This is the only elevated castle in the Netherlands. The first fortifications at this site were probably built around 1115 by Gosewijn I, Lord of Valkenburg. They consisted of a rectangular keep surrounded by wooden structures. After a few years, in 1122, the castle was largely destroyed after a siege by Emperor Hendrik V.   [...]

A brief history of Roermond    The name of Roermond means: a place on a high site along the river Roer.  Roermond was built on the confluence of the rivers Roer and Maas.  People lived here as far back as prehistoric times. . As evidence of Roman occupation there is an altar stone dedicated to [...]

A walk through the town of Veere

Today’s trip went from Spaubeek to Sittard, since the weather could not be trusted we didn’t plan a longer one.It also provided us with taking more pictures then usual.    Right at the beginning of the trip we noticed a snail on a tree  Small Bridge near Spaubeek railway station A Hollow Road Wild Boars! [...]

The Pieterpad is a long distance walking route in the Netherlands. The trail runs 485 kilometres (301 mi) from Pieterburen, in the northern part of Groningen, south through the eastern part of the Netherlands to end just south of Maastricht, on the top of Mount Saint Peter (St Pietersberg), at a height of 109 metres [...]

Some picture of the winter in Holland