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Family bakery in Hooglanderveen ends after 100 years
Bakkerij van de Kletersteeg has ended its work in Hooglanderveen, the Netherlands.
The bakery’s ovens were lit for the final time this month.
The family business lasted 100 years and 59 days.
Wilfried van de Kletersteeg, 59, was the third generation of his family to run the bakery.
He is stopping after a working life spent baking and says he feels ready to move on.
The closure marks the end of a long family baking history, and no plans for what comes next have been given.
Bakkerij van de Kletersteeg in Hooglanderveen has ended its family baking business after 100 years and 59 days.
The bakery’s ovens were switched on for the final time this month.
Wilfried van de Kletersteeg, 59, is the third generation to run the business.
He said he felt ready to stop after a working life spent baking.
- Who
- Wilfried van de Kletersteeg, the bakery’s third-generation baker, and his family business.
- What
- The family bakery has ended after 100 years and 59 days.
- When
- The ovens were used for the final time this month; the article was published on 17 October 2026.
- Where
- Hooglanderveen, at Bakkerij van de Kletersteeg.
- Why
- Wilfried van de Kletersteeg felt he had done enough after a working life spent baking.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
The bakery’s ovens were switched on for the final time.
The family bakery came to an end.
- Business
- Bakkerij van de Kletersteeg
- Location
- Hooglanderveen
- Duration
- 100 years and 59 days
- Baker
- Wilfried van de Kletersteeg, 59
- Generation
- Third generation
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