The Keizerstraat in Venlo, a street with history. Where Napoleon Bonaparte hoped through on horseback in 1804 and many years later it was the place you'd rather not walk through after sunset. Criminal people and other anti-social people were at the service there. Until that moment the so-called broom went through the street and transformed this little street from slum to a pearl. One of the reasons for this was the construction of a special café. On the left side of the picture is the former monastery of the Domenicans and on the right side the earlier mentioned café. Further on through tapas restaurant Bij de Buren and at the end café de Keizerin. On the fence in front of the café you can sit on the so called "Köpkes". These are half caricatures of Venlo expressions and faces. The Keizerstraat, how small the street is, the passage usually takes longer than planned....Proost!
Passion for photography in all forms. From abandoned buildings to landscapes, from night photography to concert photography. By photographing abandoned buildings people want to take them to the hidden world behind walls where nature slowly takes back the building. And now these pictures can also hang on your wall... Read more…