Category: vlissingen

  • autumn colour

    It’s that time of the year the colours are changing  ……. autumn colour, originally uploaded by wim harwig.

  • sunset at the beach

    sunset at the beach, originally uploaded by wim harwig.

  • Simonas & Alina

    A couple from Vilnius (Lithuania) surfed our couch during their cycling-trip through NW Europe.  I showed them the Boulevard in Vlissingen and Simonas showed us some of his short films he made during their trip through Finland. We had some nice conversations. The video shows how much time they invest in packing their bikes 😉…

  • tropical showerstorm

    in our garden

  • early retirement

    A colleague of mine retired today. We had some good laughs and conversations in his local pub. Out of respect for the two colleagues who deceased last week, we kept a one-minute silence.     of course there was also Hans !

  • Spring

    It’s getting warmer ! Time to take visitors to the beach ………………… and make photos in the garden.

  • couchsurfers keep on coming ……

  • Vlissingen beach

    Just a short impression of the beach in Vlissingen for my two daughters, who are in New Zealand right now. So they can feel happy to be in a warm and friendly country ………………..

  • wood burning stove

    While I was doing some paintwork in our bathroom, Marjan decided to practice some cooking on our wood-burning stove. It may become handy when the financial crises throws us back to the nineteenth century 😉

  • snow

    When I was young I wouldn’t take a photo, but nowadays it is a rare phenomenon …….snow in Vlissingen. snow, originally uploaded by wim harwig.

  • Mo for the first time on ice

    Although he is 5 years old now, this is the first winter we could take him on the ice. He wasn’t afraid; he just follows his boss …….. The next video is posted specially for Rea and Jes, so they can see their dog is healthy and vivid !

  • the beach

    A photo just for Jes and Rea; so they can see how the dresscode for the beach  is in the Netherlands 😉 It is freezing cold …………for the first time in many years we’re able to skate on ice !

  • couchsurfers

    They were lucky to have two day’s of nice sunny weather in Vlissingen ; there were some heavy rain showers only during the night ! D’Ana and Stijn, both are CS-ambassadors. couchsurfers, originally uploaded by wim harwig.

  • Marjan

    She made a self-portrait in our front garden. Marjan, originally uploaded by wim harwig.

  • Cycling the Dutch way …..

    I made a short video in which you see just some cyclists on a bike path near a busy intersection in Vlissingen, the Netherlands. It was warm and sunny weather and because it was noon you see relatively more children. The way cyclists dress and behave is different compared to countries with less bicycle density.…