the city. Animals banished from Polderstad would also congregate there to be able to drink something outside of the city.<ref name="Ep4" /><ref name="Well1">{{CiteBook\|DRO}}''Pages 45-47''</ref>

	==Inhabitants==		==Inhabitants==

Dougurasu: /* Middle ages */

2026-06-03T21:40:36Z

Middle ages

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	It is thought Polderstad was founded in the [[wikipedia:6th century\|6th century]]<ref group="note">The book [[De Droom van Alfred Jodocous Kwak]] makes this the [[wikipedia:5th century\|5th century]], 1600 years ago.</ref> and turned into a thriving independent city. 800 years ago in the [[wikipedia:13th century\|13th century]] the city was surrouned by high brick walls marking the edges between the city and the outside country. During this period the church that would ultimately include [[Ollie de Ooievaar's house]] had started construction.		It is thought Polderstad was founded in the [[wikipedia:6th century\|6th century]]<ref group="note">The book [[De Droom van Alfred Jodocous Kwak]] makes this the [[wikipedia:5th century\|5th century]], 1600 years ago.</ref> and turned into a thriving independent city. 800 years ago in the [[wikipedia:13th century\|13th century]] the city was surrouned by high brick walls marking the edges between the city and the outside country. During this period the church that would ultimately include [[Ollie de Ooievaar's house]] had started construction.

	Back then the market square was a place of social gathering; women, priests and soldiers coming back from far battlefields ~~would gather in this central hub. Merchants~~ selling potatoes<ref group="note">The book [[De Droom van Alfred Jodocous Kwak]] specifically addresses potatoes not being available to be sold in [[Groot Waterland]] during the [[wikipedia:13th century\|13th century]] as potatoes hadn't come overseas from ''Het Verre Westen'' (lit. "The Far East"). In the real world the [[wikipedia:History_of_the_potato\|potato]] was brought to [[wikipedia:Europe\|Europe]] in [[wikipedia:16th century\|16th century]].</ref>, spices, fruit, eggs, carrots, cabbage, wool, yarn and the like ~~and minstrels singing songs about heroic deeds~~.<ref name="Ep4">{{CiteAJKep\|NL\|4}}</ref><ref name="MiddleAges">{{CiteBook\|DRO}}''Pages 36-38''</ref>		Back then the market square was a place of social gathering; women, priests and soldiers coming back from far battlefields, minstrels singing songs about heroic deeds and merchants selling potatoes<ref group="note">The book [[De Droom van Alfred Jodocous Kwak]] specifically addresses potatoes not being available to be sold in [[Groot Waterland]] during the [[wikipedia:13th century\|13th century]] as potatoes hadn't come overseas from ''Het Verre Westen'' (lit. "The Far East"). In the real world the [[wikipedia:History_of_the_potato\|potato]] was brought to [[wikipedia:Europe\|Europe]] in [[wikipedia:16th century\|16th century]].</ref>, spices, fruit, eggs, carrots, cabbage, wool, yarn and the like.<ref name="Ep4">{{CiteAJKep\|NL\|4}}</ref><ref name="MiddleAges">{{CiteBook\|DRO}}''Pages 36-38''</ref>

	==Inhabitants==		==Inhabitants==

Dougurasu: /* Middle ages */

2026-06-03T21:38:52Z

Middle ages

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	[[File:PDVD 000.jpg\|thumb\|right\|200px\|Polderstad depicted as it was 800 years ago.]]		[[File:PDVD 000.jpg\|thumb\|right\|200px\|Polderstad depicted as it was 800 years ago.]]
	===Middle ages===		===Middle ages===
	It is thought Polderstad was founded in the [[wikipedia:6th century\|6th century]]<ref group="note">The book [[De Droom van Alfred Jodocous Kwak]] makes this the [[wikipedia:5th century\|5th century]], 1600 years ago.</ref> and turned into a thriving independent city. 800 years ago in the [[wikipedia:13th century\|13th century]] the city was surrouned by high brick walls marking the edges between the city and the outside country. During this period the church that would ultimately include [[Ollie de Ooievaar's house]] had started ~~being built~~.		It is thought Polderstad was founded in the [[wikipedia:6th century\|6th century]]<ref group="note">The book [[De Droom van Alfred Jodocous Kwak]] makes this the [[wikipedia:5th century\|5th century]], 1600 years ago.</ref> and turned into a thriving independent city. 800 years ago in the [[wikipedia:13th century\|13th century]] the city was surrouned by high brick walls marking the edges between the city and the outside country. During this period the church that would ultimately include [[Ollie de Ooievaar's house]] had started construction.

	Back then the market square was a place of social gathering; women, priests and soldiers coming back from far battlefields would gather in this central hub. Merchants selling potatoes<ref group="note">The book [[De Droom van Alfred Jodocous Kwak]] specifically addresses potatoes not being available to be sold in [[Groot Waterland]] during the [[wikipedia:13th century\|13th century]] as potatoes hadn't come overseas from ''Het Verre Westen'' (lit. "The Far East"). In the real world the [[wikipedia:History_of_the_potato\|potato]] was brought to [[wikipedia:Europe\|Europe]] in [[wikipedia:16th century\|16th century]].</ref>, spices, fruit, eggs, carrots, cabbage, wool, yarn and the like and minstrels singing songs about heroic deeds.<ref name="Ep4">{{CiteAJKep\|NL\|4}}</ref><ref name="MiddleAges">{{CiteBook\|DRO}}''Pages 36-38''</ref>		Back then the market square was a place of social gathering; women, priests and soldiers coming back from far battlefields would gather in this central hub. Merchants selling potatoes<ref group="note">The book [[De Droom van Alfred Jodocous Kwak]] specifically addresses potatoes not being available to be sold in [[Groot Waterland]] during the [[wikipedia:13th century\|13th century]] as potatoes hadn't come overseas from ''Het Verre Westen'' (lit. "The Far East"). In the real world the [[wikipedia:History_of_the_potato\|potato]] was brought to [[wikipedia:Europe\|Europe]] in [[wikipedia:16th century\|16th century]].</ref>, spices, fruit, eggs, carrots, cabbage, wool, yarn and the like and minstrels singing songs about heroic deeds.<ref name="Ep4">{{CiteAJKep\|NL\|4}}</ref><ref name="MiddleAges">{{CiteBook\|DRO}}''Pages 36-38''</ref>