The gate in the photo is the Vischpoort in Harderwijk, formerly this gate was called the Lagepoort. This gate stands between the Vischmarkt and the Boulevard of Harderwijk. There also used to be doors hanging in the gate, these doors were once removed. I think the Vischmarkt side of the Vischpoort is the beautiful side of the gate. The Zuiderzee used to lie against the city wall and the gate, in those days you had a long jetty from the gate into the sea to bring fish and other merchandise into the city. The city walls next to this gate is a seawall and was only meant to keep the seawater of the Zuiderzee out of the city, the Zuiderzee on the Veluwe side was too deep to walk through with your armor and too shallow to sail. To the left of the gate you can see some wall houses that used to be built against the city wall. The water pump that you see in the picture was offered by a former mayor, there must have been a pump on the Vischmarkt in the past only it is not this one. I took this picture on a summer evening with a beautiful evening sun.
Welcome to my shop. My name is Gerard de Zwaan and I was born in 1983 in the Veluwe town of Harderwijk where I grew up and still live. I started photography in 2013. My first camera was a Nikon D3200 which I still own and is now as a.. Read more…