Rotterdam blurred lines

Sorry I haven't posted for a while (too long). I hope I can pick it up from now on.
This series contains some photos I shot earlier this year in Rotterdam. It was one the projects of the photography course. The goal was to shoot photos that were unsharp on purpose. So this resulted in this series of photos shot at night in Rotterdam near the famous Erasmusbridge with lights and blurred lines.

Dutch windmills and cows

On June 5, 2015 it was the hottest day of the year with temperatures rising up to 33 degrees Celsius. So I took my camera to “The Alblasserwaard” a region well known for its windmills. Most of these windmills were used to pump the water out of the canals surrouding the land (which are called "polders") to the other side of the dikes, so that it could disappear into the rivers and everybody keeps dry feets (the level of the land is about 7 meters below sealevel!).

You also find a lot of the well known Dutch black and white Dutch cows in the fields there.

And off course the world famous UNESCO World Heritage Kinderdijk with the unique collection of 19 authentic windmills.

The old harbors of Dordrecht

In May friends of us celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary. They organized a boat tour through the old harbors of our hometown Dordrecht. It rained almost all week, but on that particular day we were so lucky: a beautiful day with sunshine. I hope you like these photos!

Rotterdam central station

In march 2014 the completely rebuild Rotterdam central station was re-opened. It was desingned by "Team CS": a cooperation of Benthem Crouwel Architects, Meyer en Van Schooten Architecten and West 8.

Click this link to learn more about Rotterdam central station 

Rotterdam market hall

Rotterdam is well known for its modern achitecture. Recently a new market hall has been opened and it is a wonderfull piece of modern architecture, designed by a Dutch architect Winy Maas with a spectacular ceiling designed by two Dutch artists Arno Coenen en Iris Roskam. In my opinion this is another spectacular Rotterdam landmark! See for yourself.

Dordt steam event

In this post some photos of a steam event in my hometown Dordrecht in May 2014. The event is called "Dordt in stoom" and it is held every two year.