A personal selection of photographs with their stories.
055: Lone musician on canal bridge
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A personal selection of photographs with their stories.
054: Twin child’s seat
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A personal selection of photographs with their stories.
053: Gable stone
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052: Canal
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A personal selection of photographs with their stories.
051: Bicycle parking station
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050: Medieval town wall
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049: View on a canal
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047: Wooden bench
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046: Arrow clock
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044: Little Russia
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043: Groningen Centraal Station
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042: Hovering woman statue
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A personal selection of photographs with their stories.
041: ‘Satisfied smoker’
When I took this picture, I thought that I had a clear idea what would be sold there in this store. The name ‘De Tevreden Rookster’ can be translated as: ‘The Satisfied Femal Smoker’. The first products that came into my mind were tobacco, cigarettes and cigars. But here they offer a totally different kind of merchandise! Until 1983, there was a hippie store, with the exotic name Kadjaloe, which sold Afghan coats, woolen socks and some little pipes. In the same year, owner Theo started his headshop and cultivated some cannabis plants for the production of yearlings. With the Dutch anti-drug laws becoming more sever during the years, the owner was forced to adapt his merchandise. At present, his assortment is more focused on vaporizers. Nothing of my personal interest, but the name was worth a picture.
© Adriano Antoine Robbesom 2010, 2017
A personal selection of photographs with their stories.
039: Bakfiets, a cargo bike.
With little over 200 thousand inhabitants, Groningen is the major city in the northern region of the Netherlands. The presence of a university attracts thousands of students to Groningen. The easiest way of transport in the city is by bike. Bike are found anywhere in the city, and are parked literally anywhere. Therefore, many residents have attached an announcement behind the window with a request not to park the bike against the window. You can imagine that students might lose the eye on their bikes, because of too many bikes of similar brands, shapes and colors. In order to recognize the two-wheeled vehicle with more ease, many students decorate their bikes in different colors and color combinations. But the three-wheeled cargo bike in the photograph won’t need any additional identification mark. The cargo space, most probably to carry children, is quite unique, easy to recognize.
© Adriano Antoine Robbesom 2010, 2017
A personal selection of photographs with their stories.
038: Dutch bark
Groningen is a city with a lot of history. Its origin is unsure – some even tried to refer to expelled people from Troy, led by the legendary figure Guno, that settled there. More likely, the first settlers must have arrived in the region about 1700 years ago. As happened with many historic cities in the Netherlands, Groningen gained a canal system (‘grachtengordel’) as a means of defense against invaders. The canal system in Groningen is called the ‘Diepenring’. The boat in the photograph is a Dutch bark, most probably a ‘tjalk’: a flatbottom vessel that is used for transport over the Dutch waterways. There are still many Dutch barks in circulation: some of them have been transformed into “woonboten’, barks used for permanent residence.
© Adriano Antoine Robbesom 2010, 2017
A personal selection of photographs with their stories.
036: Seagull-stained benches
The seat of the Dutch Government is located at the Binnenhof in the city of The Hague. Undoubtedly, many parliament members must have visited the nearby ‘Haringkraam Buitenhof”, where they can eat fresh, raw herring, served with onions. The herring snackbar is visible behind the bench and the tree. Some sites that recommend the snackbar warn you for the seagulls that may like your herring. The white stains the cover the bench and the surrounding tiles, must come from them, and from pigeons. I would not recommend you to have a seat on this bench.
© Adriano Antoine Robbesom 2010, 2017
A personal selection of photographs with their stories.
034: Gable stone
Gevelstenen (gable stones or stone tables) are quite common in various Dutch cities, principally in cities with a historic center, such as Amsterdam, Maastricht, and The Hague. Gable stones appeared in the 16th century, as a kind of identification of a certain house, or just adorning a house. Many of these gable stones represent a profession, status, or a talisman. Others can express a joke, or a religious support, and the latter are often accompanied with quotes from the Holy Bible. The gable stone in the photograph was found in the center of The Hague. A quite anonymous gable stone; however, it seems that this stone dates back from some centuries ago.
© Adriano Antoine Robbesom 2010, 2017
A personal selection of photographs with their stories.
033: Binnenhof Square
For centuries, the Dutch political power is concentrated around the Binnenhof, in the historic center of The Hague. Little is know of its origin, but the Gothic-style castle, built in the 13th century, was a residence for the counts of Holland, until 1584, when it became the political center of the Dutch Republic. It is the oldest House of Parliament still in use. The Prime Minister’s office (Torentje), the Cabinet, the Senate as well as the House of Representatives are housed within the Binnenhof complex. From 2020, the Binnenhof will be renovated completely, an operation that will last at least five years. Meanwhile, the politicians and their staff have to be housed elsewhere. Also the tourists will be barred from the complex. The tourist group in the photograph listened to the broad history of the Binnenhof, provided by a local tour guide.
© Adriano Antoine Robbesom 2010, 2017
A personal selection of photographs with their stories.
032: Mauritshuis
The Mauritshuis, located near the political center of the Dutch government in The Hague, hosts an important collection of works by Dutch and Flemish painters of the Dutch Golden Age. They include Rembrandt, Hals, Holbein, Steen, Potter, and Vermeer. The latter became world famous with his work “The Girl with the Pearl Earring”. The Mauritshuis was constructed between 1636 and 1641, after designs by Jacob van Campen and Pieter Post. It was owned by Johann Moritz (Maurits in Dutch) until his death in 1679. In 1704, a great fire destroyed much of the building, but it had been restored completely except the original cupola. The Mauritshuis became a museum in 1822, and now attracts over 300 thousand visitors annually.
© Adriano Antoine Robbesom 2010, 2017
A personal selection of photographs with their stories.
031: Police patrolling
It was on a cold but sunny day in March, when I visited The Hague. I walked around in the small center with a large number of historic building, like the Binnenhof, and the Canal District. Later that day, I continued my travel by tram to the famous beaches of Scheveningen. That day, it was rather quiet in the streets, it was a normal working day. I was able to take many pictures with my compact digital camera, there not many people that could suddenly appear in front of the camera lens. However, I was cautious enough not to draw too much attention. You’ll never know if there is a thief or a pickpocket that has chosen you as their next victim. Every time, when I had finished a short session of taking pictures, I put my camera back in my backpack. Like my routine in my city Belo Horizonte, and other Brazilian cities when I was visiting them. At the moment of this picture, I was quite assured that no one would rob me, because of the two police officers walking in front of me.
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