by gspeed | May 7, 2023 | GIS, Photography, Travel
My family was visiting, and as a tourist outing we went to Amersfoort, the second largest town in Utrecht province, to have a picnic lunch and see the historic Koppelpoort. We had plenty of time in the day, so I took the opportunity to make a 3D model of the...
by gspeed | Mar 29, 2023 | Photography
In the spring, summer and fall after work on days I rent a bike at Utrecht Centraal I like to take long meandering routes back to the station. Near Bunnik, south of the Utrecht Science Park, is a replica altar to the god Viredecdis. The original altar was found in...
by gspeed | Oct 9, 2022 | Uncategorized
Yesterday I took a modern train to Gouda to ride one of the steam train shuttles between Gouda and the Stoom Stichting Nederland depot near Kralingse Park in Rotterdam. The steam trains are German engines and old Dutch carriages, and they run in between the normal...
by gspeed | Jun 5, 2021 | GIS, Photography
I went for a 65km bike ride from Capelle aan den IJssel through Hitland Park up to Gouda, and then a meandering ride west through Zoetermeer to Nootdorp, and while I was in Zoetermeer I passed over the Nelson Mandelabrug. The Nelson Mandelabrug is a pedestrian and...
by gspeed | Mar 24, 2021 | GIS, Nature, Photography, Travel
The Gaatkensbult is an artificial hill in Carnisselande near Barendrecht, the Netherlands. During the construction of the Jan Gerritspolder Dike along the Oude Maas river in the early 2000s, a 15 meter tall hill was built atop a section of the dike, and they placed a...
