Tag: river

Flood Aware


① memo 20181006 ~ Flood Aware ~ Repairing and strengthening the dikes started this week here around Alphen , some 20 feet (6 meter) below sea level , in the Rhine-Meuse river delta of Holland

Watertaxi Rotterdam


① memo 20181005 ~ Watertaxi Rotterdam ~ From the old harbor ‘Leuvehaven’ crossing the Maas river to Hotel New York in the Holland America Line building , Rotterdam , Holland

Dutch Mussels in Hop & Love


① memo 20180803 ~ Dutch Mussels in Hop & Love ~ Mussels in Hop & Liefde beer , Brouwerij De Molen (Brewery The Mill) outdoor dining last Sunday in Bodegraven on the bank of the Oude Rijn (Old Rhine) around Alphen , Holland

Bodegraven Rhine River Bank


① memo 20180729 ~ Bodegraven Rhine River Bank ~ Bodegraven town along the Oude Rijn (Old Rhine) – a branch of the Rhine delta – showing the historic Noordhoek cheese factory on the right. Filmed with iPhone X using the Sennheiser ClipMic digital lavalier microphone with a Rycote Lavalier Furry Windjammer. Around Alphen in the Green Heart of Holland

Homebound Petran Container Ship


① memo 20180701 ~ Homebound Petran Container Ship ~ Returning from a 4 day journey on the Rhine river from the german Worth am Rhein (Karlsruhe) port, the dutch ‘Petran’ cargo vessel is travelling downstream on the Rotterdam Maas river , under the Erasmus Bridge , last Friday 1132 UTC – just 2 hours before arriving ‘home’ at the Maasvlakte container terminal in the Port of Rotterdam.

Rotterdam Inland Navigation


① memo 20180630 ~ Rotterdam Inland Navigation ~ Dutch inland dry cargo vessels – I spotted here the ‘CarinAlexander’ and the ‘Pecaro’ (v/d Pol & Fransbergen) – on the Maas river in the heart of Rotterdam , with the Willemsbrug bridge in the background, filmed – with iPhone X and RØDE SmartLav+ lavalier with Minifur-LAV – yesterday , standing on the trembling cable-stayed Erasmus Bridge , Rotterdam , Holland