Moddergat I Netherlands
The extreme drought we currently experience in the Netherlands is really unusual. Even our coastline is 'reacting' causing these interesting dried mud patterns.
A blue hour in one of the most picturesque villages in the Dutch province of Friesland.
Earlier I posted photos of the Dokkumer windmills, but the centre of the little town is very pretty as well.
Wadden Sea dike just after sunset. Lies, Terschelling, The Netherlands.
On Sunday, January 25, 1903, Captain Morel sailed his Swedish steamship "The Otto" from Gothenburg to Manchester, carrying a large cargo of granite. In a heavy storm, the ship sank off the coast of Terschelling. The captain and his first mate died in the accident. 19 other passengers, including two women, were rescued and brought to land on Terschelling.
Exactly 100 years later, members of the Terschelling diving team "Ecuador" raised 33 enormous blocks of granite from the wreck. Dimensions varied from one, to almost two and one half meters in length, and the heaviest blocks weighed more than one ton.
In 2003 and 2004, the Israeli-Moroccan artist Yael Artsi, sculpted some of the 33 blocks of granite. Six monumental sculptures were the result. It was her idea to create maritime elements relating to the history of their origin, and also forging a link to the island.
West-Terschelling, The Netherlands.
www.vvvterschelling.com/places-of-interest/beelden-uit-ze...
Blue hour with windmills and canals, Friesland, Netherlands. Too windy for reflections unfortunately, but Dokkum a lovely non touristy town, it...
No tulips or windmills this time, just a quiet canal and lovely Dutch architecture, I was too busy shooting the nearby windmills when the sky was...
No tulips or windmills this time, just a quiet canal and lovely Dutch architecture, I was too busy shooting the nearby windmills when the sky was...
As the sun was rising, it painted the sky in amazing colors. Locals tell me the colors are like that every day. So much bliss in one place at the...
Terschelling, The Netherlands.
The lighthouse on Ameland is known as Bornrif. It is 55m high and was built in 1880. Nowadays it has retired from function and has become a tourist attraction. One can climb the 236 steps to the top and enjoy the view.
The beauty of nature lies not only on the water and its defenders in north Friesland but on the coast and its surface too. The sun shied away but the...
The beauty of nature lies not only on the water and its defenders in north Friesland but on the coast and its surface too. The sun shied away but the...
Evening blue hour at one of the iconic buildings in the northern part of the Netherlands, in the province of Friesland. This gate was built in the 15-16C as part of the defence wall around the city, but with an opening to let water through.
Whaler's houses at the Commandeurstraat (=captain's street) , West-Terschelling, The Netherlands
Raadhuissteeg Harlingen, The Netherlands.
Raadhuisbrug (Town hall bridge) Iron foot bridge (1878).
Town Hall. Built: 1730 by city master builder Hendrik Jacobs Norel.
A bit of minimalism on a beach on the island of Ameland, at sunset and high tide.
Harlingen lighthouse. It is no longer in service, but converted into a unique one-room hotel. www.vuurtoren-harlingen.nl/en/nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vuurtoren_van_Harlingen
Blue hour with windmills and canals, Friesland, Netherlands. Too windy for reflections unfortunately, but Dokkum a lovely non touristy town, it...
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