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Castle Theater live performance with lots ofclassic and recent Disney characters in a very vibrant show.
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Sleeping Beauty Castle - completed in 1992, for the park's 12 April opening, Le Château de la Belle au Bois Dormant stands 50 meters (160 ft) tall. The Castle is home to a dragon, which, at 27 meters (89 ft) from head to tail, was the largest Animatronic figure yet built when the park opened in April 1992. The walkthrough attraction consists of a dimly lit cavern with the large dragon sleeping silently. Occasionally it will 'wake up', puffing smoke and growling. The building also contains La Galerie de la Belle au Bois Dormant, a gallery of displays which illustrate the story of Sleeping Beauty in tapestries, stained glass windows and figures. La Boutique du Château, a shop selling Christmas ornaments year-round, and Merlin l'Enchanteur, a shop specialising in handmade glass figures, are located on ground floor.
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Disneyland Paris - formerly Euro Disney Resort, is an entertainment resort near Paris , France. It is the most visited theme park in Europe.
It encompasses the theme parks:
Disneyland Park (Est.1992) - based on Disneyland and the Magic Kingdom in Florida.
Walt Disney Studios Park (Est. 2002) - celebrating show business, films, and behind-the-scenes.
Disney Village - an entertainment district containing a variety of restaurants, entertainment venues and shops.
See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disneyland_Paris
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About Pixels - #CastleTheater #show - #DisneylandPark #FR
Historic and Classic Trucks. A large collection of trucks on the ramparts, some also huge in size and others special in shape and design.
Photo August 2019, Vestingdagen (August 25, 1979) after 40 years in time.
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Vestingdagen - Transport
The Vestingdagen (Fortress Days) in Hellevoetsluis, an annual multi-day event since 1979. Very popular and with lots of activities in and around the former naval base of the Netherlands. With many historic and vintage ships and vehicles, steam engines, fair and market, various types of demonstrations in the air and ofcourse on the water. Also, lots to do like short boattrips, visit the various musea, watch the naval parade and fireworks show late at night. With about 200.000 visitors in total a well attended event.
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Photo - Richard Poppelaars.
© About Pixels Photography: #AboutPixels in #Hellevoetsluis #Netherlands / #Vestingdagen #event / #classic #trucks
Classic Permit to sell: KETEL 1 Graanjenever at Simpelveld Railwaystation. A famous Dutch type of Gin. It should have been more normal to find some sorts of traditional local beers here.
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Simpelveld - Miljoenenlijn - ZLSM Steamtrain
ZLSM "Zuid-Limburgse Stoomtrein Maatschappij" (South Limburg Steam Train Company) or ZLSM - part of the Miljoenenlijn, a heritage railway operating from its main station at Simpelveld to Schin op Geul and Kerkrade in the southern part of the Limburg province in the Netherlands.
Info: nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zuid-Limburgse_Stoomtrein_Maatschappij.
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About Pixels Photography: #museum #ZLSM #steamtrain #Simpelveld #NL
Met Halloween kan je griezelig mooi zijn. Verklede dames die echt griezelig mooi zijn. Je zou maar wat graag meer tijd (en licht) voor foto's willen hebben.
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Halloween Spooktocht - Halloween
Halloween Spooktocht Brielle - een jaarlijks Halloween evenement waarbij in een optocht door de historische binnenstad publiek en deelnemers in een wisselend thema maar altijd op een leuke wijze Halloween beleven.
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Photo - Richard Poppelaars.
© About Pixels Photography: #AboutPixels / #parade #Halloween #event #Spooktocht #HalloweenSpooktocht in #Brielle #Netherlands
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Naakte dame - zicht op de Kleine Geul.
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Perhaps the most special view of the Kleine Geul, but probably also the most photographed woman in Valkenburg. It is a bronze nude sculpture by an unknown artist on a footbridge over the Kleine Geul river. She leans relaxed over the railing of the bridge, aided in height by a champagne cooler as a plinth. A beautiful classic hairstyle above a young face, the somewhat large breasts concealed in the relaxed arms, the back provocatively high in the air on stately slender legs. A little further on is more art in presumably the same style, but then a motorcycle with a coolly dressed motorcyclist, perhaps by the same artist..
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Valkenburg - Art
The name of Valkenburg aan de Geul refers to the central town of this municipality, Valkenburg, and the small river Geul. Since the 12th cntury sieges and conquests have been the recurrent theme in the history of Valkenburg, especially in connection with Valkenburg castle, Today a very popular town with lots of visitors the whole year round.
Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valkenburg_aan_de_Geul.
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Photo - Richard Poppelaars.
© About Pixels Photography: #AboutPixels / #bridge #statue #woman #nude #Art in #Valkenburg #Netherlands
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Demonstration SAR helicopter and Rescue Brigade. Together with the rescue brigade, the KNRM, divers and brave volunteers, a SAR helicopter shows what skills are needed to provide assistance on the water. And this is still in good weather what is different at sea...
Photo August 2015, Vestingdagen (August 25, 1979) after 36 years in time.
