Bert Ernste

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Bert Ernste

11 months ago

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Bert Ernste
11 months ago — (NL | BR)

Niet de Tour de France | Not the Tour de France

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Utrecht 2012

(Van mijn blog | From my blog)

Tags: #cycling #fietsen #foto #fotografie #netherlands #photo #photography #utrecht #wielrennen

#photography #foto #photo #fotografie #netherlands #cycling #utrecht #wielrennen #fietsen

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Bert Ernste

11 months ago

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Bert Ernste
11 months ago — (NL | BR)

Blauwe reiger | Grey heron

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Tussen Driebergen en Bunnik (Utrecht) 2024

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Tags: #birds #foto #fotografie #heron #netherlands #photo #photography #reiger #utrecht #vogels

#photography #foto #photo #fotografie #birds #netherlands #utrecht #heron #vogels #reiger

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Bert Ernste

11 months ago

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Bert Ernste
11 months ago — (NL | BR)

Dag buurman | Hi there neighbour

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Tussen Driebergen en Bunnik (Utrecht) 2024

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Tags: #birds #foto #fotografie #heron #netherlands #ooievaar #photo #photography #reiger #stork #utrecht #vogels

#photography #foto #photo #fotografie #birds #netherlands #utrecht #stork #heron #vogels #ooievaar #reiger

Bert Ernste

11 months ago

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Bert Ernste
11 months ago — (NL | BR)

Groen meertje | Green pond

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Maarn (Utrecht) 2018

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Tags: #bank #bench #foto #fotografie #maarn #netherlands #photo #photography #utrecht

#photography #foto #photo #fotografie #netherlands #utrecht #bank #bench #maarn

Bert Ernste

11 months ago

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Bert Ernste
11 months ago — (NL | BR)

Dodenherdenking: gefusilleerd

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Utrecht 2020

Het graf van Pieter Zuydendorp, die in 1944 door de Duitse bezetter werd gefusilleerd.

Het is overigens diep treurig dat we de lessen van toen niet geleerd hebben en dat de belofte ‘nooit meer’ vergeten lijkt te zijn, nu we de moordpartijen in Gaza en Sudan en elders laten gebeuren of zelfs actief steunen.

Zoals Stine Jensen in NRC schrijft:

In de bergen werd ik herinnerd aan een spirituele wijsheid die het zo zegt: ‘separation is an illusion’, afsch

#photography #foto #photo #fotografie #netherlands #utrecht #dodenherdenking #bevrijdingsdag #duitse-bezetting #german-occupation #liberation-day #second-world-war #tweede-wereldoorlog #war-graves

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It’s right to remember the dead of 1939-45. But keep the anger about current wars too

The Guardian

Around the globe, conflict is spreading – but it’s too often going ignored. Are we simply overwhelmed by the scale of it?

(Text continues underneath the photo.)

A funeral ceremony for people killed in a US airstrike on a marketplace in Sanaa, Yemen, 23 April 2025. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images

Victims of Nazi atrocities will be remembered at ceremonies next week marking the end of the second world war in Europe. (...)

The dead of 1939-45 shoul

It’s right to remember the dead of 1939-45. But keep the anger about current wars too

The Guardian

Around the globe, conflict is spreading – but it’s too often going ignored. Are we simply overwhelmed by the scale of it?

(Text continues underneath the photo.)

A funeral ceremony for people killed in a US airstrike on a marketplace in Sanaa, Yemen, 23 April 2025. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images

Victims of Nazi atrocities will be remembered at ceremonies next week marking the end of the second world war in Europe. (...)

The dead of 1939-45 should never be forgotten. But we should also be mindful to count the dead of 2025. To know that in years to come, we will remember, record and honour victims of today’s recurring atrocities. (...)

When confronted by such horrors, silence is unacceptable. Silence is complicity. To remain silent is to suggest nothing has been learned from the past. (...)

Why is this carnage tolerated, even normalised? One proffered reason is the complexity and number of conflicts – the most since 1945. The total has doubled in the past five years. More than 300 million people need humanitarian aid and protection. Yet the UN system, frequently paralysed by major power rivalries, is failing. Its authority is scorned, its envoys sidelined, its peacekeepers attacked, in Lebanon and elsewhere. It is critically under resourced. (...)

