OUR MISSION

What drives us

The oldest sailing vegetable auction in the world. At this historic site in Broek op Langedijk, auctioning at auction was established in 1887. This system is now used at all major auctions. The memory is kept alive by the historic auction building and the striking moorings built above the water.

The neighboring Kingdom of the Thousand Islands is the land of strong men. The market gardener, miller, lock keeper, trader, ship carpenter and skipper. You learned the trade from father to son. Generation after generation. Century after century. Today, all traces of the past are still visible.

It is Museum BroekerVeiling's mission to safeguard this unique history for future generations and to show how life used to be in this part of the country.