No, you do not just enter this Leerdamse Hofje. Located in a busy shopping street, the stately building has been inhabited by women for centuries. Riet van Ooyen, who came to live there 25 years ago, opens the front door. “Beautiful here, don’t you think? If you sit here, it’s just an oasis of peace. And that in the middle of the city!”
Women have lived in this Leerdam courtyard for 250 years: ‘Men? Come on!’
