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Wadden Port


Watching the Wadden Sea through a salty port window in the bar of the Friesland ferry travelling to the dutch Wadden island Terschelling, at sunset Dec. 2016. Wadden Port | 20201203 | Michel van der Burg | 1-memo•com

Shut Off Dike


Motorway on the Afsluitdijk (English literally : Shut-off-dike) – filmed here in Dec. 2016. The dike runs between the North Holland province and the Friesland province in the Netherlands over a length of 20 miles (32 kilometres) with the Wadden Sea on the one side and the IJsselmeer lake on the other side – the fresh water lake that used to be the sea inlet Zuiderzee (English: Southern Sea) before the damming off in 1932 to protect the inland against flooding. Shut Off Dike | 20201202 | Michel van der Burg | 1-memo•com

Winter on West-Terschelling


Wadden Sea harbor town West-Terschelling with the Brandaris lighthouse on the dutch island Terschelling, panorama Dec. 2016 from the high dune at the southermost point – called Seinpaalduin – protecting the village from the powerful Western storms.
Winter on West-Terschelling | 20201201 | Michel van der Burg | 1-memo•com

I am not at war | KONTRARIE


‘I am not at war’ performed by solidarity choir KONTRARIE at the 20th commemoration of Transport XX on 21 April 2013 in Boortmeerbeek, Belgium. Theme this 20th commemoration : “In the track of Transport XX after 70 years”. Dutch: 20e herdenking – “In het spoor van Transport XX na 70 jaar”.

With a roaring special contribution by a helicopter ;)

I am not at war with anyone
I am not at war with anyone
Go away warplanes
You bring fear and shame
I am not at war with anyone

I give my love to Iraq, and to America
I give my love to Israel, and to Palestine
We could live as one
Between the sea and sun
I am not at war with anyone

I don’t need to be friends with everyone
But I’d like to live in peace with everyone
This rush to war is wrong
And so I sing this song
I am not at war with anyone
I am not at war with anyone

I am not at war with anyone
I am not at war with anyone
Go away warplanes
You bring fear and shame
I am not at war with anyone
I am not at war with anyone

I am not at war ~ Performance : April 21, 2013 by Strijdkoor KONTRARIE | kontrarie.be ~ Words and Music: Luka Bloom ~ Music Adaptation: Luc Wynants (conductor KONTRARIE) ~ Film : 20201130 Michel van der Burg | Miracles•Media

Sing Shoes Sweets Sinterklaas


Sinterklaas folklore St Nicolas – At bedtime Dutch children place their shoes before the chimney or the door (called ‘je schoen zetten’) – with carrots or apples for the horse of St Nicolas – and sing a lot of songs for St Nicolas and Black Pete, hoping to find some sweets in their shoe the next morning. Filmed Nov. 22nd 2018.
Sing Shoes Sweets Sinterklaas | 20201128 | Michel van der Burg | 1-memo•com