HOLLAND, MI -- Tulip Time is renowned for the colorful sight of millions of tulips, but the festival doesn’t really start until you hear the sound of hundreds of clogs clomping. This year the ...

HOLLAND, Mich. — Two pairs of oversized wooden shoes that were displayed as part of an art competition for the annual Tulip Time Festival in Michigan have been stolen.

As Maude Brulard reports for the AFP, only about 30 Dutch wooden clog-makers remain. That’s the estimate of an industry official, who tells the AFP that the tradition "is almost dead." ...

After a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, parades will be back for Holland's Tulip Time Festival. A crowd favorite, the Holland High School marching band, will be performing in this ...

From clunky Dutch workwear to controversial fashion favourite, Daisy Woodward explores why the distinctive wooden-soled shoe is a symbol of now.

Just decades ago there were thousands. Now only about 30 Dutch clog-makers remain, fighting to save a dying craft with the wooden shoes more often found today as fridge-magnets rather than ...

There are only 10 clog makers left in the Netherlands hand-carving wooden shoes. But many are near retirement. We visited one of the oldest standing.

De Klomp Wooden Shoe and Delftware Factory near Holland showcases wooden-shoe hand carvers who, with the help of a machine that is 125 to 150 years old, produce the wooden “clogs” for f… ...

There are only 10 clog makers left in the Netherlands hand-carving wooden shoes. And there are even fewer clog painters. The craftspeople who are left are near retirement. To keep their businesses ...