Elburg is a municipality and town by the Veluwemeer and Drontermeer. Elburg once was a small town living of fishing and trade located on the edge of the Zuiderzee. It is assumed that the city got its city rights between 1220 and 1271.
The town is located about 80km from Amsterdam, in the North-Western parth of the province of "Gelderland". It's also a neighboring town of the most popular tourist trap "Giethoorn".
Let me show you another off the beaten path destination in one of the most beautiful countries in Europe, Elburg!
Such a singing fishers choir is called a "Shanty choir", it always consists of a group of volunteers. There are quite a lot of such groups in the Netherlands, normally performing in old fishing towns, often near the sea. they sing old sailors songs.
