Drawing based on a picture of me, of the market in Meerssen. You can't see it very well on the drawing (and so it was difficult to draw) but on the roof you can see several 'Pinnacles' or graceful spires on the roof. In the spring of 2019, during a storm, one of the approximately 3,000-pound pinnacles blew off the roof, crashing into the Market Square with a loud bang. Fortunately, there were no injuries. A second pinnacle was removed from the roof as a precaution because it appeared to be loose and inspection showed that all the pinnacles needed to be addressed as well as the copper downspouts. Not good news for the church council that will certainly not be able to pay for the work with the proceeds of the collection.
Goodbye car, hello terraces!
It is to be hoped that nothing more will fall from the roof for the time being, because the market has recently become car-free. Where there used to be a lot of tin, the catering entrepreneurs can now place their tables, chairs, parasols and flower boxes. A big improvement, also for the catering industry that now gets more space and thus more privacy.
Karen Nijst has lived in and near her beloved hometown of Maastricht for many years. She currently works as a web developer (Kahlo Websites in Hapert, Brabant) and is responsible for both programming and graphic design . The latter has undoubtedly influenced some of the drawings you can see.. Read more…