Photographed during our evening inline-skating session from the Schoneveldsepad bike bridge over the Rondweg.
At sunset
Tag: beautiful
Video: Houten in 4K
I’ve found recent aerial footage of Houten, the town we’re living in, shot in 4K with a DJI Mini 3 Pro.
Dutch weather: contrast on the Fool’s Day
The Dutch weather is not to be trusted, especially not on the Fool’s Day.
Seriously, can you imagine a heavy snowfall covering trees in full blossom?
Video: spring in Houten — 2022
It’s that time of year again when the trees are in full blossom and the daytime temperature hits 20 °C (68 °F)!
That said, it can still go as low as -4 °C (25 °F) at night, and it even snowed this morning. Luckily, there’s nothing left of it now, so it’s time for a traditional Spring Video!
Spring in Houten
Stunning aerial photos of Dutch greenhouses by Tom Hegen
Photo: ©Tom Hegen.
Tom Hegen, a German award-winning photographer specialising in aerial photography, has made absolutely stunning night photos of the Netherlands.
They feature dazzling light patches of greenhouses against the pitch-black background, so bright that they are clearly visible from space.
By the courtesy of Tom I’m publishing his Greenhouse Series photos in my blog today.
Aw, freezing
Cold days are coming our way. This morning has hit -2 °C (28 °F)!
The grass is still green though.
Frozen beauty
The New Year’s Eve has seen a light frost of -2 °C in the total absence of snow. The green grass got beautifully powdered with rime.
The whitened trees alongside the Amsterdam-Rhine Canal (Amsterdam-Rijnkanaal), which passes next to Houten, became simply magnificent:
Ghent Light Festival 2015
This year I’ve visited Ghent Light Festival, just as I promised a year ago.
The festival, which is held once every three years, proved to be immensely popular. Streets, hotels, restaurants of this small town could hardly cope with the horde of light-worshippers.
Belgium. Ghent ‣ Part 2. Night
Ghent inhabitants are very proud of the fact that their city once (in 2004) won the City-People-Light Award and received three stars from the Michelin guide for its lighting. January next year there will be a regular Light Festival in Ghent (held once in three years). In the meantime I’ll show you the night city as of January 2014.