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Vestingdagen
The Vestingdagen (Fortress Days) in Hellevoetsluis, an annual multi-day event since 1979. Very popular and with lots of activities in and around the former naval base of the Netherlands. With many historic and vintage ships and vehicles, steam engines, fair and market, various types of demonstrations in the air and ofcourse on the water. Also, lots to do like short boattrips, visit the various musea, watch the naval parade and fireworks show late at night. With about 200.000 visitors in total a well attended event.
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Photo - Richard Poppelaars.
© About Pixels Photography: #AboutPixels / #SAR #ResqueBrigade #event #Vestingdagen in #Hellevoetsluis #Netherlands
Egyptian temple of Taffeh (Est. +/-250).
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Egyptian temple of Taffeh. a six meter high sandstone temple built in the beginning of the era commissioned by the Roman emperor Augustus. First dedicated to the goddess Isis and in collaboration with UNESCO saved (Est. +/- 250).
Photo May 2012, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden (1818) after 194 years in time.
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Rijksmuseum van Oudheden
The National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden, founded in 1818. In addition to numerous impressive collections, the Egyptian collection is one of the largest and most complete collections of Ancient Egyptian art in the world.
Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rijksmuseum_van_Oudheden.
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Photo - Richard Poppelaars.
© About Pixels Photography: #AboutPixels / #antiquities #Egyptian #temple #Taffeh #museum #RMO #RijksmuseumvanOudheden in #Leiden #Netherlands
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Nice shop interior.
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All about buying and saying cheese. A nice and spacious shop and still lot of products like cheese, nuts and snack meat products including a Délifrance section.
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Voorhuys - 't Voorhuys
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Photo - Richard Poppelaars.
© About Pixels Photography: #AboutPixels / #interior #tVoorhuys #shopping #cheesestore #delicacy #Delifrance #Voorhuys in #Brielle #Netherlands
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Relax and enjoy your meal.
Photo: Richard Poppelaars © #AboutPixels #Photography (Nikon D7200) / #decoration - #interior / #restaurant at #RestaurantBRU17 #BRU17Habraken in #Bruinisse, #Zeeland - #Netherlands
The restaurant is always nicely decorated, often with an eye for the rich history of fishing. Almost a home base where everyone feels at home or at the table in Zeeland.
Photo April 2016, Restaurant BRU17 Habraken (Est. 2012) after 4 years in time.
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BRU17 Habraken - Visrestaurant BRU17 Habraken, a restaurant and fish shop specializing in mussels and many types of fresh fish and sea specialities.
The restaurant has numerous regional fish specialties on the menu and the adjoining fish shop has a wide range of products to choose from. Together they form a culinary gem in Zeeland. BRU17 is the second location along with the shop and smaller restaurant in the harbor of Stellendam.
Info: www.bru17.nl.
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Lavishly decorated Toutatis area.
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The new Toutatis attraction area has so many details and very nice decorations, it even includes some smaller attractions in the same style. It's an excellent example of todays design and construction skills to create this kind of art.
Photo May 2023, Parc Astérix (April 30, 1989) after 34 years in time.
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Photo - Richard Poppelaars.
© About Pixels Photography: #AboutPixels at #Toutatis #LaGaule #ParcAsterix in #Plailly #France
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Parc Asterix
Parc Astérix (Est. 1989) - a theme amusement park based on the comic book series "Asterix" by Albert Uderzo and René Goscinny. France's best-selling comic abroad with more than 370 million copies sold worldwide in 111 languages.
Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parc_Astérix.
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Signatures of a facade. Decorative architecture. Doors, wIndows, shutters, balconies, fences and other decorations. In some way they are individual identities of a building. What is is, but also for who, where or how the owners or inhabitants are.
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Limeuil - Architecture
The village of Limeuil, located at the confluence of the Dordogne and Vézère rivers historically both commercially and strategically on the highways of trade. This region was primarily a wine-producing area for subsequent delivery downstream to Bordeaux, on large, flat-bottomed "gabarres". Nowadays a very nice historical village and on the list of the "Les Plus Beaux Villages de France", the most beautiful villages of France.
Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limeuil.
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Photo - Richard Poppelaars.
© About Pixels Photography: #AboutPixels / #facade #Architecture #LPBVF in #Limeuil #France
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Historic and Classic Trucks. A large collection of trucks on the ramparts, some also huge in size and others special in shape and design.
Photo August 2019, Vestingdagen (August 25, 1979) after 40 years in time.
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Vestingdagen - Transport
The Vestingdagen (Fortress Days) in Hellevoetsluis, an annual multi-day event since 1979. Very popular and with lots of activities in and around the former naval base of the Netherlands. With many historic and vintage ships and vehicles, steam engines, fair and market, various types of demonstrations in the air and ofcourse on the water. Also, lots to do like short boattrips, visit the various musea, watch the naval parade and fireworks show late at night. With about 200.000 visitors in total a well attended event.
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Photo - Richard Poppelaars.
© About Pixels Photography: #AboutPixels in #Hellevoetsluis #Netherlands / #Vestingdagen #event / #classic #trucks
Halloween "Día de los Muertos" decoration at the Mexican Frontierland area. Excellent designed decorations full of color and ofcourse not scary at all.
