The river is exceptionally high this winter. Where normally there is still something visible from the summer dike, there is now one large, wrinkle-free expanse of water from the winter dike on the western over to the eastern quay of the IJssel near Zutphen.
Not only do the towers to which Zutpen owes its nickname ('Torenstad') stand out in the water, but also the already colouring sky of the upcoming sunrise.
The only thing that breaks the symmetry is the tree in the western floodplain, right in front of the tower of Walburgiskerk. It is the only element that betrays that the water does not normally completely cover the land stretching before us.
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