Vroomshoop

The town Vroomshoop is located at the center of the municipality Twenterand in the Dutch province of Overijssel and was founded around 1850. The earliest inhabitants lived from the peat that was found in the nearby area.Farmer from the Groningen area played an important role by the excavated peat into farmland here. They settled mainly on the Tonnendijk road. The Groninger-farms are still on the Tonnendijk.PopulationOn 1 September 2004 Vroomshoop had 9091 inhabitants.At this moment Vroomshoop has a population of 8.732 after the hamlet Geerdijk seceded from Vroomshoop on 1 September 2010.RailroadIn 1906 a train station was built in Vroomshoop, because of the NOLS track from Mariënberg to Almelo. The Original name for this station was "Den Ham - Vroomshoop", it was changed to "Vroomshoop" in 1952 because of the distance in between Den Ham and Vroomshoop.Since 2014 Arriva operates this service.TriathlonTriatlon Vroomshoop started as a one-off event in 2009 has now become an annual event. Which hosts approximatly 700 athlete every year again. Starting 2016 it has also been the host of the Schuiteman 2deDivisie Noord, a part of the national second devision championship.Dragon boat FestivalFor the 6th time in 2014 organised by "de Smoezen", Vroomshoops carnival association. A Chinese tradition at the canal, a spectacular boat race by different regional teams.Notable natives and residents Christian Kist, 2012 BDO World Darts Champion Jarno Hams, 7 times Strongest man of the Netherlands