Hot day

 We had another hot day today with blazing sun, apparently the hottest 13th of September in Dutch history: about 32°C (89,6°F)!!  I wish I´d been at the beach today and cool my feet in the seawater, but that wasn´t the case :)
This photo was taken a few weeks ago and shows the North Sea coast near Zandvoort.

I'm linking to Seasons.  

Sparkling wine mural

This mural in Zandvoort appears to advertise for Freixenet, a sparkling wine produced in Spain. The wall obviously belongs to a restaurant, however the few left tables and chairs do not look very inviting.

It's a very nice mural though.

I'm linking to Monday mural.

Mosaic art

This house located at the Zandvoort boulevard is a small gallery. The mosaic art on the outside wall was designed by Dutch sculptor Nel Klaassen (1906-1989), together with her husband and painter Jaap Bouhuys (1902-1983).

Zandvoort water tower

The water tower at the Thorbeckestraat in Zandvoort is 48 m high and was built around 1950. The tower had an active role in the water supply until 1997. Its designer is the architect J. Zietsma.
A fire in 2001 destroyed a lot of the interior, at that time a restaurant was located in the upper part. Since then the water tower has been closed and its future remains uncertain; due to a huge maintenance backlog it will cost a lot of money to give it a new destination..

Casino reflection

The casino in Zandvoort is located at the Badhuisplein and is having a grand view at the North Sea. This photo shows the glass facade and was taken at 9 pm; clouds had gathered above land though as you can see in the reflection it was still sunny at the beach behind us.

I'm linking to Weekend Reflections. Happy Sunday!

Zandvoort love locks

Love locks along the boulevard in Zandvoort, with the North Sea in the background..

Apparently this small part of the km-long fence was especially prepared for the love padlocks with a concrete mesh, we didn't see them on the rest of the fence.

I'm linking to Good Fences.

Beach huts

Zandvoort has a popular bathing beach, and walking along the boulevard we passed these beach huts located just below the dunes in two long rows. They seem quite spacious and luxury with the solar panels on the roofs!

Washed ashore

There was hardly a better way to start the week yesterday morning than with a long walk on the beach underneath the blue Summer sky. It was low tide and we found loads of these Atlantic jackknife clams, in Dutch known as 'zwaardschedes' or 'scheermessen'.

Walk on the beach

We spent the past 2 days at the Dutch North Sea coast, in Zandvoort. After dinner last night we enjoyed a walk in the evening sun. Clouds came in from the sea but fortunately they just passed, without rain.

On  the beach we saw a lady busy creating a sand castle.