Día de los Muertos - or The Day of the Dead is a Mexican holiday celebrated throughout Mexico, in particular the Central and South regions, and by people of Mexican heritage elsewhere.
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Halloween - Frontierland
Disneyland Paris - an entertainment resort near Paris, France. It is the most visited theme park in Europe.
It encompasses the theme parks:
Disneyland Park (Est.1992) - based on Disneyland and the Magic Kingdom in Florida.
Walt Disney Studios Park (Est. 2002) - celebrating show business, films, and behind-the-scenes.
Disney Village - an entertainment district containing a variety of restaurants, entertainment venues and shops.
Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disneyland_Paris.
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Photo - Richard Poppelaars.
© About Pixels Photography: #AboutPixels in #DisneylandParis #France / #Halloween #halloween #event / #decoration
Toys Story on Disney Parade, all great performers. Disney Parade at Sleeping Beauty Castle around the Central Plaza with an impressive show and presentation. Shows like Disney Stars On Parade and Disney Magic On Parade are performed everyday.
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Disneyland Paris - formerly Euro Disney Resort, is an entertainment resort near Paris , France. It is the most visited theme park in Europe.
It encompasses the theme parks:
Disneyland Park (Est.1992) - based on Disneyland and the Magic Kingdom in Florida.
Walt Disney Studios Park (Est. 2002) - celebrating show business, films, and behind-the-scenes.
Disney Village - an entertainment district containing a variety of restaurants, entertainment venues and shops.
See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disneyland_Paris
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About Pixels - #parade - #DisneylandPark #FR
Mosasaurus Hoffmannii - Maashagedis.
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Mosasaurus, a huge lizard, it's a genus of the family Mosasauridae that lived in the sea. The first fossils were found near Maastricht in the Sint-Pietersberg, on the banks of the river Maas (Latin: Mosa). They lived in the Maastrichtian period, the last part of the Cretaceous, 71.3 to 65.4 million years ago.
Info: nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosasaurus.
Photo October 2017, Natuur Historisch Museum (1910) after 107 years in time.
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Maastricht - Natuur Historisch Museum
The "Natuur Historisch Museum" (NHM) was founded in 1910 and is best known for its unique collection of Cretaceous fossils in the Netherlands, including various Mosasaurs, Prognathodons and Hadrosaurs.
Info: nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natuurhistorisch_Museum_Maastricht.
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Photo - Richard Poppelaars.
© About Pixels Photography: #AboutPixels / #Mosasaurus #prehistory #fossil #NatuurHistorischMuseum #museum #NHM in #Maastricht #Netherlands
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Captain Hook's daughter? Ofcourse not but a very nice person to meet and greet. Children loved her performance with that great smile.
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Disneyland Park - Adventureland
Disneyland Paris - an entertainment resort near Paris, France. It is the most visited theme park in Europe.
It encompasses the theme parks:
Disneyland Park (Est.1992) - based on Disneyland and the Magic Kingdom in Florida.
Walt Disney Studios Park (Est. 2002) - celebrating show business, films, and behind-the-scenes.
Disney Village - an entertainment district containing a variety of restaurants, entertainment venues and shops.
Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disneyland_Paris.
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Photo - Richard Poppelaars.
© About Pixels Photography: #AboutPixels in #DisneylandParis #France / #DisneylandPark #CaptainHook
Statues des Trois Oies - Fois Gras Master Chefs.
Photo: Richard Poppelaars © #AboutPixels #Photography (Nikon D7200) / #sculpture #goose #foisgras - #urban / #Art at #StatuesdesTroisOies #SarlatlaCanda in #SarlatlaCaneda, #Dordogne - #France
Statues des Trois Oies - the Fois Gras Master Chefs, one of the most important culinairy symbols of this region.
Foie gras - French for '"fat liver"'), is a specialty food product made of the liver of a duck or goose fattened by gavage (force feeding). A popular and well-known delicacy in French cuisine. Its flavor is described as rich, buttery, and delicate, unlike that of an ordinary duck or goose liver. Foie gras is sold whole, or is prepared into mousse, parfait, or pâté, and may also be served as an accompaniment to another food item, such as steak.
Gavage - the technique of gavage dates as far back as 2500 BC, when the ancient Egyptians began keeping birds for food and deliberately fattened the birds through force-feeding. Today, France is by far the largest producer and consumer of foie gras. Gavage-based foie gras production is controversial, due mainly to the animal welfare concerns about force-feeding, intensive housing and husbandry, and enlarging the liver to 10 times its usual volume.
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Sarlat-la-Canéda - One of the most prominent villages in the Dordogne region is Sarlat-la-Canéda. A very popular destination in the Périgord Noir, maybe because modern history has largely passed it by. Sarlat has remained preserved and one of the towns most representative of 14th century France. The old centre consists of impeccably restored stone buildings, with 77 protected monuments it's on France's tentative list for future nomination as a UNESCO World Heritage site. Largely car-free with lots of narrow ancient streets and small stores, an absolute pleasure to walk through and to discover.
