You sometimes see pictures of Dutch people in traditional costume. In these pictures, the men wear baggy trousers and wooden shoes, and the women wear long skirts and bonnets. Many country people used to wear these clothes, but now you hardly ever see them. Nowadays, traditional costume is only worn by a few older people in villages around the IJsselmeer (a big lake in the north of the Netherlands) in Scheveningen (a seaside town on the North Sea) and in the province of Zeeland.

Wooden shoes

Sturdy wooden shoes, also known as clogs, are also typically Dutch. They used to be worn by people working in the fields. Clogs are very hard, so they really protect your feet. They are also almost impossible to wear out, which means they last for a very long time. Nowadays very few people wear clogs, but some farmers still do.