So when we arrived at the farm where our cow cuddling initiation was going to take place, a comforting sense of nostalgia washed over me. Enable it by visiting https://console.developers.google.com/apis/api/youtube.googleapis.com/overview?project=864824727489 then retry. I’m more a sheep girl, I’m a knitter after all, but I’d love to meet the girls at that farm.

Luckily, cow cuddling sessions here in the Netherlands are a lot cheaper than in upstate New York. With me on this adventure are my two sisters. I follow Nicolette’s example and move the side of the cow to lean against her gigantic belly.

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And she weighs 600 kilo.

Bringing a companion is included in this price; the third and fourth friend who come along will pay €10 each. It’s a vicious circle, no animal is raised just for wool/leather/meat/milk/eggs.

Have you ever cuddled with a cow? As I lay against her flank, I realise that I want to put more effort into living a vegan lifestyle. . It won’t be easy as, much like Sanne, I love cheese (foodie trips are our favourites!)

With the below information you’ll be ready to go. Moreover, a cow’s body temperature is slightly higher than ours (39 degrees Celsius), while their heart rate is lower than ours, which, while lying against a cow, causes you to feel very relaxed. In total you’ll spend around 2 hours with the cows, after which you will wind down with refreshing drinks and some snacks.

Want to get up close and personal with a cow and share some good hugs? OMT: Don’t travel internationally over the Christmas period, Compensation for employees in the Netherlands working from home, The Netherlands as one of Europe’s new coronavirus hotspots. ‘Inspecting the cows’ was an adventurous pastime for city girls like us. The black-and-white bovines produce the milk that is used to make our famous Gouda and Edam cheeses. Then, it is time to walk back to the farmhouse to hose down our boots and enjoy some drinks and snacks.

Nicolette explains how she often hears children say that they believe milk is created in factories. Come join us on our trips - we hope to inspire you to say YES to new adventures yourself!

They’re all milk cows — aka, females who provide milk — and no bulls live on the farm. No matter how familiar the sight, walking among them is still a little bit scary in the beginning. On the #RoadToRotterdam – this is a must-do!

That involved first learning the proper technique for greeting our very large four-legged friends. As I sat up against my beautiful big boned girlfriend (I had no idea how large cows are! She has worked as a professional writer for a number of international companies in the Netherlands. It seems that the practice originated here in the Netherlands, which is not surprising considering the country is one of the world’s largest exporters of dairy products, and, therefore, home to a lot of cows.
I thought that after feeding wild hyenas, hanging with mountain gorillas, and swimming with whale sharks, big beasts wouldn’t faze me that much anymore. Disclaimer: I received a discount on the price of the cow cuddling workshop in return for publishing this story. The absence of humans in this setting is almost a little dystopian. The best cows to select for a round of cuddling are those that are laying down. We watch the teats being located by a laser, after which the machine automatically connects four extensions and starts pumping. • @williamleeadams & I stopped eating beef after making these new friends. During a cow cuddling tour, you will slowly be introduced to the cows. Kastanje Hoeve owners Gerard and Els speak English! Manja studied English and Creative & Professional Writing at the University of Wolverhampton. Baby cow are really just like puppies.

The cows here are clearly loved by the farmer and his staff, and they are well taken care of. For instance, dairy farm “Kastanje Hoeve” in Beets, located a 30-minute drive from Amsterdam, offers a cow cuddling tour of 2,5 - 3,5 hours for 25 euros per person.This tour includes drinks and snacks, a tour of the farm and the actual cow cuddling. It was to make sure that we smelled like the farm, so that the cows would feel comfortable with us. The people on the farm will know which cows are in the mood for a hug. #instatravel #farmcats #friesland #leeuwarden, A post shared by wiwibloggs (@wiwibloggs) on Oct 14, 2019 at 10:59am PDT. Whenever I return from a trip abroad, seeing the countless cows from the train or from my airplane window instills an immediate sense of ‘home’.

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Good news: the farm offers an annual subscription of €50 that allows you to come and cuddle with cows whenever you please. For one, cuddling can reduce your stress levels and improve your health, so says science. They have tools to scratch their backs and there is pop music playing in the background. You will be provided with rubber boots and an overall that you can wear on top of your own clothes (so it is most practical to wear pants instead of a dress or a skirt). These two share a deep love of #Eurovision…and #cats ? They actually select (based on character) and raise a part of their cows as extra human friendly. It really makes me happy you guys are venturing beyond the major cities in the west such as Rotterdam and Amsterdam and show the world the peripheral provinces that tend not to get attention. This is their address: Voorst is a very small village in the middle of farmlands. I could easily doze off and fall asleep right here.

They are playful, curious, clumsy, and they use their mouth to investigate whatever crosses their path. Who would have thought that rolling around in the mud with cows could have this type of effect on a person? . Besides admiring them from afar or enjoying their dairy products, there is an opportunity to meet them up close and personal.