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Sneeuw KNMI code rood met veel hulpdiensten op de weg. Sneeuwschuivers en borstelwagens om de wegen weer wat meer begaanbaar te krijgen - Hellevoetsluis/NL
Steam engines on tour. Steam engines in and around the historic city center, once they have come to a halt in front of the Town Hall, you can really see how impressive they are. Hissing, big and heavy, the smell of burning coal, from time to time the loud whistling of the steam whistles that could be heard far and wide. This steam whistle sound has been the sign that it was Vestingdagen for several editions of this event.
Hellevoetsluis has no direct link in the past with steam engines, at most with the Pomphuis of the Jan Blanken Dry Dock, the Machinistenschool or later a steam train connection with Rotterdam. Nevertheless, these British steam engines were seen and experienced as a top attraction.
Photo August 2017, Vestingdagen (August 25, 1979) after 38 years in time.
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Vestingdagen - Steam engines
The Vestingdagen (Fortress Days) in Hellevoetsluis, an annual multi-day event since 1979. Very popular and with lots of activities in and around the former naval base of the Netherlands. With many historic and vintage ships and vehicles, steam engines, fair and market, various types of demonstrations in the air and ofcourse on the water. Also, lots to do like short boattrips, visit the various musea, watch the naval parade and fireworks show late at night. With about 200.000 visitors in total a well attended event.
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Photo - Richard Poppelaars.
© About Pixels Photography: #AboutPixels / #steamengines #tour #Steamengines #event #townhall #Vestingdagen in #Hellevoetsluis #Netherlands
My Little Peony.
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Two hands full, a large flower full of fragrance and color. Too bad they can only be found for such a short time every year.
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De Oude Proeftuin - Gardening
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Photo - Richard Poppelaars.
© About Pixels Photography: #AboutPixels / #flower #peony #Gardening #Bloemencentrum #OudeProeftuin #DeOudeProeftuin in #Rockanje #Netherlands
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Colorful ceramic dish from Maroc.
Photo: Richard Poppelaars © #AboutPixels #Photography (Nikon D7200) / #shopping #market - #urban / #Shopping at #Market in #SarlatlaCaneda, #Dordogne - #France
Colorful ceramic dish from Maroc, a nice alternative to display your fruit. These have become imported Produits régionaux, you see them everywhere colors. Colorfull bowls and other sorts of ceramics. Some locally produced, some from other countries like Africa.
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Sarlat-la-Caneda - One of the most prominent villages in the Dordogne region is Sarlat-la-Canéda. A very popular destination in the Périgord Noir, maybe because modern history has largely passed it by. Sarlat has remained preserved and one of the towns most representative of 14th century France. The old centre consists of impeccably restored stone buildings, with 77 protected monuments it's on France's tentative list for future nomination as a UNESCO World Heritage site. Largely car-free with lots of narrow ancient streets and small stores, an absolute pleasure to walk through and to discover.
Have I been eating Scheermessen?.
Photo: Richard Poppelaars © #AboutPixels #Photography (Apple iPhone 6s) / #Scheermes #shell - #culinair / #restaurant at #RestaurantBRU17 #BRU17Habraken in #Bruinisse, #Zeeland - #Netherlands
Scheermessen, a real specialty and delicacie.
Photo April 2018, Restaurant BRU17 Habraken (Est. 2012) after 6 years in time.
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BRU17 Habraken - Visrestaurant BRU17 Habraken, a restaurant and fish shop specializing in mussels and many types of fresh fish and sea specialities.
The restaurant has numerous regional fish specialties on the menu and the adjoining fish shop has a wide range of products to choose from. Together they form a culinary gem in Zeeland. BRU17 is the second location along with the shop and smaller restaurant in the harbor of Stellendam.
Info: www.bru17.nl.
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Creepy (fairytale) forest tree.
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Did we just see this tree move? Waving branches, face moving, and suddenly it's mouth open!
Walking in mainly a world designed by Anton Pieck. That is really is Sprookjesbos or Fairytale Forest (Est. 1952) with beautiful Gnome houses (design Anton Pieck) and many other buildings and objects.
Quote: Wandelen langs kabouterhuisjes in het bos. Zo opvallend mooi dat je weer in sprookjes gaat geloven.
Photo May 2022, Efteling (May 31, 1952) after 70 years in time.
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Efteling - Kabouter dorp
Fairytale Forest (1952) - the Fairytale Forest is a six-hectare park in the Efteling. An excellent location for a walk through the fairytale books of writers like the Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen and Charles Perrault. The Efteling started as a park in 1952 with this Fairytale Forest
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Efteling (Est. 1952) - one of the oldest theme parks in the world. A very popular full-sized fantasy-themed amusement park with many attractions and a wide array of amusement rides that reflect elements from ancient myths and legends, fairy tales, fables, and folklore.
Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Efteling.
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Photo - Richard Poppelaars.
© About Pixels Photography: #AboutPixels / #tree #haunted #Kabouterdorp #Marerijk #Sprookjesbos #Efteling in #Kaatsheuvel #Netherlands
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Stil even, verse groente is zo mooi als een stilleven.
