The Dutch are well-known for their wooden shoes, but finding clogs from the Middle Ages—especially in ... located in the northern Netherlands, around 30 km (18.6 miles) northwest of Amsterdam. "It was ...

It is the first ever found in the Netherlands made of birch wood, and one of only 44 wooden shoes ever found during excavations in the Netherlands and Belgium.

Clogs are a type of traditional wooden shoe and an iconic symbol of the Netherlands. These shoes, however, are rarely found by archaeologists because wood decomposes when exposed to oxygen.

Martin Dijkman recreates Dutch masterpieces out of thousands of miniature clogs. More from Still Standing There are only 10 clog makers left in the Netherlands hand-carving wooden shoes.

Learn more I've been wearing clogs since I was just a little kid, slipping my feet into my Swedish grandma's wooden clogs. I always liked the way they looked, and they reminded me of going over to ...