Category: Park
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Vondel Park
The Vondel Park (or Vondelpark) is a large city park in the Dutch city Amsterdam. With around ten million visitors per year, it is one of the most popular parks in the country. The park opened in 1865. Two years later, the statue of poet Joost van den Vondel was placed in the park, and […]
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Wordless Wednesday: Zebra statues
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Photo Friday: Kronenburger Park
A photo impression of the Kronenburger Park, a city park in Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
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Photo Friday: Valkhof
The Valkhof hill was once a Roman settlement, and later the home of Charlemagne. Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa built his castle there as well, on the ruins of Charlemagne’s palace. All that is left of these illustrious residences is the ruins of two chapels: The St Nicholas Chapel and the St Martin’s Chapel […]
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Wordless Wednesday: Japanese Peace Park
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Wordless Wednesday: Stairs
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Wordless Wednesday: Park
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Photo Friday: Japanese Madonna
In a park in Tacloban City in the Philippines, locally known as the Japanese Peace Park, is a large statue of a woman, known as Madonna Maria Kanon, Goddess of Peace, or Madonna of Japan. The statue was donated by Japan, as a symbol of peace and friendship. The park is now popular with young […]
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Photo Friday: Park Guell
Park Güell is a park in Barcelona designed by Antoni Gaudí. The park houses Gaudí’s home (now a museum) and the home of Count Eusebi Güell, the initiator of the park. The park was supposed to become a garden city, but there were no buyers for the planned houses and the plan failed. Nowadays it’s […]
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Photo Friday: Rafael Farm
Rafael Farm is a park (or landscaped garden) with a restaurant and several function rooms. It is a popular location for photo shoots, e.g. for weddings or prenuptials. Rafael Farm is in the town Babatngon, province Leyte, not far from Tacloban City, in the Philippines.