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Serdar Bakkerij
Bij "Serdar" tref je meer dan alleen een bakker, ook groenteboer, slager en supermarkt. Erg goede producten wat niet te vergelijken is met de grote supermarkten. Altijd klanten in de zaak, en steeds meer omdat hier de goede service en kwalieit van de producten nog echt te proeven is.
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Photo - Richard Poppelaars.
© About Pixels Photography: #AboutPixels / #shopping #supermarket #backery #Serdar #SerdarBakkerij in #Hellevoetsluis #Netherlands
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Mosasaurus Hoffmannii - Maashagedis.
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Mosasaurus, a huge lizard, it's a genus of the family Mosasauridae that lived in the sea. The first fossils were found near Maastricht in the Sint-Pietersberg, on the banks of the river Maas (Latin: Mosa). They lived in the Maastrichtian period, the last part of the Cretaceous, 71.3 to 65.4 million years ago.
Info: nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosasaurus.
Photo October 2017, Natuur Historisch Museum (1910) after 107 years in time.
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Maastricht - Natuur Historisch Museum
The "Natuur Historisch Museum" (NHM) was founded in 1910 and is best known for its unique collection of Cretaceous fossils in the Netherlands, including various Mosasaurs, Prognathodons and Hadrosaurs.
Info: nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natuurhistorisch_Museum_Maastricht.
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Photo - Richard Poppelaars.
© About Pixels Photography: #AboutPixels / #Mosasaurus #prehistory #fossil #NatuurHistorischMuseum #museum #NHM in #Maastricht #Netherlands
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Naakte dame - zicht op de Kleine Geul.
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Perhaps the most special view of the Kleine Geul, but probably also the most photographed woman in Valkenburg. It is a bronze nude sculpture by an unknown artist on a footbridge over the Kleine Geul river. She leans relaxed over the railing of the bridge, aided in height by a champagne cooler as a plinth. A beautiful classic hairstyle above a young face, the somewhat large breasts concealed in the relaxed arms, the back provocatively high in the air on stately slender legs. A little further on is more art in presumably the same style, but then a motorcycle with a coolly dressed motorcyclist, perhaps by the same artist..
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Valkenburg - Art
The name of Valkenburg aan de Geul refers to the central town of this municipality, Valkenburg, and the small river Geul. Since the 12th cntury sieges and conquests have been the recurrent theme in the history of Valkenburg, especially in connection with Valkenburg castle, Today a very popular town with lots of visitors the whole year round.
Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valkenburg_aan_de_Geul.
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Photo - Richard Poppelaars.
© About Pixels Photography: #AboutPixels / #bridge #statue #woman #nude #Art in #Valkenburg #Netherlands
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Colorful street and boutique facades.
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Just near Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG) Airport, you'll find a Champs-Élysées like Outlet Shopping Center. It includes 110 exclusive top fashion and homeware boutiques.
Even the village like architecture, including the small bistro's, is exquisite and colorful indeed. The (price)tag #lavalleevillage could be the new trend for some time to come.
Photo April 2023, La Vallée Village (2000) after 23 years in time.
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Photo - Richard Poppelaars.
© About Pixels Photography: #AboutPixels / #facade #decoration #shop #architecture at #LaValleeVillage #ShoppingMall #LaValleeVillage in #Serris #France
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La Vallee Village
Val d'Europe "La Vallée Village" (Est. 2000) - in an idealized "briarde" architecture, more than 120 clothing and other luxery brands, including 15 of major brands, with lots of goods for sale at discount prices. Also a few known fast food and some famous delicacy places to actually taste some nice European types of cuisine.
Info: www.thebicestercollection.com/la-vallee-village/en.
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Look at those sweet potatoes.
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These sweet potatoes are a very nice variation for out kitchen and meals. Delicious when roasted.
Photo February 2023, Landwinkel Klok (2012) after 11 years in time.
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Landwinkel Klok - Shopping
Supermarket Landwinkel Klok - Apples, pears, plums and cherries are grown on this farm in a sustainable and environmentally conscious way. In the old barn you will find a large country shop, where you can find many other healthy products besides fruit. There is farm cheese, fresh farm dairy, local beef, vegetables & fruit, and many organic foods.
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Photo - Richard Poppelaars.
© About Pixels Photography: #AboutPixels / #potatoe #Shopping #landwinkel #farmersmarket #LandwinkelKlok in #Vierpolders #Netherlands
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Ail Rose de Lautrec - France's finest garlic with pink cloves and white skin on the exterior for sale at the market of Issigeac. It is grown in the medieval town of Lautrec in the Tarn region. According to an old tale, a traveller with no money stopped in Lautrec in order to eat, but as he had no money, he paid with pink cloves of garlic instead.
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This is just one of the very nice culinary details and about taste in France. It's how they add that special "French color" to food. Most of the French don't sell or buy a bulb but a whole string, the photo might show you why.
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Garlic (Allium sativum) - a species in the onion genus, Allium. Its close relatives include the onion, shallot, leek, chive, and Chinese onion.
