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Posts from the ‘Scheveningen’ category

Beam Me Up Scottie

Interior view of the Encore venue in Scheveningen, featuring modern lighting fixtures and a vibrant bar area filled with colorful bottles. Diners can be seen enjoying their time in the stylish setting.
The Netherlands, Scheveningen – December 2025

End of the year event in Encore in Scheveningen.

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Cocktail Hour

Aerial view of a bustling bar scene at an end-of-year event, with staff dressed in black uniforms interacting and serving drinks against a backdrop of bottles and bar equipment.
The Netherlands, Scheveningen – December 2025

End of the year event in Encore in Scheveningen.

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After Rain

A black and white photo of a beachside area in Scheveningen after rain. People are gathered near a kiosk, with wet surfaces reflecting the sky above, showcasing a mix of clouds and bright patches.

The Netherlands, Scheveningen – September 2025

After rain comes sun at Scheveningen beach.

Shot with iPhone 15 Pro Max edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version.

Rainy Beach

Black and white photograph of raindrops cascading down a window, with faint outlines of objects behind the glass. The scene captures the mood of heavy rain at Scheveningen beach, blending indoor plants and blurred furniture.
The Netherlands, Scheveningen – September 2025

A spell of heavy rain, on the border of Summer and Autumn at Scheveningen beach.

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Scheveningen by Storm

The Netherlands, Katwijk aan Zee – November 2024

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Blue Water

The Netherlands, Katwijk aan Zee – November 2024

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Leaving

The Netherlands, Katwijk aan Zee – November 2024

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View of Scheveningen from Katwijk aan Zee

The Netherlands, Katwijk aan Zee – November 2024

View on Scheveningen in the distance.

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Vlaggetjesdag aka Flag Day

The Netherlands, Scheveningen – June 2024

The Kurhaus is an old style hotel in Scheveningen. It is the only left over of the historical sea facade. The rest was demolished, and replaced with high rising concrete cubes.

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Spectacular Scheveningen Beach at Sunset – June 2024

The Netherlands, Scheveningen – June 2024

The beach of Scheveningen, a few hours before sunset. The hour before sunset is always a kind of holy grail for photographers, but at about three hours before sunset the light over sea starts to change dramatically. The domain of gulls, flying around over the beach restaurants, scavaging for food, lit up against a backdrop of golden rays.

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Golden Sunset in Scheveningen Beach: A Gull’s Domain

The Netherlands, Scheveningen – June 2024

The beach of Scheveningen, a few hours before sunset, domain of gulls soaring and an incidental kite surfer against a backdrop of golden rays.

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Scheveningen Boulevard Work: Fence and Gulls Composition

The Netherlands, Scheveningen – June 2024

The Pier of Scheveningen, blocked out by a fence that is erected to work on the boulevard. A weird composition of lines, colours and objects, filled in with some gulls. And I do like the lamp post.

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Scheveningen and Katwijk aan Zee Diptych

The Netherlands, Scheveningen – June 2024 (top)
The Netherlands, Katwijk aan Zee – June 2024 (bottom)

LAPC 308 is about perfect pairs, by creating a diptych (two images placed in proximity to one another, forming a pair). Every self respecting town and village needs a ferris wheel.

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Scheveningen Sunset with Kite Surfers

The Netherlands, Scheveningen – August 2022

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Sunset Scheveningen

The Netherlands, Scheveningen – August 2022

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Systematic

The Netherlands, Scheveningen – July 2004

This week lens artists photo challenge is ‘that special place’. The beach is a place to relax, let go and create space and a fresh head. And you can see more than water and beach at times. This one is also an entry for Paula’s pick a word competition on ‘Lost in Translatation’. It looks like the surfers are in chaos, but actually they use the water and wind systematic.

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Wind Breaker

The Netherlands, Scheveningen – July 2004

This week lens artists photo challenge is ‘that special place’. The beach is a place to relax, let go and create space and a fresh head. And you can see more than water and beach at times. This one is also an entry for Paula’s pick a word competition on ‘Lost in Translatation’. Not completely straight, but straight.

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Cinema

The Netherlands, Den Haag – October 2021


One for lens artists weekly photo challenge #171: weird and wonderful. Waiting for No Time To Die.

Shot with iPhone 11 Pro Max edited using Snapseed and Marksta. Click the picture for a larger version

Kite

The Netherlands, Scheveningen – July 2004

The theme for Lens-artists Weekly Photo Challenge #122 is ‘The sun will come out tomorrow’.

Archive Scheveningen

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Beach Scene against a Backdrop of Sunset

The Netherlands, Scheveningen – July 2019

Years ago I posted a long series titled ‘photographers framed while shooting’. This is another one in that genre, on the hottest day on record in The Netherlands.

The theme for Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #57 is ‘taking a break’. .

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Archive Scheveningen

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Seaside old glory

The Netherlands, Scheveningen – July 2019

The theme for Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #56  is Seashores and/or Lakeshores. Scheveningen used to be a small fishing village but now is part of Den Haag.
The Kurhaus is the only remaining old building. In the sixties everything except the Kurhaus was demolished and replaced by modern type buildings. Killing the sight and sphere of the coastline.

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Archive Scheveningen

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Scheveningen 2

The Netherlands, Den Haag – July 2018

Archive Scheveningen

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Scheveningen 1

The Netherlands, Den Haag – July 2018

Archive Scheveningen

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Merry-go-round

The Netherlands: Scheveningen – July 2018

Archive Scheveningen

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Kurhaus

The Netherlands, Scheveningen – July 2018

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