People in wealthier, more stable countries appear overwhelmed by the vast extent and sheer awfulness of global breakdown. Anecdotally, many say that faced by relentless tsunamis of upsetting news they simply “switch off”. It’s not that they don’t care. It’s that they feel powerless. Natural disasters still prompt generous responses. (...)

But man-made “forever wars”, and complicated ethnic and religious conflicts in, say, Afghanistan, Syria or Somalia are harder to engage with. (...)

War and conflict are products, not causes, of current world disorder, which is primarily political in origin. Spreading instability stems, partly at least, from political fragmentation, from the ongoing rejection of globalisation and an agreed international rulebook. A rising tide of authoritarian rightwing populism, ultra-nationalism, me-first economics, xenophobic prejudice and fear of difference – as well as an enervating loss of faith, trust and moral purpose – contribute to this depleted sense of connection. (...)

Politically, militarily and morally atrocious behaviour is spreading like a virus, and draws ever closer to home.

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Tags: #english #second world war #wwII #holocaust #yemen #gaza #israel #palestine #palestinians #genicide #war crimes #torture #haiti #Democratic Republic of the Congo #DRC #congo #myanmar #afghanistan, #syria #somalia #sudan

Bert Ernste

11 months ago

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Bert Ernste
11 months ago — (NL | BR)

Houtzaagmolen | Sawmill ‘De Ster’

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Utrecht 2023

(Van mijn blog | From my blog)

Tags: #foto #fotografie #molen #netherlands #photo #photography #utrecht #windmill #windmolen

#photography #foto #photo #fotografie #netherlands #utrecht #Molen #windmill #windmolen

Bert Ernste

11 months ago

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Bert Ernste
11 months ago — (NL | BR)

Vier ogen | Four eyes

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Utrecht 2023

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Tags: #beeld #foto #fotografie #modern-art #moderne-kunst #netherlands #photo #photography #statue #utrecht

#photography #foto #photo #fotografie #netherlands #statue #utrecht #beeld #modern-art #moderne-kunst

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11 months ago

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Bert Ernste
11 months ago — (NL | BR)

Flora, godin van lente en bloemen | godess of spring and flowers

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Utrecht 2023

Tags: #architecture #architectuur #beeld #beeldhouwer #foto #fotografie #netherlands #photo #photography #statue #stone-mason #utrecht

#photography #foto #photo #fotografie #architecture #netherlands #statue #utrecht #architectuur #beeld #beeldhouwer #stone-mason

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Bert Ernste

11 months ago

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11 months ago — (NL | BR)

De vergulde koffiebaal | The gilded coffee bale

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Utrecht 2024

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#photography #foto #photo #fotografie #architecture #netherlands #statue #utrecht #architectuur #beeld #beeldhouwer #stone-mason

Bert Ernste

11 months ago

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Bert Ernste
11 months ago — (NL | BR)

Smeebrug | Blacksmith bridge

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Utrecht 2024

De Smeebrug, genoemd naar het gilde van de smeden. Is smid nog een gangbaar woord? Uit het woordenboek:

Screenshot van de betekenis van smid in woordenboek van Van Dale: smid (de; m/v/x; meervoud: smeden) 1 bewerker van metaal

Bron

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Tags: #architecture #architectuur #beeld #beeldhouwer #foto #fotografie #netherlands #photo #photography #statue #stone-mason #utrecht

#photography #foto #photo #fotografie #architecture #netherlands #statue #utrecht #architectuur #beeld #beeldhouwer #stone-mason

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Bert Ernste

11 months ago

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11 months ago — (NL | BR)

Leeuw | Lion

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Utrecht 2024

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#photography #foto #photo #fotografie #architecture #netherlands #statue #utrecht #architectuur #beeld #beeldhouwer #stone-mason

Bert Ernste

1 year ago

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Bert Ernste
1 year ago — (NL | BR)

