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Celebrating the life of Hieronymus Bosch in ’sHertogenbosch The Dutch city has lined up myriad strange and wonderful experiences to mark Hieronymous Bosch’s death 500 years ago
Dutch master of the macabre … Hieronymus Bosch’s Haywain Triptych at Het Noordbrabants Museum. Photograph: Evert Elzinga
Maev Kennedy Monday 22 February 2016 10.30 GMT
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trange encounters are guaranteed this year in the small Dutch city of ’s-Hertogenbosch. A squirrel-fish might shake you warmly by the claw and proffer an image of hellfire and damnation.
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On a peaceful canal, a demonic figure might play a harp while riding a goose – but the goose turns out to be a penis with a giant breast as its hindquarters. (It is, the boat pilot confides, an image of lust.) All of the Netherlands knows that this respectable city (known colloquially as Den Bosch) goes off its rocker once a year, celebrating the country’s most raucous carnival. But in 2016, the madness will continue long after it should have slept off its hangover. Hundreds of events are planned on, under and above the streets, marking the 500th anniversary of the death of its most famous son: Hieronymus Bosch (bosch500.nl). Restaurants in ’s-Hertogenbosch, Den Bosch, Netherlands
Some of the town’s restaurants have created special plates as part of the commemorations. Photograph: Holland Media Bank
There will be boat trips through the city’s tunnels to view projections of his hellish creatures – but not until April when the roosting bats will have left. However, surreal figures already stud the streets, parks and and shops, or are projected onto buildings. A dazzling exhibition (advance booking essential (hetnoordbrabantsmuseum.nl) closes in May, but reproductions fill a former church now devoted to one of the strangest minds of the 15th century. Restaurants on pretty street Korte Putstraat have commissioned special plates: in Allerlei, we ate roast cod which revealed a naked woman with a bunch of herbs for a head as it disappeared. Most locals affectionately call the artist Jeroen. He was born Jeroen van Aken, from Aachen in Germany, only adopting the grander Hieronymus Bosch as he became famous – so patrons knew where to find him. The market in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Den Bosch, Netherlands. Reproduced by Gorkana under licence from the NLA (newspapers), CLA (magazines), FT (Financial Times/ft.com) or other copyright owner. No further copying (including printing of digital cuttings), digital reproduction/forwarding of the cutting is permitted except under licence from the copyright owner. All FT content is copyright The Financial Times Ltd. Article Page 2 of 7 349631740 - CAMCAH - A24182 - 4
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The market in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Den Bosch, Netherlands.
The market in ‘s-Hertogenbosch. Photograph: Holland Media Bank
The city centre and the triangular market place where Bosch lived and worked are a 10-minute walk from the station. A few minutes walk from here is the grandest fraternity, the Zwanenbroedershuis, of which Bosch was a member – a rare honour when artists were considered mere craftsmen. It’s another minute to the gigantic cathedral where the fraternity would bury him in 1516 – a beautifully carved stone marks his final journey. The Wondrous Climb, a dizzying tower installed for this year, gives an exhilarating panorama of his entire world, from wooden walkways around the cathedral roof. In the distance is the river, but close at hand a crowd of grotesque carved stone figures perch on the flying buttresses. The battered originals are now in a museum nearby but modern replacements capture their spirit: musicians, demons, dragons, a man guzzling a whole barrel of beer, a bear eating a hive of honey and an angel on a mobile phone – a 21st-century joke the 15th-century artist would surely have enjoyed. The trip was provided by the Netherlands Tourist Board ( holland.com). The Duke hotel ( thedukehotel.nl) in Den Bosch centre has doubles from £74 room-only. Direct trains from •
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