A minigolf postcard from Noordwijk aan Zee in Holland

A look at an old minigolf postcard from Noordwijk aan Zee in Holland.

Minigolf Postcard - NOORDWIJK AAN ZEE HOLLAND Midget Golf ,,Huis ter Duin''. Posted to Hinkley, Leicestershire in 1974

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• Postcard
• Ephemera
• Netherlands
• Holland

Closer to 2050 than the year 2000

We're now closer to 2050 than the year 2000!

As of today we've now passed the halfway point between the years 2000 and 2050.

The Time Machine Minigolf course in Warsaw, Poland (March 2017)

If you could time travel when (and where) would you go?

GlowGolf indoor minigolf course in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Photo by Christopher Gottfried (January 2017)

Minigolf at Landal Holiday Park Het Vennenbos

A look at the minigolf course at the Landal Holiday Park Het Vennenbos in the Netherlands.

My brother Christopher, a charter member of the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour, and his family recently played the minigolf course at the Landal Holiday Park Het Vennenbos in the Netherlands.

The scorecard (Midgetgolfkaart)

The 18-hole course is of the 'eternit' miniature golf variety.

Check out the Landal Holiday Park website for more information.

The course at Landal Holiday Park Het Vennenbos was the 1,131st course visited overall on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

The course is described as 'Midgetgolf', this is a name minigolf has been commonly referred to as in the Netherlands since the 1930s.

An old minigolf postcard from Zeewolde, Netherlands

A look at an old minigolf course postcard from Flevo-Nature in Zeewolde, Netherlands.

FLEVO NATUUR - HOLLAND. midget-golf. Unposted. Undated

Looking online, Flevo-Nature in Zeewolde is a naturist camping site. The minigolf course is no longer there.

The reverse of the card calls the game 'midget-golf', a name minigolf has been commonly referred to as in the Netherlands since the 1930s.

Minigolfing in the Netherlands. In Andover

We played an around-the-world themed indoor minigolf course in Andover, Hampshire back in May 2019.

Each of the holes was themed after a different country. Hole 1 was the Netherlands.

The Glo-Golf course at the Riverside Bowl in Andover was the 882nd course visited and 514th played on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. We've now been to 958 courses since September 2006.

We're yet to play in the Netherlands itself. However, my brother Christopher - a charter member of the tour - has played a Time Travel themed GlowGolf course in Amsterdam and swung by the Midget Golf course in Muiderberg.

Happy National Windmill Day

Today is National Windmill Day.

In addition to it being National Miniature Golf Day, today is also National Windmill Day.

Playing a windmill hole in Skegness on a previous National Miniature Golf Day

The two things very often go hand-in-hand.

The windmill hole on the grass putting miniature golf course at the Palm Bay Café in Cliftonville, Margate back in 2007

 

Playing the windmill hole on the Crazy Golf course at Penwith Pitch & Putt in Cornwall 

Emily playing a windmill hole at the Rhos Fynach Crazy Golf course on Miniature Golf Day in 2017

National Windmill Day is a holiday in the Netherlands and actually takes place over two days on the second Saturday and Sunday in May.

A Dutch-themed hole at Glo-Golf indoor Crazy Golf at the Riverside Bowl in Andover

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- Windmills

Midgetgolfbaan De Leeuwenkuil in the Netherlands

A look at the Midget Golf course in Muiderberg, Netherlands.

A lovely looking loop-di-loop on the course

Charter member of the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour Christopher Gottfried has visited another minigolf course while on holiday, this time in the Netherlands.

While cycling he spotted the flags and sign for the 18-hole Midgetgolfbaan De Leeuwenkuil in Muiderberg.

You can find the 18-hole Midgetgolfbaan De Leeuwenkuil at Nienhuis Ruyskade 3, 1399 GR Muiderberg, Netherlands. The course opened in 1967! Visit the course website for more information.

Middle Hill and Labyrinth lanes on the 18-hole Eternit Miniature Golf course

Christopher has now visited 27 courses on his own branch of the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour. Emily and I have also visited eight of those courses, but 19 of the courses are from travels to other courses in the UK, Turkey, Majorca, Italy, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Germany, France and Indonesia!

The combined total of the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour is now at 909 courses visited!

GlowGolf Amsterdam

A look inside the GlowGolf indoor minigolf course in Amsterdam.

My brother and Charter Member of the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour Christopher was recently on a Stag Do in Amsterdam and ended up finding and playing the GlowGolf indoor minigolf course there.

The course has a Time Travel theme

We're big fans of glow in the dark indoor minigolf courses and the 15-hole course looks brilliant and very well themed.

The GlowGolf Amsterdam course looks great

There's a miniature railway of sorts on the course

Romanesque

Here be dragons

Under the sea

Explosive!

Christopher tells me the competition for the Amsterdam Open Championship title was intense and while regular golfer Curtis Allen was leading for much of the contest he fluffed one hole to gift the lead to Rob Marson and Christopher. It ended going to the last hole and Rob picked up the win and 1 Euro in prize money by managing to get his ball in the side of the final hole that scored a 1, while Christopher's ball went the other way to score a 2.

Minigolf champion Rob Marson

Results of the GlowGolf Amsterdam Open Championship 2017 (15 holes, par 44)
1st Rob Marson 38
2nd Christopher Gottfried 39
3rd Curtis Allen 43
4th Russell Lewis 51

The time machine hole

GlowGolf Amsterdam can be found at Prins Hendrikkade and shares the building with Grand Café Noah's Arq. Visit the GlowGolf Amsterdam website for more information on the Amsterdam course and their other locations across the Netherlands.

A nice touch to make the putters easier to use

Related blog posts:
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour
- Indoor Minigolf courses
- Christopher Gottfried's minigolf player profile

Link:
- GlowGolf Amsterdam website

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