Polderstad

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Polderstad
Locations
"Polderstad"
Polderstad as depicted in the opening
LevelCity
CountryGroot Waterland
First appearanceEpisode 2
Name in different languages
Dutch namePolderstad
Japanese nameポルダー村 (Porudā-mura)
German nameDeichstadt
English nameTown of Polder


Polderstad is the city near which Alfred Jodocus Kwak's house is located, in the animated series. Many stories are set in this city and it's also the hometown of Ollie de Ooievaar, Pikkie de Ekster and the sparrow triplets, among others. It is located in the country of Groot Waterland.

Notable features

Different versions of Polderstad from different episodes. Above is from episode 4 (depicting it just as in production materials and the opening titles) and below is from episode 12.

Simultaneously an extremely small town featuring only several buildings (as it is depicted in the opening titles and during panning shots in episode 4 and episode 5 and also a much bigger town with many more buildings. The shipyard on top of which Ollie de Ooievaar's family's house is located is shown to be both part of the small version of this town, as well as the much bigger version.[1] Likely the viewer is not meant to take the small depiction as reality within the story.

Polderstad City Center

Schoolstraat

(lit. "Schoolstreet")

The Schoolstraat is the street which the primary school is on and contains an intersection with the Oude Kerkstraat close to the city center.[2] When looking for Dolf de Kraai after Alfred Jodocus Kwak had seen for the first time that Dolf uses shoe polish to paint his beak black, Alfred unknowingly dropped his schoolbag here. Finding his bag helped Henk de Mol to locate Alfred after he'd been missing for a while.[3]

The school

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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.[4][5]

Oude Kerkstraat

(lit. "Old Churchstreet")

The Oude Kerkstraat is a street that contains an intersection with the Schoolstraat. It contains several shops and restaurants, among which is Politiek Eetcafé De Struisvogel.[6]

Politiek Eetcafé De Struisvogel

(lit. "Political Diner The Ostrich")
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A restaurant for political debate owned by an ostrich, which also contains billiards tables. This is where Dolf de Kraai sometimes eats with Hannes and Wannes Snater, talking about his plans for setting up a political party. Dolf was questioned here by Holmes de Hond for the juwerely burglaries that happened in the neighborhood.[1][7]

Brede Buitenweg

(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.[8] This road also extends to outside the city passing the old dried up well. Some kids pas through here to get to school.[9]

Kloosterstraat

(lit. "Monestarystreet")

The Kloosterstraat is a curved street into the city center.[8]

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 Bella Peper-Hazenbloot.[10]

De Olkas Huisvloer Hallen

(lit. "The Olkas Housefloor Halls")


The bookstore

The antique shop

Polderstad-Noord

Bella Buldog's house

After retiring Meester Bas Buldog's daughter that lives in the suburbs of Polderstad-Noord invited him to live with her and her four children, especially since their father is at sea a lot. The house is a purchased home, very spacious with a garden and located near a wide field. Buldog decorated the four walls in his room with bookcases loaded with books, which also helped dampen the noise of the kids.[11] Before retiring Buldog also lived on the other side of Polderstad in a house that Bas Buldog didn't find very cosy.[12]

Polderstad Zuidoost

Henks mine house

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Polderstad-West

Anton Snorman's mansion

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Anton Snorman's mansion is a stately home set within a large containing several trees and a gazebo. It is one of the houses that was burgled and had it's jewelery stolen by Dolf de Kraai. Anton Snorman also has his fiancée comes over weekly.[1][13]

Near Polderstad

Alfred's clog house

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De Stompe Toren

(lit. "The Stubby Tower")
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The train station

Polderweg

The well

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The well is a watering hole that was used in the middle ages. Dolf de Kraai falls into it as a child, being startled by Alfred Jodocus Kwak, and in an attempt to save him Alfred also falls down. Dolf breaks his wing and both are stuck down there, until Krabnagel de Kater tries to fish them out.[4][14] In an alternate telling of this story it is Henk de Mol who finds them, instead.[15]

History

Middle ages

It is thought Polderstad was founded in the 6th century[note 1] and turned into a thriving independent city. 800 years ago in the 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.

Back then the market square was a place of social gathering. Merchants selling potatoes[note 2], eggs, carrots, cabbage and the like and minstrels singing songs about heroic deeds.

Inhabitants

Appearances

TV Series

Audio

Books

Production background

The well is likely based on many old stories about being stuck down a well, as well as being stuck in down well in the game of the goose.

