Cities: Marken, Netherlands

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Doing our holiday with day trips from home this year, we are exploring the area by bike.
Today we put the bikes on the car and drove to Marken, a picturesque village on an peninsula in the Markermeer (Marken lake). Until 1957 it was an island.


It's one of those places nearby, where I had never been before. It's located close to the probably better know village Volendam.
Usually it is crowded with (foreign) tourists, but 'thanks to Covid' it was a quiet day.


Here is just a reportage of some snaps. No masterpieces, since I was on tour with the spouse


#1 First sight


#2 Nothing to do with lack of perspective correction in PP ;-)



#3 Unused for a while



#4 Unfortunately the famous lighthouse ('Het paard van MArken') was scaffolded



#5 The village from the other side



#6 The harbour



#7 Lots of picturesque views



#8 Monument 'The Wave' placed in 2016, a century after a big flooding in 1916.



#9 Lots of narrow streets



#10 More typical houses



#11 Typical half open doors



#12 The church



#13 Maxima bridge



#14 'Tiny house'



#15 We deserved an ice cream after our tour


All with A99ii plus 16-35 or 24-70 ZASSM

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Edited by Fred_S - 17 August 2021 at 21:09

Great ones and so very dutch. Too bad "Het Paard" was scaffolded, but we have the wide views #1, 5 and 12. Which i liked most too. I think the ice cream bike also wasn't used for some time. No biking is un-dutch, also it seems very quiet there as i don't see any people. Or was it early? Maybe #8 is slightly rotated. TFS Fred   

Lovely set Fred. Well chosen frames. #1 is my favorite, but #9 and #13 are close

I've been there once for sunrise, the lighthouse being a good subject for that (possibly not so attractive in the current scaffolded state). Didn't spend time in the village, seeing these I realise I missed an opportunity for scenic pictures.

From February 2015. One of the most exciting sunrise shoots I've done, after an hours drive from home having set off in pitch black, then a 20 minute cycle from the car park, very rewarding seeing the sky mature from night and just getting there in time.

1. The race for sunrise at the lighthouse (from cycle path)

A900, 16-35CZ, f/10 @ 24 mm, 30s, ISO 200, No Flash

2. Made it!

a900, 16-35CZ, [NOT SURE], pano crop

2. Sunrise pano

A900, 16-35CZ, f/11 @ 18 mm, 2.5s, ISO 100, No Flash

Thanks all for the kind comments!

@ jadom: indeed, my wife deserves some credits, although as mentioned they are all 'snap shots, which was doable since we walked thtough the old centre. I did not get into setups with tripods and ND filters.

@ MichelvA: The ice cream car was out of use indeed and for decoration only, parked on the roof of a shed. It wasn't early, but really quiet, with just a handful of visitors. Maybe people were afraid of the code yellow alarm for thunderstorms (which only came through when we were back home).

#8 corrected now, thanks

@ angora: I haven't seen any costumes. The MAxima bridgde didn't fo justice to the size of the bridge (and village). Sorry to disappoint you, not many lighthouse pics, the pier was blocked with a fence too.

Edited by Fred_S - 27 July 2021 at 19:51