In the evening we're visiting the 'Mijn.Kracht' (Mine Power)festival at the square in front of coalmine Heusden Zolder. A cold wind is blowing, people gather together in the small tents around the square. A performance by 'Tol Theatre'
In Genk Winterslag we (my brother Ton and I) are visiting C mine complex. The former coalmine is now a combination of restored and new buildings, housing a restaurant, a museum, a cinema, an art and design academy
In Liège Val Benoit there's much renovation activities. A former hydro-energyplant is center of a large area. New parkinglots, benches and trees, small hills, new bridges across the river. Very strange; the infrastructire is new or renovated for
A day of cycling against the wind . On the road I pass by the old coalmine of Cheratte, which still looks like a castle. The buildings are restored, but not much activity is shown today. I enter
In 1979 I took photo's of the beautiful coalmine remnants here. Nowadays there's nothing that remains of the coalmine history. Only big 'shoeboxes', car dealers, construction companies. Finally I see a brutalist sculpture from the 50s-60s, lost on
Along the river Worm there's a nice landscpe with trees, pastures, wetlands and hills. I was here in 2006 with a mining engineer and saw coalseams. I couldn't find this spot now, but I enjoy the scenery, lots
Ibbenbüren was one the last twe deep coalmines in Germany. It is closed in 2018. Ibbenbüren is known for its high quality antracite.