Emergency services take Dolf de Kraai away to treat his broken arm.

Notes

  1. ↑ The book De Droom van Alfred Jodocous Kwak makes this the 5th century, 1600 years ago.
  2. ↑ The book De Droom van Alfred Jodocous Kwak specifically addresses potatoes not being available to be sold during the 13th century

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "チェスの女王夢冒険 (Chesu no joō yume bōken)" [Queen of chess dream adventure]. Alfred J. Kwak. Season 1. Episode 12. 1989-06-19. TV Tokyo.
  2. ↑ van Veen, Herman; Holzhaus, Hanneke (1991). De Droom van Alfred Jodocus Kwak [Alfred Jodocus Kwak's Dream] (in Nederlands). Soest, the Netherlands: Harlekijn, Westbroek. ISBN 9063860862. Pages 33 and 168
  3. ↑ van Veen, Herman; Holzhaus, Hanneke (1991). De Droom van Alfred Jodocus Kwak [Alfred Jodocus Kwak's Dream] (in Nederlands). Soest, the Netherlands: Harlekijn, Westbroek. ISBN 9063860862. Pages 54, 74
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Op school" [In school]. Alfred J. Kwak. Season 1. Episode 4. 1990-07-01. VARA.
  5. ↑ "De olympiade" [The olympiad]. Alfred J. Kwak. Season 1. Episode 6. 1990-01-21. VARA.
  6. ↑ van Veen, Herman; Holzhaus, Hanneke (1991). De Droom van Alfred Jodocus Kwak [Alfred Jodocus Kwak's Dream] (in Nederlands). Soest, the Netherlands: Harlekijn, Westbroek. ISBN 9063860862. Pages 167 and 168
  7. ↑ van Veen, Herman; Holzhaus, Hanneke (1991). De Droom van Alfred Jodocus Kwak [Alfred Jodocus Kwak's Dream] (in Nederlands). Soest, the Netherlands: Harlekijn, Westbroek. ISBN 9063860862. Pages 172-181
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 van Veen, Herman; Holzhaus, Hanneke (1991). De Droom van Alfred Jodocus Kwak [Alfred Jodocus Kwak's Dream] (in Nederlands). Soest, the Netherlands: Harlekijn, Westbroek. ISBN 9063860862. Page 56
  9. ↑ van Veen, Herman; Holzhaus, Hanneke (1991). De Droom van Alfred Jodocus Kwak [Alfred Jodocus Kwak's Dream] (in Nederlands). Soest, the Netherlands: Harlekijn, Westbroek. ISBN 9063860862. Page 47
  10. ↑ van Veen, Herman; Holzhaus, Hanneke (1991). De Droom van Alfred Jodocus Kwak [Alfred Jodocus Kwak's Dream] (in Nederlands). Soest, the Netherlands: Harlekijn, Westbroek. ISBN 9063860862. Pages 161-163
  11. ↑ van Veen, Herman; Holzhaus, Hanneke (1991). De Droom van Alfred Jodocus Kwak [Alfred Jodocus Kwak's Dream] (in Nederlands). Soest, the Netherlands: Harlekijn, Westbroek. ISBN 9063860862. Pages 156 - 160
  12. ↑ van Veen, Herman; Holzhaus, Hanneke (1991). De Droom van Alfred Jodocus Kwak [Alfred Jodocus Kwak's Dream] (in Nederlands). Soest, the Netherlands: Harlekijn, Westbroek. ISBN 9063860862. Pages 32 and 74
  13. ↑ van Veen, Herman; Holzhaus, Hanneke (1991). De Droom van Alfred Jodocus Kwak [Alfred Jodocus Kwak's Dream] (in Nederlands). Soest, the Netherlands: Harlekijn, Westbroek. ISBN 9063860862. On page 218 Krabnagel de Kater reveals that it's not just a girlfriend, but Anton Snorman's fiancée.
  14. ↑ "De kater" [The tomcat]. Alfred J. Kwak. Season 1. Episode 5. 1990-01-14. VARA.
  15. ↑ van Veen, Herman; Holzhaus, Hanneke (1991). De Droom van Alfred Jodocus Kwak [Alfred Jodocus Kwak's Dream] (in Nederlands). Soest, the Netherlands: Harlekijn, Westbroek. ISBN 9063860862. Page 75
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