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Rotterdam, early

The city before it is busy: the river, the quiet streets, and the café at the end of the walk.

Rotterdam, Jan 2026 – Sep 2026, 3 photos

The Rotterdam skyline across the Maas at dawn, with the Erasmus Bridge.

Rotterdam before the city wakes up.

Rotterdam, Sep 2026

Most of these were taken before eight, on the way to somewhere else. The city is a different place when the only sound is the river.

A wet, tree-lined city street in winter, with a single person walking in the distance.

Winter, and the streets that stay quiet.

Rotterdam, Jan 2026

A cup of black coffee on a worn wooden table beside a rain-streaked window.

The café where most of these pages were written.

Aug 2026

The café is where a lot of this site was written. The walk there is the part I would keep.

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That is the year so far

New photographs go up when I end up somewhere worth pointing a camera at. The writing updates more often.

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