Monday, July 7, 2014

The one in Leeuwarden

In june I visited my friend R. in Leeuwarden, in the north of the Netherlands. It 's a 2,5 hour trainride, and I arrived at the end of the day. After sitting still for so long, it was nice to take a little walk before dinner. Ofcourse, my favourite parts were the old, mismatched houses and gorgeous doors. Oh, and the colourful flowers adorning the bridges crossing the canals. 


 
 

Look at this happy looking yellow house! I'd love to know if it's this cheery on the inside too.

R. noticed some interested looking collections, like Spanish dancers and Snow White and her seven friends. These were in the same street, so we wondered if it was required to have a collection of some sorts, if you wanted to live here.



 Passing some hidden gardens

We also spotted some awesome street art. Walking makes hungry, so we had some tasty pizza and drinks after our walk. 

 



16 comments:

  1. What a scenic town! Gorgeous door collection and the yellow house does look cheery amongst the plain ones! The street photo with clothing on the line is so great :)

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  2. I always love looking at these architectural photos you take, Marieken. My fave is that yellow house. I want a yellow house now! :D
    Happy Monday.

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  3. What a sweet little town and I adore the tiny yellow house squeezed so perfectly:) Have a great start to the week, sunshine. xo

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  4. Gorgeous urban looking pictures! I like your observation in windows :) must tell all those photos remind me Latvian streets.... especially Riga and Tallin, Estonia! have you ever travel to those places? I use to work there ... many years ago:)

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  5. I love your discoveries! that yellow house is awesome....
    Debbi
    -YankeeBurrow

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  6. I love the flowers on that bridge! And the cool, decorative door knockers. I really look forward to getting back to Europe one day.

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  7. What a gorgeous town! I want to live in that yellow house! Seeing the colorful clothes on the clotheslines is so cool too. I'm glad you had a fun trip!

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  8. I always love your posts with the street art. I really like that shot of the bright yellow house. Great way to start my week. =0)

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  9. What a lovely street walk! Love the doors and those window displays are interesting!

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  10. What an interesting town! You captured such wonderful images!
    And it's cool that you can take a train ride to get there.
    Thanks for sharing these!

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  11. Such a colorful town! Love the street art :)

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  12. What a great finds! Beautiful doors, great street art en funny windows!

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  13. What a beautiful place! I like the little yellow house, too.

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  14. What a beautiful place! I love all the bright colored buildings and the clothes hanging :)
    xo TJ

    http://www.hislittlelady.com

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  15. The beautiful doors are back!!! I love it :)

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  16. The architecture there is so stunning. I'd love to visit someday; my ancestors are from there, too. Everything always seems so cheery and quaint, and I'd love to walk around and get happily lost.

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