Huis met blauwe deur | House with blue door

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Utrecht 2024

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Tags: #architecture #architectuur #foto #fotografie #netherlands #photo #photography #utrecht

#photography #foto #photo #fotografie #architecture #netherlands #utrecht #architectuur

Bert Ernste

1 year ago

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Bert Ernste
1 year ago — (NL | BR)

Weerhaan | Weathercock

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Utrecht 2024

(Van mijn blog | From my blog)

Tags: #architecture #architectuur #church #foto #fotografie #kerk #netherlands #photo #photography #utrecht

#photography #foto #photo #fotografie #architecture #netherlands #utrecht #church #architectuur #kerk

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1 year ago

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1 year ago — (NL | BR)

Blauwkapel: kerk | church

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Utrecht 2024

Het kerkje van Blauwkapel in Utrecht.

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Tags: #architecture #architectuur #church #foto #fotografie #kerk #netherlands #photo #photography #utrecht

#photography #foto #photo #fotografie #architecture #netherlands #utrecht #church #architectuur #kerk

Bert Ernste

1 year ago

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Bert Ernste
1 year ago — (NL | BR)

Doorn: wapenschild | coat of arms

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Doorn (Utrecht) 2024

Ik keek een tijdje vreemd tegen de tekst aan, totdat ik zag er wrong. Het was logischer geweest om bij de tekst het lint te volgen en de tekst links en rechts ieder andersom te zetten, zodat je het lint volgend leest: Gemeentebestuur van Doorn. Nu moet je onderaan beginnen te lezen naar linksboven om dan met het oog naar rechts van het schild te springen en van rechtsboven naar middenonder verder lezen.

Ik zag dit glas-in-loodraampje in de oudheidkamer van Doorn.

(Van mijn blog | From my blog)

Tags: #coat-of-arms #doorn #foto #fotografie #netherlands #photo #photography #utrecht #wapenschild

#photography #foto #photo #fotografie #netherlands #utrecht #doorn #coat-of-arms #wapenschild

Bert Ernste

1 year ago

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Bert Ernste
1 year ago — (NL | BR)

Klok | Clock

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Doorn (Utrecht) 2024

De klok van de Maartenskerk in Doorn. In mijn jonge jaren liep ik langs de kerk naar mijn lagere school. Toen ik de kerk en de klok na vele jaren terugzag, waren die meteen weer vertrouwd.

(Van mijn blog | From my blog)

Tags: #church #clock #doorn #foto #fotografie #kerk #klok #netherlands #photo #photography #utrecht

#photography #foto #photo #fotografie #netherlands #utrecht #church #clock #kerk #klok #doorn

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Bert Ernste

1 year ago

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Bert Ernste
1 year ago — (NL | BR)

Amersfoort - Wijk bij Duurstede: Wijkerweg

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Tussen Maarn en Doorn (Utrecht) 2024

Midden in het bos op landgoed Den Treek-Henschoten kwam ik deze wegwijzer tegen. Tot 1840 was de Wijkerweg een karrenspoor dat de verbinding vormde tussen Amersfoort en Wijk bij Duurstede.

(Van mijn blog | From my blog)

Tags: #bomen #bos #forest #foto #fotografie #nature #natuur #netherlands #photo #photography #signpost #trees #utrecht #wandelen #wegwijzer #wijkerweg

#photography #foto #photo #nature #trees #fotografie #forest #wandelen #netherlands #utrecht #natuur #bos #signpost #bomen #wegwijzer #wijkerweg

Bert Ernste

1 year ago

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Bert Ernste
1 year ago — (NL | BR)

Boswandeling | Walk in the woods

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Tussen Maarn en Doorn (Utrecht) 2024

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Tags: #bomen #bos #forest #foto #fotografie #nature #natuur #netherlands #photo #photography #trees #utrecht #wandelen

#photography #foto #photo #nature #trees #fotografie #forest #wandelen #netherlands #utrecht #natuur #bos #bomen

Bert Ernste

1 year ago

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Bert Ernste
1 year ago — (NL | BR)

Bospad | Forest path

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Tussen Maarn en Doorn (Utrecht) 2024

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#photography #foto #photo #nature #trees #fotografie #forest #wandelen #netherlands #utrecht #natuur #bos #bomen

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I think that the main tree in this Kaapse bos (Cape forest) is the European or common beech. Alas I am not very knowledgeable on the subjects of plants and trees.