Cows are flight animals whose instinct tells them to constantly be alert, and to flee the scene whenever they perceive something threatening. That’s not very lady-like behavior!” Suzanne: “The connection between man and animal was already real.” Me: *confused, and scrolls further down to the picture* “Oh wait, “she” is actually a cat!” Lol jokes aside, this was such a lovely article, Suzanne. And, perhaps more importantly, to avoid any spillage from the cows who, let’s face it, defecate rather frequently! Ideally, your cow encounter will take place in the grassy meadows. I love how I’ve been excited by an encounter with the most mundane animal I can think of – that good old staple element of my home country’s most common scenery. The Dutch landscape is incredibly flat, offering vistas of trees, windmills and endless grass for miles. Luckily, cow cuddling sessions here in the Netherlands are a lot cheaper than in upstate New York. New music this week: 25 songs from Ben & Tan, OG3NE, Kate Miller-Heidke and more, The Netherlands at Junior Eurovision 2020: Unity with ”Best Friends”, New music this week: 20 songs from Francesco Gabbani, Guy Sebastian, Amir and more, Eurovision 2021 host city Rotterdam enters partial lockdown amid local surge in Covid-19 cases, Miss Montreal charts in the Netherlands with her own version of “Door de wind” — Ingeborg’s Eurovision 1989 entry for Belgium, Duncan Laurence joins in, as “Arcade” goes viral in Harry Potter-themed TikTok videos, New music this week: 24 songs from Luca Hanni, KEiiNO, Anna Bergendahl and more, Netherlands: “I still haven’t written my best song yet “- Jeangu Macrooy talks about creating music ahead of Eurovision 2021, Eurovision podcast (Episode 78): National selection details from Lithuania, Albania, Croatia and Denmark, Belarus at Junior Eurovision 2020: Arina Pehtereva with “Aliens”, San Marino: Senhit pays tribute to Freddie Mercury in cover of “Rise Like a Phoenix”, Italy: RAI will decide in January if Sanremo 2021 will have live audience, OGAE Song Contest 2020 results: The UK wins (again) with Dua Lipa’s “Physical”, Happy Halloween: 28 of the scariest songs from the world of Eurovision, Hold on! The industrialisation of living, breathing creatures makes me feel a little uneasy. And then we saw them: More than 200 cows eating, laying, grazing and generally hanging out.

All images on www.wiwibloggs.com are readily available on the internet and believed to be in public domain. Then something moving happens. While the world still seems to be enthralled by goat yoga, cow cuddling (koeknuffelen in Dutch) is on the rise! but I do want to make a conscious effort to at least seek out alternative options where I can. learn more about us and Say Yes To New Adventures. To be honest, I find the sight a little uncanny. Facebook: Please enter a Facebook app id.

. . They have a website dedicated to cow cuddling that is in Dutch, but if you contact them at info@koeknuffelen.nl they can reply to your request in English. Check your inbox or spam folder now to confirm your subscription. After the cow cuddling activity was introduced on this farm, the cows have started to produce considerably more milk than they did before. You can choose between workshops of varying lengths. Here’s what went down…. We also slipped into Wellies to avoid getting soggy feet in the event of rain. You can find a lot of materials for crafting, unlimited options, why do you need something that comes from a living animal? Mountain Horse Farm in upstate New York offers a “Horse & Cow Experience”, which will set you back a staggering 300 USD for a 90-minute cow cuddling session for two people. #farm #farmlife #cows #cow #farmanimals #wiwibloggs #nederlands #netherlands #visitnetherlands #visitholland #holland #sister #brother #hapa #hapas #green #browncow #milkcow #esc2020 #eurovision2020 #eurovisionsongcontest #rotterdam2020 #instatravel #instatravelling, A post shared by William Lee Adams (@williamleeadams) on Sep 27, 2019 at 5:07am PDT.

This tour includes drinks and snacks, a tour of the farm and the actual cow cuddling. You don’t have to give your shoes to a whale to kill it. Next, Nicolette shows us the main stables. As a child riding in the car with my aunt and uncle, I’d always point to pastures and say, “Mooooo Cow.” It was sort of a rite-of-passage for us kids in rural communities and the giggles would fill the silence as we drove from place to place, past one pasture after another. The result is a herd that is happy to tolerate humans in their midst. Suzanne: “He was followed by a sleek black, white and caramel girl, also excited (to) meet us.” Me: “Damn, The Netherlands sure is multi-racial, and I thought South Africa was the rainbow nation!” Suzanne: “She jumped into my arms and did not want to be put down. I have not eaten beef since my visit to the farm. She immediately lets us know that today will all be about relaxing and enjoying the moment. In this travel story I share my experience of cow cuddling, also known as cow hugging, an initially daunting but ultimately relaxing experience in the heart of the farmland of The Netherlands. However, it is slowly spreading to the rest of Europe (Belgium, Switzerland) and even the US! It’s a fitting attribute for these beautiful creatures. If you enabled this API recently, wait a few minutes for the action to propagate to our systems and retry. This has been the most relaxing experience I have had in a long time. Nicolette demonstrates the correct way to approach a cow, or, how she likes to call it, how to ‘cowmunicate‘ with them. Waterfaaaaaall! Why you didn’t post that photo Insta flagged you? Very happy to see my home province show up, thank you so much! It’s much more fun than a spa, though! The cow cuddling will be moved indoors into the stables. Although I must say that this farm is an exemplary venture that promotes the animals’ wellbeing.

And it was very clear they were familiar with — and indeed fond of — her. • We sure do love our new #cow friends!? The 25-year-old came up with the idea for cow cuddling therapy after reading about it being used in the Netherlands to help people slow down their hectic lifestyle and relax. All over the Netherlands, you can find farms that offer the cow cuddling experience. “Offer your hand so it can sniff you by way of becoming acquainted. This is why the whole vicious circle needs to stop.


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