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Market
Market at Issegeac - it's a thriving market on Sunday mornings, where many gastronomic delights are available as well as an exceptional selection of local wines, meats, fruit and vegetables brought directly to the market by their producers.
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Issigeac - a picturesque small village with many 13th to 15th century medieval timbered houses circling a church and a 17th century Bishop's Palace. The weekly market and brocante market is very popular with a nice variety of products and goods. Also, enjoy the local restaurants, it will sure make your visit complete. This village should be listed as one of the "Les Plus Beaux Villages de France" because it's exactly that type of a nice quaint French villages to visit.
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Photo - Richard Poppelaars.
© About Pixels Photography: #AboutPixels in #Issigeac #France / #Market / #culinair #garlic
Historic and Classic Trucks. A large collection of trucks on the ramparts, some also huge in size and others special in shape and design.
Photo August 2019, Vestingdagen (August 25, 1979) after 40 years in time.
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Vestingdagen - Transport
The Vestingdagen (Fortress Days) in Hellevoetsluis, an annual multi-day event since 1979. Very popular and with lots of activities in and around the former naval base of the Netherlands. With many historic and vintage ships and vehicles, steam engines, fair and market, various types of demonstrations in the air and ofcourse on the water. Also, lots to do like short boattrips, visit the various musea, watch the naval parade and fireworks show late at night. With about 200.000 visitors in total a well attended event.
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Photo - Richard Poppelaars.
© About Pixels Photography: #AboutPixels in #Hellevoetsluis #Netherlands / #Vestingdagen #event / #classic #trucks
Museum De Duinhuisjes - an open air museum in Rockanje with characteristic small farms in the style of building around the year 1900 in Westelijk Voorne.
In that period the people in Rockanje mainly lived from small-scale horticulture, fishing and hunting. The very first dune houses were built with what was available from nature and what was found at beachcombing.
In the open-air museum you will find three dune houses that come elsewhere from Rockanje and which have been rebuilt as original as possible in the old state on this location. The first house at the entrance from 1910, which already stood here, is a national monument. Each house has been decorated in a different way, creating a nice overview of the different periods around the turn of the last century (1900 - 1930). There are also a number of original outbuildings and stables.
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Heemtuin “De Tenellaplas” - a 3ha landscape park landscaped by Cees Sipkes in 1949-1950. Managed by the South Holland Landscape (ZHL). Around the Tenellaplas, all the characteristic biotopes from the dunes of Voorne have been brought together on a small surface: a dune lake, marshy banks, pasture, dry sand slopes, thickets, upright forest, a piece of heather field and more than 300 other plant species.
Info: nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heempark_De_Tenellaplas
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All in good shape for Christmas.
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An excellent cake shape, just ass some snow white suger afterwards.
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Oldenhof - Kookwinkel Oldenhof
Excellent cooking store in the heart of The Hague. They've got really everything you need in the kitchen.
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Photo - Richard Poppelaars.
© About Pixels Photography: #AboutPixels / #interior #kitchenware #shape #KookwinkelOldenhof #passage #shop #kitchenstore #Oldenhof in #TheHague #Netherlands
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The scent of Lavender in town. The city has changed a lot in recent years, they created even some room for some flowerfields.
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Rotterdam - Markthal
Markthal (Est. 2014)- a residential and office building with a market hall underneath. It has the largest glass-window cable structure in Europe. The inside of the building is adorned with an 11.000 m2 artwork by Arno Coenen, named Hoorn des Overvloeds (Horn of Plenty). The artwork shows strongly enlarged fruits, vegetables, seeds, fish, flowers and insects. It was made using digital 3D-techniques, printed on 4000 perforated aluminum panels and now on the inside of the hall. Some call it The largest artwork in the world or The Sistine Chapel of Rotterdam.
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Photo - Richard Poppelaars.
© About Pixels Photography: #AboutPixels in #Rotterdam #Netherlands #Rotterdam #NL / #urban
Dolphin show at "Théatre de Poseidon".
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Dolphins at "Théatre de Poseidon", a very nice show too and some of the very few animals in the parc. After more then 30 years it finally came to an end, instead there is a show with humans, no feeding permitted.
Photo May 2010, Parc Astérix (April 30, 1989) after 21 years in time.
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© About Pixels Photography: #AboutPixels / #dolphinarium #show #themepark #dolphinshow at #TheatredePoseidon #GreceAntique #ParcAsterix in #Plailly #France
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Parc Asterix
Parc Astérix (Est. 1989) - a theme amusement park based on the comic book series "Asterix" by Albert Uderzo and René Goscinny. France's best-selling comic abroad with more than 370 million copies sold worldwide in 111 languages.
Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parc_Astérix.
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Meet the full cast of actors after the show at "La Legende des Chevaliers". It's so nice to speak to the performers in person, ask questions and to take a close look at the armour, the dressed up horses and to see how proud they all are about the show presented.
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La Legende des Chevaliers - a very spectacular mostly equestrian show with lots of acrobatic horse rides, medieval armor, weapons and kids friendly fights and most of all lots of humour. They perform a medieval type fantasy story about some brave knights and dames and some nasty orcs. Kids just love it!
