Archive for the ‘s-Hertogenbosch’ Category
Watertower.

Where: Hinthamereinde, s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands.
What: The watertower is some 30 meters high and was built in 1885. It’s located along the river Aa at the edge of the then-center of the city, where, up until the 19th century, there was a fortification of the city. It can contain up to 360 cubic meters of water. It was taken out of service in 1974, and was later turned into a meeting place for social care.
Platform four.

Where: ’s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands.
Where: Platform four (and five) on s-Hertogenbosch Central Station.
Watergate.

Where: Herman Moerkerkplein, s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands.
What: View from the southern watergate of ‘Den Bosch’. This southern watergate is one of two watergates that are part of the first layer of the fortification of the city. The bridge leads to the gate of the guesthouse. The waterway, the Marktstroom, was split of from the Binnendieze that functioned as a canal around the city around 1200.
Guesthouse.

Where: Gasthuisstraat, s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands.
What: This gate leads to the ‘great guesthouse for the sick’, the second oldest hospital in the Netherlands.
Lion of s-Hertogenbosch.

Where: Magistratenlaan, s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands.
What: The lion guarding the traffic on the Magistratenlaan below and the travellers entering the ’s-Hertogenbosch Central Station.
The end of the carnival.

Where: Graafseweg, s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands.
What: When the carnival is over, and the last people leave the scene, all that remains is the confetti in the streets. A lot of confetti.
The beginning of the carnival.

Where: Hinthamerstraat, s-Hertogenbosch Oeteldonk, the Netherlands.
What: Starting off the carnival with confetti.


