Here are a few photos I found interesting from Holland or Belgium. I can’t remember much about them or where they were taken, but I found them interesting. Obviously, the one above is me trying out some stocks. Despite my smile, I don’t think being sentenced to time in the stocks, would have been a very pleasant experience.
The photo below show a “Pollard” tree. Pollarding is a specific way of pruning trees. The upper branches are removed, which causes growth of dense heads of foliage and branches. The practice was started by the Romans, and has been used in Europe since medieval times. It is used to keep trees at a determined height, or to create ornamental trees. It seems like torture for the trees, but they survive and look really interesting.
The photo at the very bottom gives an indication of just how popular bicycles are in Holland.
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