Album Netherlands from Loose_Grip/Pete

HWW Hoek van Holland The Netherlands 21st April 2026

nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) — Tue, 19 May 2026 20:45:41 +0000

Sunset over Europoort from the Stena Britannia ferry waiting in Hoek van Holland for the 22.00 departure for Harwich.

Happy (sea) Wall Wednesday to everyone. Enjoy the day.

HFF Middelburg Zeeland Netherlands 16th April 2026

nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) — Wed, 06 May 2026 15:48:10 +0000

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Sunrise over the Walcheren canal in Middelburg.

Pollarding is a pruning system involving the removal of the upper branches of a tree, which promotes the growth of a dense head of foliage and branches. I have never seen it on trees whose branches have been trained around circular wiring like this.

HFF to everyone. Have a great weekend.

HBM Hellevoetsluis South Holland 15th April 2026

nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 14:07:58 +0000

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This boat in the harbour at Hellovoetsluis has it's own garden bench.

HBM to everyone. Enjoy the start of a new week.

HFF Wassenaar The Netherlands 20th April 2026

nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 21:48:31 +0000

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A long way from Southern Scotland but these Belted Galloway cows - sometimes called Oreole Cookie cows for obvious reason - are very content in the Voorlinden park north of The Hague.

HFF to everyone. Have a great weekend.

HBM Middelburg Zeeland Netherlands 16th April 2026

nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 06:16:44 +0000

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De drie Witte Lelyen.

HBM to everyone. Enjoy the start of the new week.

Delft Netherlands October 1999

nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) — Sun, 19 Jan 2025 22:46:35 +0000

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On a visit to the Koninklijke Porceleyne Fles Delftware factory in Delft this bas-relief was on the wall in the entrance hall staircase.

HWW to everyone. Enjoy the day.

HBM Rotterdam The Netherlands 1984

nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) — Sun, 26 May 2024 21:47:28 +0000

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Waiting for a train back to Den Haag at Rotterdam Centraal station.

HBM to everyone. Enjoy the start of the new week.

HFF Kinderdijk South Holland Netherlands Spring 1982

nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) — Thu, 18 Apr 2024 17:07:06 +0000

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Where else but the Netherlands?

The many windmills along this canal in South Holland near Rotterdam are famous but I can't for the life of me remember the name of the area. Help me Jaap, Fred, Trudy...
Thanks! It's Kinderdijk of course!

Anyway HFF to everyone. Enjoy the weekend.

The Hague Netherlands 3rd June 2023

nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) — Mon, 17 Jul 2023 22:26:57 +0000

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The Hague's other railway station - Hollandspoor - is much more impressive with a fabulous glass & steel train shed.

Here NS (Nederlandse Spoorwegen) Class 186 quadruple voltage electric locomotives E 186 35 & 41 top & tail an earlier Intercity train from Amsterdam to Breda via Rotterdam racing non-stop southeastwards through HS.

NS plans to replace these push-pull sets with high speed multiple units in the future. In 2018 NS took a sale-and-leaseback agreement with Akiem for the entire Class 186 engines they owned to cover the period until then. Notice the "Akiem" painted beneath the left-hand window .

The Hague Netherlands 2nd June 2023

nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) — Wed, 28 Jun 2023 07:21:52 +0000

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A late evening scene at the Hofvijfer in the centre of Den Haag. The modern skyline dwarfs the historic Binnenhof government buildings alongside the lake.

Eerbeek Gelderland Netherlands 4th June 2023

nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) — Sun, 25 Jun 2023 17:45:28 +0000

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I get a stare from the driver of ex-DB Class 23 2-6-2 23071 as we stood in Eekbeek station prior to the engine running round. It was just a quick footplate visit and this shot was taken from the fireman's seat with the firehole & hotplate in the foreground.

The VSM (Veluwsche Stoomtrein Maatschapij) runs from Apeldoorn to Dieren but on this day the train terminated at Eerbeek. In June trains run only on Sundays and there is only one round trip.

Scheveningen Den Haag Netherlands 3rd June 2023

nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) — Thu, 15 Jun 2023 12:22:31 +0000

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Sunset on the beach at the Sol Beach Bar in Scheveningen. It's 10.30 and the light is beautiful. This was the only photo I took during the recent Clyde Netherlands reunion - I was too busy catching up with former colleagues many of whom I hadn't seen for over 20 years.

I worked in the oil industry back then and Clyde had North Sea hydrocarbon production offshore from Scheveningen. It is still producing but clearly the mass of windmills on the horizon is proof that greener power generation is taking over.

The Hague Netherlands 3rd June 2023

nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) — Mon, 12 Jun 2023 04:10:26 +0000

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A wider view of The Hague's other railway station - Hollandspoor - which is much more impressive than Centraal with a fabulous glass & steel train shed. Built in 1888 the roof and victorian brick buildings are very well preserved & see regular train services today.

This is the 12.03 to the terminus at Den Haag Centraal station is in platform made up of two 3-car Spanish-built Sprinter New Generation (abbreviated SNG) electric multiple units . The nearer one is numbered 2334.

HFF The Hague Netherlands 2nd June 2023

nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) — Wed, 07 Jun 2023 22:23:11 +0000

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Bikes outside Boekhandel Douwes on the corner of Princessegracht & Herengracht. Many years ago I worked by Centraal station in the Babylon Centre seen in the distance which was very modern then. Today it is even more modern and almost unrecognisable!

HFF to everyone & have a great weekend.

Scheveningen The Hague Netherlands 3rd June 2023

nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) — Sat, 29 Jul 2023 06:06:15 +0000

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A view of Gevers Deynootweg from the 5th floor of the Badhotel with HTM tram 3146 (GTL8-II, built at Brugge, 1993) on a number 1 service from Zwartepad to Delft Tanthof via Hollandspoor railway station. This the longest route (approx. 20 km) on the HTM system.

The Dutch national flag flies from the impressive dome of the Kurhaus hotel which overlooks the beach & seafront.

HFF Delft The Netherlands Winter 1982

nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) — Thu, 16 Mar 2023 23:02:55 +0000

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We were living in The Hague at this time and made a Sunday visit to nearby Delft. A fairly quiet day generally but ideal for wandering around the streets and canals of this beautiful town.

This view is from Catharijnebrug looking along Oosteinde towards the Nieuwe Kerk on the Markt in the centre of the city. The Kleine Oostpoortbrug is behind the camera.

HFF to everyone & have a great weekend.

HFF Scheveningen Den Haag Netherlands 11th September 1982

nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) — Wed, 04 Aug 2021 15:20:27 +0000

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Yellow-liveried standard gauge HTM 1100, a 600v DC American PCC tram built under licence in Belgium, is on a number 9 service heading for Vrederust from the Kurhaus in Scheveningen and has just crossed Koninginnegracht. This is the stop for Madurodam which is on the left.

We lived in the apartment block behind on Nieuwe Parklaan at the time & I used to catch this tram to the office in the Babylon Centre. I didn't need an alarm clock because the squealing of the wheels of the first tram of the day as it negotiated the bends across the canal immediately woke me up!

HFF and have a great weekend.