Four ships at Shipyard "De Hoop" in Tolkamer.
Tolkamer is a small town with 2,745 inhabitants[1] in the municipality of Zevenaar in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is located 1 kilometer from Lobith and is the first mooring at the Bijlandsch Kanaal, seen from Germany.
The name of the village comes from the time when sailors carrying freight from Germany to the Netherlands had to pay toll, the so-called toll chamber. Later, until the disappearance of the European internal borders (1 January 1993), as a result of the so-called Schengen Agreement on 14 June 1985, they had to 'clear through customs', i.e. they had to show what they were importing/exporting. The customs also carried out checks (on the water), looking for illegal cigarettes, liquor (later also drugs) etc.. Sometimes 'illegal' persons were discovered as well. After 1 January 1993 it was no longer necessary for skippers to visit the customs office when crossing the border, this was one of the reasons why they no longer moored at Tolkamer. In addition, the advent of mobile telephony meant that it was no longer necessary to look for a telephone connection on land. Contact with the employer could now also be made from the ship. This meant a loss for the local shopkeepers, as many boatmen (women) used the opportunity to do their shopping here.
Ik fotografeer al een aantal jaren, maar na het volgen van een aantal fotografie reizen onder begeleiding van professionele fotograven heb ik mijn fototoestel redelijk onder controle. Mijn stijl wil ik omschrijven als kleurrijk en het meest fotografeer ik natuur, landschappen en op reis... Read more…