From de series "beauty spots, Middelburg": old vinegar factory
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old vinegar factory, now an office. Middelburg has many historic buildings in many different styles. Even an old wooden middle-age façade. This one is obviously in Jugendstil, Art Nouveau style.
In the old town centre of Middelburg you can find some lovely streets. This is the corner of Pijpstra...
Middelburg is a lovely town and capital of Zeeland, a province of the Netherlands. It has many histor...
kuiperspoort in Middelburg, Holland
In Middelburg there are some nice old streets in the centre of town. Spuistraat is one of them.
This is the back of the buildings from the Kuiperspoort. It's the entrance to the music school, where...
kuiperspoort in Middelburg, Holland
This statue is erected in 1937 in honour of the queen Emma. There was a huge ceremony when the statue...
This is an old VOC building, from the United East Indian Company. On the other side the entrance of t...
This is the Fitting harbour and the Dok harbour in Middelburg. Other quays are the Prins Hendrik harb...
This is where Miniature Walcheren used to be. Small houses, a train, some water with boats. I was a n...
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