Schoenenkwartier Proverbs Route
Putting on the bold shoes
Waalwijk is a real shoe town! There used to be hundreds of factories around here where shoes were made of leather. That was not always a pleasant life for the factory workers (see also stop 15), but Waalwijk did become big because of it.
At the Schoenenkwartier, the extraordinary past of the shoe and leather industry comes to life. You can see extraordinary shoes from all over the world and learn more about how shoes - past and present - are made. It is a knowledge center, manufacturing lab and museum all in one. Super fun to take a look!
Proverbs about shoes
Did you know that there are lots of funny proverbs about...
Putting on the bold shoes
Waalwijk is a real shoe town! There used to be hundreds of factories around here where shoes were made of leather. That was not always a pleasant life for the factory workers (see also stop 15), but Waalwijk did become big because of it.
At the Schoenenkwartier, the extraordinary past of the shoe and leather industry comes to life. You can see extraordinary shoes from all over the world and learn more about how shoes - past and present - are made. It is a knowledge center, manufacturing lab and museum all in one. Super fun to take a look!
Proverbs about shoes
Did you know that there are lots of funny proverbs about shoes? For example, "walking with lead in your shoes. It means that you don't feel like doing something. If you really had a piece of lead (= heavy metal) in your shoes, it would feel very heavy and it would be difficult to move forward.