VERMEER’S HET STRAATJE / THE LITTLE STREET
This is the location of the famous painting by Johannes Vermeer, “Het Straatje” or “The Little Street”, created around 1657-1658. During that time, the property on the right belonged to […]
This is the location of the famous painting by Johannes Vermeer, “Het Straatje” or “The Little Street”, created around 1657-1658. During that time, the property on the right belonged to […]
This is the hall of Delft train station with Delft’s historic city map from around the year 1876 on its vaulted ceiling. The Delft Blue colored map is covering approximately 7700 m2 and […]
The view from Sint Antoniesluis / Bridge 287 in Amsterdam built in 1602. A locked bridge connecting Sint Antoniesbreestraat and Jodenbreestraat, across from the Rembrandt House Museum. The detached building […]
Did you know the Dutch state printer for banknotes started in Haarlem? Izaak Enschedé began a small printing office in the city of Haarlem in 1703. Together with his son, […]
Let me introduce you to Haarlem’s street side’s men’s room. See photo! The public urinals freely available just for men. These are called “stalen plasbogen” or literally “steel pee arches” […]
The first time when I noticed this metal plate, I did not think much of it. Subsequently, I thought it was part of the building architecture. Possibly, to counter the accumulation […]
Every time I make a turn at this corner on Houtplein to enter the city centre of Haarlem, I would glance at this green tower block wondering what is it […]
So I told my kids to go up on that age-old weighing scale to be weighted to see if they are witches. 😝 As it turned out, they are not. Officially […]
A little detour brought my journey to a quiet sleepy little village called Oudewater, in the province of Utrecht. One of the two museums listed to visit was Het Touwmuseum […]
This is the former water tower on the bank of the Wantij river in Dordrecht. The beautiful castle-like building was the water reservoir complex for the town’s water mains supply. The squarely-built structure with four […]