Linde, friend of man: 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 long-forgotten times, the dance linden tree was missing from few village squares. It was also called an étage linden: a linden pruned in three layers, the meeting point for celebrations, weddings, and other village activities. People would…