Originally Posted by
Zieleman
No idea on the exact age of De Rijp, but it's certainly 500 years old. Check out the village touristic website:
http://www.vvvgraftderijp.nl/en/
If you want old: I grew up in Muiden; a town of more or less 5000 people which is about 1060 years old. It's not far from Amsterdam and every year more and more tourists show up. When I lived there, there were no hotels whatsoever. Should be one by now..
This was one of my neighbours:
I'll have to take a closer look at that website when I get a little time. It looks like it could be interesting, despite the "tourist" approach. About your neighbor: judging by the moat, I take it they weren't very friendly.
