The Waterpoort in Sneek in the province of Friesland was built 1492. The gate served to close the water access to the town. The gate consists of two octagonal towers, with a bridge between them over the waterway between De Kolk and the Stadsgracht at the town centre, and a gatekeeper's house above the bridge. The gate is the symbol of Sneek. I took the photo on a morning in spring and converted it to black and white.
"From my hometown Hoogezand, I regularly go out to take photos in the provinces of Groningen and Drenthe. Photography has always been my interest. In 2008, I bought my first SLR camera and after that I started to delve more and more into photography and photo editing and.. Read more…