Recently I shared a few photos I took in the village Leersum. During the second world war Leersum was the stage of a small battle where eleven Dutch soldiers lost their lives, and a couple of war memorials remind us of their offer. Another monument honors people from...
During a recent hike I passed through the village (now a small town) Leersum. As you can see, Leersum still shows its rural village roots, but in the background of the photos you can see the roundabouts and traffic lights.
While hiking through the forests around the village Leersum, I passed quite a few places where logs were collected, usually neatly stacked along the paths. Since the 19th century, these forests are used for commercial logging. Nowadays the forests are used for both...
Museumplein (Museum Square) is the museum quarter of Amsterdam. The square is surrounded by three major museums: The Rijksmuseum (the largest museum of the country), the Van Gogh Museum and the Stedelijk Museum (Municipal Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art). And as...
