za 27 apr 2019
27/04/19 Mijn.Kracht festival
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
27/04/19 C-MINE revisited
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
25/04/19 Renovation on a large scale
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
24/04/19 Liège – Wind, water and a castle.
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
23/04/19 Eijgelshoven, former pit site Laura/Julia – Lost identity
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
23/04/19 Herzogenrath Wurmtal. The oldest coaltracks.
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,
20/04/2019 HEERLEN BEERSDAL – ‘WHY DO YOU TAKE PHOTOS?’
Heerlen Beersdal. I was in this neighborhood in 2006 with city architect van Mastrigt. Beersdal had just been released and was no longer protected by monumental care, which meant that people could
20/04/2019 MOONQUARTER
Maankwartier (Moonquarter ) Heerlen, the brainchild of artist Michel Huisman, is still under construction. The migration museum is located in one of the still empty stores as a kind of pop-up store,
20/04/2019 EASTER SATURDAY IN HEERLEN
In Heerlen it is Easter Saturday and especially: partytime! A medieval market with calligraphers and stand workers, a bagpipe orchestra but also book sellers present their delicacies. All this against the backdrop
18/04/19 THE COMPLEX RUHR AREA
Duisburg Homberg. A kind of deserted village with a Rhine promenade, beautiful trees, a cycling and walking path and benches to relax. Behind the housing you see industry, aside the bridge of