A stone more than man-sized is being pulled by a large group of people. The Kei is decorated with garlands and lies on a wooden sled. There are a lot of people out there: hikers, but especially many viewers. It's a party in the city: flags are flying everywhere, including at the Utrechtsepoort. The Kei will soon be drawn through this into the city, to the Pig Market.
In 1661, the Mad Jonker Everard Meyster made a bet with friends. He claimed that he could have the people of Amersfoort drag a large granite boulder from the Soesterberg into the city. That worked, although a man got under the sled and lost his legs. Meyster won the bet and rewarded the keitrekkers with beer and pretzels. For example, the people of Amersfoort were mockingly called boulder pullers. When they got tired of this, they buried the bone of contention in 1672 under the Pig Market. It was hidden for centuries. The Archaeological Society Flehite wanted to excavate the Kei again, but this did not succeed until 1903, when the Pig Market was repaved. The people of Amersfoort placed him on a pedestal. Now the Kei stands on the corner of Stadsring-Arnhemsestraat and Amersfoort proudly calls itself Keistad.
Westsingel 50
3811 BC Amersfoort
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Museum Flehite is open from 10.00 to 17.00 uur on Tuesday until Sunday. Closed on Monday.
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Children 18 and under: Free
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