class from long ago are on display, which allows people to get a glimpse of life in the past. During the Second World War, Vriezenveen became the temporary home of many children from Rotterdam. Contact was made through the Roman Catholic pastor of Vriezenveen, dhr. Van Rhijn – originally from Rotterdam – and the children were taken care of in Vriezenveen's foster families. On May 1, 2004, the association Oud Vriezenveen organized a reunion where about a hundred so-called oorlogskinderen (English: war children) – mostly from Rotterdam – gathered. The war children, at the time referred to as bleekneusjes (English: pale noses), were asked to put their stories on paper, which resulted in the book Bleekneusjes oorlogskinderen. In April 2006, the first copy of this book was presented to deputy Gert Ranter by initiator José Bosch-Höfte, with great interest from many war children. Up until the 1960s, the village did not have elder care, because of a "strong general regional sense of commitment and duty towards helping each other", also known as noaberschap (English: neighbour-ship).On December 23, 1960, the Protestant-Christian Foundation De Vriezenhof was founded. The construction of the retirement home then took five years, on the site where a rectory stood before. Points of interest Museums Historisch Museum Vriezenveen (English: Historical Museum of Vriezenveen) Kachelmuseum Fini's Hoeve (English: Stove Museum "Fini's Homestead") Monuments and buildings Leemansmolen (English: Leemans' Mill) Gemeentehuis Twenterand (English: Town Hall of Twenterand) Watertoren Vriezenveen (English: Water Tower of Vriezenveen) Grote Kerk (English: Large Church) Sports and leisure Vriezenveen has two football clubs, DOS '37 (Door Oefening Sterk) and DETO (Door Eendracht Tot Overwinning). There is also the korfball/netball club Amicitia, basketball club Peatminers, volleyball club Vrivo, swimming and water polo club VZPC, athletics association AV Twenterand, shooting association SV Vriezenveen, tennis club TCV, ice skating club Centrale Schaatstraining Vriezenveen and skating club De Eendracht Vriezenveen, chess association Vrimot, gym association KEV (Kracht En Vriendschap), judo association Judokwai Vriezenveen, tug-of-war club TTV Vriezenveen, and the scouting association Admiraal Kruys. Vriezenveen has two natural ice rinks. One of them is located on the Geesterenseweg and owned by IJsclub de Eendracht. The other ice rink is located at the sports park in Vriezenveen and is owned by IJsclub Vooruit. The foundation Sportpromotie Twenterand organizes the Twenterandrun once a year and the Nacht van Twenterand once a year. The Twenterandrun is a semi-professional running race, described as the "Van