wo 19 jun 2019
19/06/19 Canals and coal history
I am leaving for Mons and want to see the famous Strepy-Thieu boat lift. I follow a road on Google Maps via my iphone and end up on a dirt road. Via
18/06/19 Bois du Luc, place of lack
On the way to Mons, via Bois du Luc. First towards Chatelet, on the way I pick up the path along the Sambre, one more time through that decor of twisted steel
17/06/19 Going in the country…
Again north, now I follow my nose and instinct, I go where it looks interesting. When I get around I see that I'm at Dampremy / Marcinelle, where I was last Friday
16/06/19 Charleroi has fallen into silence
I cycle from my hotel in Sambre-Basse in a northerly direction. I try to stay in the direction of the airport, but as usual I get stuck in car routes, streets where
15/06/19 Town, village and wasteland
When I come outside it drizzles, I cycle slightly downhill towards Chatelet. I find the station again, the infrastructure has been renovated, the houses are often just as rickety as they were
14/06/19 Warzone
Arrival in Charleroi, the hotel is on the ring road, immediately the bustle of the city. After I have brought my things to the hotel I cycle around a little awkwardly. In
wo 1 mei 2019
01/05/19 Red flags on the site
Via Zonhoven I take the 'bicycle-highway' to Genk Winterslag, where I visit C mine once more, accompagnied by Tom Arents. I worked with him on Hokkaido in 2014, it's nice meeting again!
di 30 apr 2019
30/04/19 Shopping and diving
Beringen. I cycle to Beringen, B mine, where I will meet some journalists to talk about the project. The weather is grey and dull, but becomes better slowly. We talk about the
29/04/19 On the slag heaps of Waterschei
On the bicycle again to Genk Waterschei, where the coalmine buildings are partly renovated, partly still under construction. Here some new buildings form an so called energy campus 'Thor'. I walk on
28/04/19 A lazy Sunday afternoon
The day starts with an excursion into the new built theatre called 'Muze', on the former coalminegrounds. We're passing through construction area's and see a ballroom, a nice stage and many interesting