Noord Holland: tulips and windmills

Noord Holland actually seems to be the best place to go for a close encounter with the two most well-known icons of the Netherlands: tulips and windmills. Wandering in the fields around Alkmaar, Oosthuizen, Hoorn and Opmeer you can easily spot typical dutch windmills, often surrounded by colorful tulip fields (of course, this is the case if you visit them in the right period of the year, which is usually in April/May).

It took me some time to sort through all the pictures I made that day and to choose the ones I like the most, but finally here they come…

I don’t care

Red ruler

Next generation

Sun, tulips and windmills

Yellow crowd

Diagonal stripes 2

Diagonal stripes 1

Red velvet 1

Towering the orange sea

Red velvet 2

Under a dark stormy sky 1

Under a dark stormy sky 2

Lingering

Waves

Nuances

Dawn in Kinderdijk

After a quite long absence, it’s finally time for a new post. I spent the past weekend wandering in the Netherlands looking around for some windmills and tulips.

With its 19 windmills, and listed among UNESCO World Heritage Sites, Kinderdijk is a wonderful place for some landscape photography: starting the weekend there hunting for some nice shots at dawn has been a natural choice.

In next posts I’ll show you more about the rest of the trip… stay tuned for some pictures from Lisse and Noord Holland!