Linde, Friend of Humanity: Lecture by Bart Backaert

Tonight we welcome Bart Backaert to Herberg Macharius on the occasion of the planting on February 5, 2026, of a dance linden tree in Coyendanspark. In days of old, the dance linden was missing from few village squares. It was also called an ‘etagelinde’: a linden pruned in three layers, which was the meeting point for festivities, weddings, and other village activities. It was…