(The name Kaapse bos was given to the area in 1750 by its new owner, mr Hendrik Swellengrebel, who had been governor of the (Dutch) Cape Colony. He found these woods similar to the ones behind Table Mountain near Cape Town, it seems.)

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Thank you.

Bert Ernste

1 year ago

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Bert Ernste
1 year ago — (NL | BR)

Donkere wolken | Dark clouds

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Utrecht 2024

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Tags: #clouds #foto #fotografie #netherlands #photo #photography #utrecht #wolken

#photography #foto #photo #fotografie #netherlands #clouds #wolken #utrecht

Bert Ernste

1 year ago

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Bert Ernste
1 year ago — (NL | BR)

Wolk | Cloud

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Utrecht 2024

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#photography #foto #photo #fotografie #netherlands #clouds #wolken #utrecht

Bert Ernste

1 year ago

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Bert Ernste
1 year ago — (NL | BR)

Wolken boven station Utrecht | Clouds above Utrecht station

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Utrecht 2024

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Tags: #clouds #foto #fotografie #netherlands #photo #photography #utrecht #wolken #utrecht

#photography #foto #photo #fotografie #netherlands #clouds #wolken #utrecht

Bert Ernste

1 year ago

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Bert Ernste
1 year ago — (NL | BR)

Kleine wolkjes | Small clouds

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Utrecht 2024

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#photography #foto #photo #fotografie #netherlands #clouds #wolken #utrecht

Bert Ernste

1 year ago

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Bert Ernste
1 year ago — (NL | BR)

Omhoog kijken | Looking up

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Utrecht 2024

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Tags: #clouds #foto #fotografie #netherlands #photo #photography #utrecht #wolken

#photography #foto #photo #fotografie #netherlands #clouds #wolken #utrecht

Bert Ernste

1 year ago

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Bert Ernste
1 year ago — (NL | BR)

Dit was een spoorbaan | This was a railway

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Utrecht 2023

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Tags: #foto #fotografie #netherlands #park #photo #photography #railway #spoorbaan #utrecht #walkway #wandelpad

#photography #railway #foto #photo #fotografie #netherlands #park #utrecht #walkway #spoorbaan #wandelpad

Bert Ernste

1 year ago

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Bert Ernste
1 year ago — (NL | BR)

Utrecht: Oudegracht | Old Canal

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Utrecht 2023

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Tags: #canal #foto #fotografie #gracht #netherlands #oudegracht #photo #photography #utrecht #waterway #waterweg

#photography #foto #photo #fotografie #netherlands #Canal #utrecht #waterway #oudegracht #gracht #waterweg

Bert Ernste

1 year ago

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Bert Ernste
1 year ago — (NL | BR)

Utrecht: Vollersbrug | Vollers Bridge

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Utrecht 2023

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Tags: #bridge #brug #foto #fotografie #netherlands #photo #photography #utrecht

#photography #bridge #foto #photo #fotografie #netherlands #utrecht #Brug

Bert Ernste

1 year ago

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Bert Ernste
1 year ago — (NL | BR)

Bruggetje | Little bridge

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Utrecht 2023

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Tags: #bomen #bridge #brug #foto #fotografie #netherlands #park #photo #photography #trees #utrecht

#photography #bridge #foto #photo #trees #fotografie #netherlands #park #utrecht #bomen #Brug

Bert Ernste

1 year ago

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Bert Ernste
1 year ago — (NL | BR)

Gerard van Honthorst: Herderin met duiven | Shepherdess with pigeons

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Utrecht 2023

Een reproductie van een schilderij van Gerard van Honthorst (1592 - 1656). Het Diakonessenhuis, waar deze muurschildering zich bevindt, gaf de maker van de schildering de opdracht de tepels van de vrouw weg te laten. Het origineel: