De Beugelaar - Nieuwegein - The Netherlands
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small statue of a "beugelaar", a player of an ancient ball game
Waymark Code: WM87M2
Location: Utrecht, Netherlands
Date Posted: 02/15/2010
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Beugelen was a ball game dating back tot he late middle ages. A 3 kg heavy ball had to be moved by means of large wooden spoons to play it through a ring which acted as a goal (see (
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This small statue is placed on a concrete sockle along a canal in the southern part of Nieuwegein, which used to be called Vreeswijk.