Editing Amersfoort (section)

=== Origin of the ''Keistad'' ===
[[Image:Amersfoort, de Amersfoortse Kei foto6 2012-12-08 10.47.jpg|thumb|''Amersfoortse Kei'']]
The nickname for Amersfoort, ''Keistad'' (boulder-city), originates in the ''Amersfoortse Kei'', a {{convert|9|t|lb|0|lk=on|adj=on}} [[boulder]] that was dragged from the [[Soest, Netherlands|Soest]] moors into the city in 1661 by 400 people because of a bet between two landowners. The people got their reward when the winner bought everyone [[beer]] and [[pretzels]]. Other nearby towns then nicknamed the people of Amersfoort ''Keientrekker'' (boulder-puller). This story embarrassed the inhabitants, and they buried the boulder in the city in 1672, but after it was found again in 1903 it was placed in a prominent spot as a monument. There are not many boulders in the Netherlands, so it can be regarded as an icon.