partner of
EVENTS
2024
Pipe Band Championships PEINE (Germany), May 4th and 5th
Bagpipe Championships Goch (previously Xanten) June 15th and 16th
Pipe Band Championships Angelbachtal (Germany),
July 12th and 14th
MacLaren Highland Gathering Wuppertal(Germany),
August 24th/25th
Celtic Days - Thy Le Chateau (Belgium), August 31st - September 1st
Scottish Weekend Alden Biesen (Belgium) September 13th - 15th
Pipe Band Championships Trebsen(Germany),
September 20th-22nd
Whisky Festival, Hulst/Clinge (Zeeland - NL)
Do you have an event and you want to have a shop with first class Scottish articles. Please contact us.
Heeft u een evenement en u wilt een Schotse stand met hoogwaardige producten, neem dan contact met ons op.
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Hand bags and Accessories
Glen Appin of Scotland is well-known for our extensive range of Harris Tweed bags and purses and matching accessories in bright and lively colors.
Harris Tweed
'For centuries the inhabitants of the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, on the islands of Lewis,
Harris, Uist and Barra, have handwoven a beautiful and intricate cloth the world knows
simply as Harris Tweed. In Gaelic it is called ‘Clò-Mòr’ or ‘Big Cloth’.
Originally the handmade cloth was woven by crofters for their own use or sold at local
markets. It was ideal protection against the colder climate of the North of Scotland.
By the end of the 18th century finished handmade cloth was exported to the Scottish
mainland and traded along with other commodities produced by the islanders such as
goat and deer hides.
Further reading: The Story of Harris Tweed