On Monday 18 May, within the grounds of Cemetery & Crematorium Westerveld in the town of Driehuis, recordings for the new television series ‘Bloedverwanten’ were made. This series - which will be aired by AVRO broadcasting corporation from January 2010 - is about a family with a multitude of problems. They cannot live with each other and much less so without. Whatever happens between them, ultimately they rely on each other. The cast includes actors such as Henriette Tol, Derek de Lint, Tanja Jess and Michiel Huisman.
Its unique historical and cultural character, its charming location and the almost un-Dutch atmosphere of its grounds means Westerveld (the first crematorium in the Netherlands) is often used as a site for television and film recordings. In 1970, the popular television series ‘de Kleine Waarheid’, featuring Willeke Alberti was partly recorded here. Later on, Westerveld served as a recording location for series such as Coverstory and Unit 13, the feature film Fogbound (with Hollywood actor Luke Perry) and various documentaries. Only recently, recordings for the television series ‘De Hoofdprijs’ (aired) were made in the monumental small auditorium of Westerveld and for ‘Annie M.G.’ (a production about Annie M.G. Schmidt which will probably be televised in the autumn).
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