Sept. 20, 2019

Toterfout (The Netherlands) - Burial mounds

These burial mounds (see here and here) must have bored you to death already (seen the number of reactions, I'm pretty sure about that :-)), but here's one more…

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Sept. 19, 2019

Halve Mijl (The Netherlands) - Burial mounds - part 2

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Sept. 18, 2019

Halve Mijl (The Netherlands) - Burial mounds - part 1

In the previous post I showed you around Zandoerle, a hamlet of the Dutch municipality Veldhoven. The main goals of my visit to that municipality were however…

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Sept. 17, 2019

Zandoerle (The Netherlands) - The village

Zandoerle is no more than a hamlet in the municipality of Veldhoven (province of Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands). The population is only a 120 people. But it is…

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Aug. 31, 2019

Steenbergen (The Netherlands) - Ducks, grasshoppers and…

After our encounter with the Highland cows (see here and here), we met a few other locals. So, here they are:

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Aug. 30, 2019

Steenbergen (The Netherlands) - Highland cows - part 2

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Aug. 29, 2019

Steenbergen (The Netherlands) - Highland cows - part 1

Okay, we've been hanging out in that museum way too long ... Let's head into the wild. Well ... that's to say ... a "natural" reserve, a little space where the…

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Aug. 01, 2019

's Hertogenbosch (The Netherlands) - The rest

I took you to the former marsh, the Verwerstraat, the Hieronymus Bosch statues, Saint John's cathedral and the Rozemarijnstraatje. So, what remains? This:

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July 31, 2019

's Hertogenbosch (The Netherlands) - Saint John's cathedral…

More 's Hertogenbosch statues (there were none in part 1, but plenty in part 2 and part 3 already)? Yep. The one above on Saint John's cathedral to start with.…

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July 30, 2019

's Hertogenbosch (The Netherlands) - Verwerstraat

As you may know, I'm rather fond of statues. So, after the marsh in part 1 and the Hieronymus Bosch statues in part 2, here's some more statues. These were all…

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July 29, 2019

's Hertogenbosch (The Netherlands) - Remembering Hieronymus…

's Hertogenbosch, the Dutch city which I introduced to you in part 1, was of course also the birthplace and home of one of the greatest painters of the northern…

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July 27, 2019

's Hertogenbosch (The Netherlands) - In the Bossche Broek

's Hertogenbosch ("the Duke's forest"), or Den Bosch, was founded around 1200 by duke Henry I of Brabant on some forested dunes in the middle of a marsh. The…

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June 22, 2019

Kloosterzande (The Netherlands)

Kloosterzande is just a little town on the banks of the Western Scheldt in Zeeland (The Netherlands). Look it up on Wikipedia and you'll read more about a local…

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May 18, 2019

Stiphout (The Netherlands)

Stiphout ... just a small village near Helmond (see here: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7). We happened to pass through it and stopped for a shoot of two statues (you…

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April 30, 2019

Breskens (The Netherlands) - part 4

Last part of this series, but guess what ? I'm not going to do any more explaining than I already did in part 1, 2 and 3.

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April 29, 2019

Breskens (The Netherlands) - part 3

After part 1 and part 2 comes ... indeed (sorry, not feeling like writing a lot on photos that are self explanatory :-)

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April 27, 2019

Breskens (The Netherlands) - part 2

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April 26, 2019

Breskens (The Netherlands) - part 1

I've taken you to the Dutch Zeeland (Sealand) before (here, here, here, here, here and in a number of street photography posts). It's right at the other side of…

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April 23, 2019

Oss (The Netherlands)

In June 2018 we made a short stop in Oss (The Netherlands) for a visit to the reconstructed prehistoric burial site, with in the center of it the Vorstengraf…

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April 22, 2019

Knegsel (The Netherlands)

Knegsel was not a destination of mine, that day, nor will it probably be in the future, but in this village, part of the Acht Zaligheden (Eight Delights) in the…

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