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International Volvo Photo Locations Part 377 On the Wadden Island of Terschelling, in the village of West aan Zee, Achterbosch Zantman architects, hidden in the dune landscape, has realized a recreation house with a view of the North Sea. The basement is half hidden in the dune, so that the volume merges with the rolling […]

International Volvo Photo Locations Part 375 Muzenplein is located in The Hague, The Netherlands. In Greek mythology, the muses, nine in number, were the goddesses of arts and science. Led by the god Apollo, they used to sing hymns to the gods at the top of Mount Parnassus. The Resident is a large-scale urban development […]

International Volvo Photo Locations Part 321 Workumerdijk is a street with an old fisherman harbor in the village Makkum, located in the north east of the Netherlands. Makkum is a village of Súdwest-Fryslân municipality, west of Bolsward on the banks of the lake IJsselmeer in the province Friesland of the Netherlands. Historically Makkum is a […]

International Volvo Photo Locations Part 302 Maasvlakteboulevard is a road at the North sea coast on the Maasvlakte 2 in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Dutch artist collective Observatorium has created a concrete installation that takes cues from the surrounding sand dunes on a Rotterdam beach. The huge sculpture made of wood is called De Zandwacht. A […]

International Volvo Photo Locations Part 296 De Vestdijk is a street in Eindhoven that runs between 18 September Plein in the north to Geldropseweg in the south. This area was heavy damaged in the WW2 during Operation Market Garden to aid the US 101st Airborne Division paratroopers in securing the bridges in and around the […]

International Volvo Photo Locations Part 255 Westerkade is a street in the Scheepvaartskwartier (Shipping Quarter) in Rotterdam and runs from the ferry harbor on the banks of the Nieuwe Maas to the Parkkade. Around 1850 they began a large-scale urban expansion towards the west. This was known as the Tweede Nieuwe Werk (Second New Work). […]

International Volvo Photo Locations Part 179 Hotel Des Indes is a hotel at the Lange Voorhout in The Hague or Den Haag. It was built in 1858 a a family house. From 1881 a hotel is located in the building. Hotel Des Indes is located in a beautiful area in the city centre of the […]

International Volvo Photo Locations Part 177 Reguliersgracht is a canal in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The photo is taken on the Prinsengracht. During World War II the “nerve center” of the illegal paper Het Parool was housed there, in a house (no. 111) occupied by Simon Carmiggelt, Max Nord, Wim van Norden, and their families. Amsterdam’s prettiest […]

International Volvo Photo Locations Part 169 The Torensluis is a bridge at the Singel in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. It was built in 1648, an arched and exceptionally wide bridge across the Singel. Now covered by cosy café terraces and a bust of Dutch writer Multatuli, the Torensluis is the oldest remaining bridge in Amsterdam, and […]

First there was the original song of Kenny B – Parijs: Quickly there came a parody from The Hague (Den Haag) And not much later, a parody from Amsterdam was there… And Rotterdam…