See: www.equestrio.fr
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Produit régional at the Provençal market. A very wide variety of products, if my photo only included the fresh scents, taste, excellent food and many other local specialities.
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Provençal market -This weekly market, at Forcalquier on Mondays is one of the most colorfull. Lots of producs are being sold. A Provençal market includes not only prepared foods and products but provençal goods such as lavender, tablecloths, clothes etc. Market days are a way of life in Provence. They originated in the 12th century, when farmers and craftsmen would come to nearest market town to sell their wares, or engage in bartering agreements.
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Forcalquier - located between the Lure and Luberon mountain ranges, about 30 km (19 mi) south of Sisteron and 10 km (6.2 mi) west of the Durance river. During the Middle Ages it was the capital of Haute-Provence
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About Pixels - Produit régional - Provençal markets
The Uerdingen railbus (in German: Uerdinger Schienenbus), the common term for the multiple units which were developed by the German firm of Waggonfabrik Uerdingen for the Deutsche Bundesbahn and private railways after the Second World War.
These vehicles were diesel-powered, twin-axle railbuses of light construction. These vehicles were employed in passenger train duties on branch lines where steam or diesel train operations were less profitable. A total of 1,492 power cars were built from 1950 to 1971; and the total number of units, including trailer and driving cars, was 3,306. The railbus, much loved by passengers, was also nicknamed the Rote Brummer (Red Buzzer) because of the loud noise it made when driving.
Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uerdingen_railbus#Museum_vehicles.
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Simpelveld - Miljoenenlijn - Railwaystation
ZLSM "Zuid-Limburgse Stoomtrein Maatschappij" (South Limburg Steam Train Company) or ZLSM - part of the Miljoenenlijn, a heritage railway operating from its main station at Simpelveld to Schin op Geul and Kerkrade in the southern part of the Limburg province in the Netherlands.
Info: nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zuid-Limburgse_Stoomtrein_Maatschappij.
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Historic and Classic Trucks. A large collection of trucks on the ramparts, some also huge in size and others special in shape and design.
Photo August 2019, Vestingdagen (August 25, 1979) after 40 years in time.
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Vestingdagen - Transport
The Vestingdagen (Fortress Days) in Hellevoetsluis, an annual multi-day event since 1979. Very popular and with lots of activities in and around the former naval base of the Netherlands. With many historic and vintage ships and vehicles, steam engines, fair and market, various types of demonstrations in the air and ofcourse on the water. Also, lots to do like short boattrips, visit the various musea, watch the naval parade and fireworks show late at night. With about 200.000 visitors in total a well attended event.
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Photo - Richard Poppelaars.
© About Pixels Photography: #AboutPixels / #classic #trucks #Transport #event #Vestingdagen in #Hellevoetsluis #Netherlands
Limestone cliffs along the Mediterranean sea.
Photo: Richard Poppelaars © #AboutPixels #Photography (Nikon D90) / #calanques #harbour #cliff - #boattrip #cruise #UNESCO / #MassifdesCalanques at #ParcnationaldesCalanques #Calanquesinletharbour in #Cassis, #BouchesduRhone - #France
The Massif des Calanques coastline is a very impressive area to visit. A calanque is a narrow, steep-walled inlet that is developed in limestone, dolomite, or other carbonate strata and found along the Mediterranean coast. At the end of the inlet it reveals small beaches or small harbours.
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Calanques inlet harbour - Calanques National Park (French: Parc national des Calanques, Est. 2012), located in Bouches-du-Rhône, Southern France. The Park, intended to protect and preserve a huge UNESCO coastline area coastline area along the Mediterranean Sea and extends over 520 km2 (201 sq mi), of which 85 km2 (33 sq mi) is land, while the remaining is marine area. It includes parts of the Massif des Calanques stretching between Marseille, Cassis and La Ciotat. Several of the park's best known features include the Calanque de Sormiou, Calanque de Morgiou, Calanque de Port-Miou, Calanque de Sugiton, as well as the Cosquer Cave.
Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calanques_National_Park.
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Botanic illumination by Lotus flowers and Water Lilies (or Nymphéas) at the Aquatic labyrinth - a stunning collection of more than 250 different species with beautiful flowers, large in size and in various colours. The long paths just above the waterline allow visitors to get very close to the flowers.
Photo: Lotus flowers and Water Lilies - by © Richard Poppelaars #About_Pixels #Photography (Apple iPhone X) / #pond #flower #waterlily - #garden #Arboretum #botanicalgarden / #NaturePhotography at #WatergardensofCarsac #JardinsdeEau in #CarsacAillac, #Dordogne - #France
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Carsac-Aillac: Jardins de Eau - Nature Photography
The "Les Jardins d'Eau de Carsac", translated "The Water Gardens of Carsac", dedicated to the luxuriance of lotus, water lilies, exotic and tropical water lilies. The Three hectares of garden and lush vegetation includes a unique Aquatic labyrinth with a more than 500 meters long footbridge between aquatic flora and fauna. Also an arboretum with frogs and dragonflies who will guide the visitors.
Take a rest at the picnic area or visit the gift shop, nursery and aquatic garden center or enjoy feeding Japanese Koi carp.
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Fireboat power at Rotterdam Cruise Terminal, it's just an exercise. Water reaches the 20th floor but it's almost a typical Rotterdam ballet show to watch.
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Chinese Terracotta army warriors.
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Endless variations of a selection of the 8.000 terracotta warrior statues wearing different kinds of armour and clothing. They vary in height, uniform, and hairstyle in accordance with rank. It shows so many details and they also used to be painted too, even the weapons were included. This burial gift must have been very impressive, in creation, presentation and sure is in Chinese history.
Photo March 2017, Terracotta Army (210–209 BCE) after 2226 years in time.
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Terracotta Army - L'Armée Terracotta
Exhibition "L'armée Terracotta - l'héritage de l'empereur chinois éternel". It shows items part of one of the greatest discoveries of the last century, the terracotta army discovered in 1974, dated about 2,200 years ago, then ancient China of the first Chinese emperor.
The 8,000 terracotta soldiers were a burial gift for Emperor Qin Shi Huang Di (259 -210 BC). The archaeological site, now a UNESCO World Heritage site, encompasses a stunning 98 square kilometers (38 square miles). As many as 700,000 conscripted workers have worked on the project to recreate the army of the Chinese emperor in terracotta, that is more than have worked on the pyramid of Cheops. Some time after the burial the collection was destroyed and weapons stolen by a rival emperor. The exhibition shows realistic replicas and unfortunately not the originals because they are too fragile to transport.
Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terracotta_Army.
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Photo - Richard Poppelaars.
© About Pixels Photography: #AboutPixels / #statue #warrior #LArmeTerracotta #exposition #TerracottaArmy in #Liège #Belgium
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Shoe shopping at UGG.
Photo Richard Poppelaars © #AboutPixels #Photography (Apple iPhone X) / #shoes - #shopping #article / #ShoppingMall at #UGG #LaValleeVillage in #Serris, #SeineetMarne - #France
Typical UGG design shoes, a succesfull company but rumours exist about some animal crualty related problems during the production of the required materials. It's hard to find out if that's true, also it's a mass production article.
Photo August 2019, La Vallée Village (2000) after 19 years in time.
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La Vallee Village - Val d'Europe "La Vallée Village" (Est. 2000) - in an idealized "briarde" architecture, more than 120 clothing and other luxery brands, including 15 of major brands, with lots of goods for sale at discount prices. Also a few known fast food and some famous delicacy places to actually taste some nice European types of cuisine.
Info: www.thebicestercollection.com/la-vallee-village/en.
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Impressive Egyptian temple design.
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The Oziris structure is huge, a two story high temple, a reflecting pond with fountains and a high obelisque. Take a closer look, it's even more impressive decorated in all forms and sizes.
Photo May 2023, Parc Astérix (April 30, 1989) after 34 years in time.
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© About Pixels Photography: #AboutPixels / Egytian #temple #themepark #attraction #architecture at #OzIris #Egypt #ParcAsterix in #Plailly #France
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Parc Asterix
Parc Astérix (Est. 1989) - a theme amusement park based on the comic book series "Asterix" by Albert Uderzo and René Goscinny. France's best-selling comic abroad with more than 370 million copies sold worldwide in 111 languages.
Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parc_Astérix.
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Greece in ancient times.
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Ancient Greek temple at the "Le Vol d'Icare" ride. It looks so very real and it must have been a task to construct something that's broken like a ruin.
Photo May 2011, Parc Astérix (April 30, 1989) after 22 years in time.
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Parc Asterix
Parc Astérix (Est. 1989) - a theme amusement park based on the comic book series "Asterix" by Albert Uderzo and René Goscinny. France's best-selling comic abroad with more than 370 million copies sold worldwide in 111 languages.
Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parc_Astérix.
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Chrysler classics.
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American Cars and Classics - Classic Cars
This event is a gathering of a whole collection of various car brands, in models and years. From a time period of car design that is so easily recognizable, special use of materials and especially specific appearance that is so visibly linked to only that period.
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Photo - Richard Poppelaars.
© About Pixels Photography: #AboutPixels / #sports #classic #vintage #cars #ClassicCars #event #AmericanCarsandClassics in #Hellevoetsluis #Netherlands
Stone art decorations.
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Very nice designed rocks with stone carved designs at the Toutatis attraction. It's an excellent example of todays design and construction skills to create this kind of art.
Photo May 2023, Parc Astérix (April 30, 1989) after 34 years in time.
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© About Pixels Photography: #AboutPixels / #art #rock #attraction #decoration at #Toutatis #LaGaule #ParcAsterix in #Plailly #France
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Parc Asterix
Parc Astérix (Est. 1989) - a theme amusement park based on the comic book series "Asterix" by Albert Uderzo and René Goscinny. France's best-selling comic abroad with more than 370 million copies sold worldwide in 111 languages.
Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parc_Astérix.
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